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Classic Car Club of America, Arizona Region—Summer 2019

Jaguar & Lagonda Cars, 2018-19 Season Redux, Upcoming Season

Ken & Rose Dennison’s 1940 Cadillac 90 Imperial Sedan, Fleetwood,

At The 2019 CCCA Grand Classic

Page 2 Arizona Classic Roadrunner, Summer 2019

Arizona Region Classic Car Club of America 2018 Board of Managers Director Dale Lillard 602-374-4979, email: [email protected] Asst. Dir. Dana Rapoport 508-207-5311, email: [email protected] Secretary Robert McAtee 602-368-9323, email: [email protected] Treasurer Steve Kreisman 480-907-5996, email: [email protected] Membership Gary Capra 480-860-1610, email: [email protected] Editor John Ossenfort 928-913-0005, email: [email protected] Club Store Dee Pellegrini 480-419-1137, email: [email protected] Ken Dennison 480-585-6747, email: [email protected] Steve Evans 602-214-1527, email: [email protected] Rosemary Price 480-235-0420, email: [email protected] Tom Hamilton 360-710-6516, email: [email protected] Ed Winkler 480-998-5437, email: [email protected] Committees of the Region: Publications (John Ossenfort); Website (Steve Evans); Events Coordina-tor/Regalia (Dee Pellegrini)

In This Issue: Message from the Director…………………………………………………......Page 3 AZ Region Events Calendar/National CCCA Events Calendar………………..Page 4 European Classics A-Z: SS & Jaguar………………………...…...…......….Pages 6-7 European Classics A-Z: Lagonda……………………………...………......Pages 8-10 Arizona Region Season 2018-19 Redux...…………………...…………...Pages 10-12 Region News…….…...…………………...………..………….……......Pages 3, 5, 13 Ads…….………………………………………….………..….…..…..…....Page 4, 14

Mailing address: AZ Region CCCA, Gary Capra, 24163 N. 91st Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Contributors this issue: Dale Lillard, Steven Kreisman, Cheryl Ossenfort, John Ossenfort, Dee Pellegrini

Purpose of the Classic Car Club of America, (CCCA): for the development, publication and interchange of technical, histori-cal and other information for and among members and other persons who own or are interested in fine or unusual foreign or do-mestic motor cars built between and including the years 1925 and 1948, and distinguished for their respective fine design, high engineering standards and superior workmanship, and to promote social intercourse and fellowship among the members; and to maintain references upon and encourage the maintenance, restoration and preservation of all such Classic cars.

On the covers: Front: Ken & Rose Dennison’s 1940 Cadillac 90 Imperial Sedan at the January CCCA Grand Clas-sic; Back: 1937 Lagonda LG45 Rapide Sport Tourer at the 2017 Arizona Concours (photos by John Ossenfort)

Four Roadrunner issues will be published in 2019: January-February , March-April, Summer, and November-December. Contact the editor, John Ossenfort, at [email protected] or 928-913-0005.

Check out our website at: www.arizonaccca.org

What is a Full Classic® Car? A Full Classic® as defined by the Classic Car Club of America is a “fine” or “distinctive” auto-mobile, American or foreign built, produced between 1925 and 1948. Generally a CCCA Classic was high priced when new and was built in limited quantities. Other factors including engine displacement, custom coachwork and luxury accessories such as power brakes, power clutch, and automatic lubrication systems, help determine whether a car is considered to be a “Full Clas-sic®”. The complete list of recognized classics may be obtained from the Classic Car Club. of America, P.O. Box 346160, Chica-go, IL 60634.


