Lagonda Rapiers

3 minute(s) of a 484 minute read

Going in at last. I really need my head read. These boxes weigh the virtual ton, the best way to re-install them is from underneath. no wonder the torn ligaments in my right shoulder never quite heal. Oh well! at 75 I only have at best another 25 years to keep punishing myself. You will note that my car is not quite show standard but then it never goes to shows or similar static displays. If you want to see it you have to catch it first.

oldcar

6-2-2012

At last after three mind blowing weeks the Lagonda is all back together. The rebuilt gearbox is so much quieter it makes it all worth while. I still have to do a full road test but every indication is that the operation was successful and the patient even better than it has been for quite some time. We have a full weekend event scheduled for the 23rd/24th of this month which should give it a good workout.

oldcar.

6-4-2012

Hi Roger and thank you.

Here in Melbourne (Australia) the Fourth of June is the fourth day of Winter! I had hoped to take the Lagonda Rapier for a test drive this afternoon but unfortunately the weather gods gave us a perfect English summer day....Cold winds and driving rain, so I stayed inside and wrote a couple of long e-mails. (Like 2000 words).

oldcar.

6-5-2012

Hi Roger

Enjoy the sunshine. I hope that you are going to drive to the top of Mount Ventour on the way home. Either that or detour to climb the Col du Galibier, Col d"Izoard etc

We climbed Ventour in the Lagonda Rapier some years ago, the Stelvio etc in 2004 then the Galibier etc in 2009. Only thing is that you may have to take along a can opener so you can take the top down. 

Re the top; I am not referring to those well tanned ladies on the beaches at Monte Carlo etc.

Cheers

Bernie J.

6-6-2012

This one is for all my pre-war British car owning friends:

6-10-2012

Hello

Another two photographs from the Equipe Australie "Rapier Raid" on the French Alps in 2009.

Perhaps Roger went the same route driving his old small car. Don't be shy Roger you can tell us what you actually drive.

Bernie J.