Thanks for the heads-up on the Lagonda Richard, very much appreciated. my all time favourite Lagonda is the V12 that I think Stanley Mann had advertised quite a few years back and may be the same one I pictured at the LeMans Classic a few years back, a real work of art. I may have posted pics of it before..?

Patina..? I have seen a wonderful and rather special local Riley MPH that apparently took part in the Montie Carlo Rally when new, and looked a tad more..err..worn than the Lagonda, I suspect it is ever a bit of a conundrum for owners of such machinery as to how best to proceed if they intend to use it from time to time... The MPH I mentioned was no stranger to being used and enjoyed even on PCT`s (production car trials).. I doubt I would have the courage to do that in the lovely old Lagonda, I suspect I would feel duty bound to preserve it as it is, using it rarely, much as I seem to have done with my Morgan in recent years..!