A Message from Region Director Dale Lillard

Hi Fellow Motorheads,

The summer is almost over according to the calen-dar, but it was 114 degrees in Phoenix this week so it does not feel like it’s over. It is too hot to drive my old cars here now but I am looking forward to the “Going To Sun” tour in Mon-tana in a few weeks. We are driving our E-Type Jag-uar. Fall is opening up many opportunities to get our cars on the road. The Pacific Northwest Region of the Classic Car Club has a CARavan in Canada in September that one of our members is participating in. There may still be a few spaces open if you would like to join. The Las Vegas Concours d’Elegance is on October 26 and 27 (see right). Dana Rapaport has worked on this and it looks like a great event. On Sunday we get to show off our cars by cruising the Las Vegas Strip with no other traffic! Marilyn and I are show-ing our 1936 810 Cord. I am arranging a caravan to leave the Phoenix area on Friday, October 25 around 9:00AM. If anyone wishes to join, please contact me - I will send out details later. I get many requests for us to bring classic cars to events. Many are for retirement homes where the residents are as old as our cars most of the time. This year we have been asked to support a Rio Vista Ele-mentary school event on October 23, 2019 (see page 13). Maybe we can interest some younger club members in joining CCCA. If interested contact [email protected]. I look forward to seeing all of you at our annual meeting in November 3rd (see page 5).

Dale

LAS VEGAS CONCOURS:

The Inaugural Las Vegas Concours d’ Elegance will be held at the renowned Dragon Ridge Coun-try Club in Henderson, Nevada on Saturday, Octo-ber 26, 2019. The Arizona Region of the Classic Car Club has been asked to participate in what I believe will be a significant automotive event. The Concours is searching for pre-war Classics to fill the 200-car field. You can still enter your Classic or non-Classic collector car by going to their web site: https://www.lasvegasconcours.com

Our Regional Directors are evaluating a caravan to and from Las Vegas. Contact Ed Winkler or Dale Lillard if you’re interested. This trip could make a great October event filled with wonderful automo-tive related activities such as the Concours, Sun-day morning viewing of the show cars on the Strip plus all typical activities associated with Vegas. We could even schedule some Region-only activi-ties.

We already have several of our Region members working on the Concours and expect to have a good turnout from the Phoenix area. So buckle up and let me know if you are interested. Ed Winkler

IS YOUR CLASSIC PICTURED?

The Region’s website (arizonaccca.org) has been substantially updated by Steve Evans in the last year. One of the most interesting sec-tions is the Members’ Cars photo show. If your car/cars are not included, please send photos to Steve ([email protected]) for inclusion. We want everyone to see what beautiful Classics we have in Arizona.

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National CCCA 2019 Events

Grand Classics:

September 28 Southern California Region (Westlake Village)

CARavans:

September 8-17 Canadian Adventure, British Columbia (Pacific Northwest Region)

Concours D’Elegance:

September 14 Cobble Beach, Kemble, Ontario, Canada

October 25-28 Las Vegas Concours, Las Vegas, NV

October 25-November 3 Hilton Head Island Concours, South Carolina

October 25-28, 2019 Las Vegas Concours: possible caravan Winkler/Lillard

November 3, 2019 Regional Annual Meeting, Scottsdale Resort Hotel McAtee

January 15, 2020 Auction Breakfast, McCormick Ranch (tentative date)

February 1, 2020 Garage Tour (tentative date)

March 28, 2020 Poker Run (tentative date)

2019-2020 Regional Events



European Classics A-Z:

SS & Jaguar “Value For Money”

The story of Jaguar is among the most well known of all cars. In 1922, 20-year-old William Lyons joined fellow motorcycle enthusiast William Walmsey to build sidecars in Blackpool, England, as the Swallow Sidecar Company. They soon ex-panded the business into building streamlined auto bodies for common small British automobiles, such as the Austin 7, under the name Swallow Coach- building Company. The popularity of their designs led to a move to larger premises in Coventry in 1928 and to bodies on other chassis, notably the 6-cylinder Wolseley Hornet in 1931.

In 1932, Swallow put bodies on the Standard Mo-tor Company chassis and engine; these were sold as the SS (Standard Swallow) 1 tourer or coupe (a CCCA- recognized model), powered by a 6-cylinder side-valve engine of either 2 or 2 1/2 litres, and the SS 2 (n/c) with a 4-cylinder 1-litre engine. Two years later a saloon was added to the range. In 1934, Walmsey decided to leave the business, and Lyons went public with a new company, S.S. Cars Lim-ited, which purchased the Swallow assets.

