Lagonda Rapiers

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Having looked very closely at the "thread" for the MG TA for sale including all the extra photographs and the video I now know why I like my Rapier so much. There simply is no comparison. You will not buy a Rapier for anything like $29,000 but if you only have that much to spend? At least you won't be getting too many speeding fines!

Bernie J.

I know that I sometimes upset people but I have owned lots of MGs (and other sports cars) raced against them, driven in competitive road events against them, I have misguided friends who own them but to me with one or two possible exceptions MGs are over rated and a waste of space. It is virtually impossible to compare an MG with a Rapier as there is simply no comparison.

Bernie J.

8-14-2012

With the 75th Anniversary Meeting of the Rob Roy Hill-climb coming up on Sunday,(Australia's version of Shelsley Walsh) today has been spent giving the Rapier some TLC. Oil Change, the sump holds two (Imperial) gallons, gearbox three and a bit pints, Penrite HPR 30 in both. New (full flow screw-on canister type) oil filter. New spark plugs and distributor points. In lieu of the standard BTH Magneto my car runs a Bosch distributor. Tomorrow I have to replace the (foam plastic) air filters then get underneath to check the rear axle oil level and finally give it a wash and a quick polish and it should be ready to go.

Bernie J.

8-20-2012

Rob Roy Hill Climb. After a very wet week the pit area and dummy grid/assembly area was extremely muddy The attached shot shows our son Steve in the Rapier making his way to the start. With all the mud wheel-spin made getting off the start line quite a problem, water still draining across a couple of the corners did not help much either. With luck I should have the official results tomorrow.

Bj.

8-21-2012

Merde! as the French are wont to say... The bureaucracy in Australian (Amateur) Historic Motorsport has gone totally mad!

Due to some minor discrepancy in my competition licence both Steve and I wasted a day rushing up and down the hill. I have now been told that due to the said discrepancy, neither of our times were recorded and that they will not appear in the results. MERDE!!!!

Bj.

8-25-2012

You can see a short video of Rob Roy at "drive.com.au/video" Some of you may find it interesting. Sorry not an MG "B" in sight.

Bj.

8-27-2012

I have just received an e-mail from Jim Williams in South Carolina. Jim who I have mentioned before is an octogenarian and has owned his Rapier since the 1970s. He is doing a major engine rebuild carrying out all the work himself. His most recent task has been replacing the water transfer plates from the rear of the cylinder head.

Bj.