Above: Swallow Sidecar Model 8 Sports Touring Courtesy ...someguy Below: 1931 Austin Seven Swallow Saloon (n/c) Courtesy historics.co.uk

Above: 1931 Wolsely Hornet 2-Seater Sports (n/c) Courtesy DAWarwick Photography

Above: 1933 SS 1 Tourer Courtesy Andre Karwath Below: 1934 SS 1 Airline Coupe Courtesy WheelsAge.org


In 1935 the SS sports saloon, available in 1-1/2 and 2-1/2 litres, was renamed the Jaguar model. The 2-1/2-litre open two-seater sports model was named the SS Jaguar 100. In 1938 the 3-1/2-litre 6-cylinder engine also became an option in the Jagu-ar range, and all-steel construction became the norm. All engines were designed and built by Standard Motor Company, with some “fettling” by SS Cars. Essentially identical passenger compart-ments were fitted to all engine sizes, but the larger engine bodies were 7 inches longer to accommo-date the 6-cylinder engine. Body styles were sa-loon and drophead coupe, and, of course, the SS 100 OTS.

Above: 1936 SS Jaguar 2-1/2-Litre Sports Saloon Courtesy mick Below: 1937 SS Jaguar 100 2-1/2-Litre Open Two-Seater

One activity during WWII with a non-classic but long-lasting effect was the conception and design of a new powerplant, a twin-cam straight six with a cross-flow cylinder head and inclined valves. The engine was designed by engineers Bill Heynes and Wally Hassan during breaks from their fire-watching duties at the Coventry plant. This was the XK engine, used first in the 1948 Jaguar XK120 (n/c so far!) and in several other Jaguar models all the way to 1992.

After WWII, in 1945 the company name itself was changed to “Jaguar Cars Limited”. Post-war produc-tion used the same pre-war engines designed by Standard Motor Company. Standard supplied the 1-1/2-litre 4-cylinder engine directly, but Jaguar built the 2-1/2 and 3-1/2-litre 6-cylinder engines in-house. The cars were later unofficially referred to as the Mark IV model. The first new model came out in 1948—both 2-1/2 and 3-1/2-litre models were available, both with torsion bar independent front suspension and hy-draulic brakes. These were given the model name “Mark V” (n/c); the earlier post-war models (1945-49) were retroactively, and unofficially, then re-ferred to as “Mark IV’s”.

The 2019 CCCA handbook lists the SS and Jagu-ar cars separately; it shows 12 SS models, 3 SS Jaguars and 12 Mark IV Jaguars, all, of course, 6-cylinder models. None of the cars reside in Arizo-na.

1940 SS Jaguar 3-1/2-litre Drophead Coupe Courtesy Sicnag Below: 1947 Jaguar Mark IV 2-1/2L Sports Saloon Courtesy nemor2


European Classics A-Z:

Lagonda W.O. Bentley’s Favorite Car

An American opera singer, of all people, started one of the best-known English cars of the 1930’s. Emigrating to England in the 1890’s,Wilbur Gunn changed his career and worked as an engineer on steam-powered speedboats and racing motorcycles in Staines, England, with some success. In 1904 he founded the Lagonda company to expand his mo-torcycle business. Although the name may sound Spanish or Italian, it actually derives from a Shaw-nee Indian name for an area around Springfield, Ohio, where Gunn was raised. He progressed to building chain drive tricars with 2-cylinder water-cooled engines. In about 1909 the company moved into 4-wheeled automobiles: at first a 10hp model, then a 16/18, and finally a 20 hp, which won the 1910 Moscow-St. Petersburg Reliability Trial. A 6-cylinder 30hp model fol-lowed shortly. In 1913, Lagonda produced the 11.1 model, a 2-seater coupe with a 4-cylinder 1100-cc engine mounted to a unitary chassis and body; a 4-seater followed the following year. After war manufactur-ing ended, the 11.1 returned to production, fol-lowed by the 1420cc 11.9 with a longer wheelbase, and then in 1923 the 12/24 (all n/c).

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The first 2-liter car appeared at the 1925 Motor Show. This was the 14/60, a much more sporting car than earlier models, with a 4-cylinder twin over-head cam engine and hemispherical combustion chambers, mounted in a conventional chassis frame with a fabric-covered body. In 1927 the more pow-erful Speed model was introduced, with a top speed of about 80mph. Later variants of the 2-litre includ-ed the Low Chassis models, a few supercharged versions, and the steel-bodied Continental.

Above: Lagonda 11.1 2-seater cabriolet, 1913-19

Below: Lagonda 12/24 4-seat tourer, 1923-26 (n/c)Courtesy Vintage-cars

Above: 1927 Lagonda 14/60 Tourer Courtesy Lagonda Club Below: 1928 Lagonda 2-Litre High Chassis Speed Model Tourer Courtesy Akela


The 16/80 model used the Continental chassis but with a 6 cylinder 2-litre Crossley engine, rebuilt by Lagonda and with 2 SU carburetors, and was usually fitted with an ENV Preselector gearbox. Meanwhile, in 1926 Lagonda’s own 6-cylinder 2.4-litre 16/65 with pushrod operated overhead valves was introduced. Soon the engine was enlarged, first to 2.7 litres, and then in 1928 to 3 litres. In 1934 the 3-litre was replaced by the 3-1/2-litre model, with a further enlarged engine in a different chassis.

In 1933 Lagonda’s first 4-1/2-litre car was intro-duced: the M45. The straight-6 engine was from Meadows and was essentially the same as that fitted to the Invicta. It had dual (coil & magneto) ignition; the chassis was from the 3-litre but with servo brakes; the gearbox also came from Meadows. In 1934 a trio of lightweight short chassis M45 Rapides won the team trophy at the RAC Tourist Trophy race at Ards, and in 1935 an M45R won Le Mans. The Rapier model (n/c), a light 2-seater with an 1100-cc twin overhead cam engine, was also being produced, although the bodies were made by Abbott and other coachbuilders. However, there were too many models and not enough buyers as the Depres-sion bit. In 1935 the receiver was brought in, but businessman Alan Good reformed the company as LG Motors. The M45 chassis was modified as the LG45 and the M45R engine was the powerplant. The Rapier became an independent company and the oth-er models were dropped. W.O. Bentley, his unhappy three year contract with Rolls Royce being complet-ed, was brought in as chief designer.

Above: Lagonda 16/80 T2 Special Tourer Courtesy Ed Callow Below: 1927 Lagonda 16/65 2 1/2-litre tourer Courtesy Wikipedia

Above: 1935 Lagonda 4-1/2-litre M45 Rapide Courtesy Brooklands Motor Museum Below: 1937 LG45 4-1/2-litre Drophead Coupe Courtesy classiccarsforsale.co.uk

1930 Lagonda 16/80 2-litre Weymann Saloon


2018-19 Season Redux Photos by Steven Kreisman, Cheryl Ossen-

fort, John Ossenfort, Dee Pellegrini

If some of these photos look familiar, it’s “Déjà vu, all over again!”, as Yogi Berra is reputed to have said. Here are a few photos to remind us what fun we had last season. Will you be in the picture this season?

Annual Regional Meeting

The LG45 (and subsequent LG45R tourer) went through a series of engine improvements over the next few years. In 1938 the LG6 model, with a lovely design by Frank Feeley, utilized the Mead-ows 4-1/2-litre engine for the final time in a new chassis with hydraulic brakes and a tandem master cylinder. And at the same time, Bentley’s dream car, the Lagonda V12, was brought out in a very similar body shape. It was also a 4-1/2-litre with dual overhead cams and 2 carburetors (4 in the V12 Rapide). Lightweight versions of the V12 Rapide were entered in the 1939 Le Mans race as a prepa-ration for the 1940 race, and came in 3rd and 4th. The 1940 race never occurred.

Lagonda went into war materiel production, and when the war ended, W.O. Bentley was building a 2.6-litre straight 6 engine with a light alloy head and dual overhead cam. But lack of available steel shut the company down. David Brown needed a powerplant for his recently purchased Aston Mar-tin company and bought Lagonda to acquire the engine. It was merged with Aston Martin in 1948. There are 15 Lagondas in the 2019 CCCA Hand-book: nine 6-cylinder models, one of which resides in Arizona, and 6 V-12’s.

Top: 1937 Lagonda 4-1/2-litre LG6 Drophead Coupe Courtesy Andrew Bone Above: 1940 Lagonda 4-1/2-Litre V-12 Drophead Coupe Courtesy Mr.Choppers


Holiday Party CCCA Grand Classic


Poker Run Classics Under the Sun



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The Stephens Family’s 1937 Lagonda LG45 Rapide Sport Tourer

At the 2017 Arizona Concours

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