Lagonda Rapiers

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On the subject of useful books, the other reference book that I frequently use to look up information regardinga particular English Car is my Culshaw & Horrobin's Complete Catalogue of British Cars. This not only gives a brief history of each company but reasonably detailed specifications. As a totally random selection here is the entry for Day-Leeds cars, made only in the ten years between 1914 and 1924. Copies of this should be relatively easy to find.

6-23-2018

Well done JP, I hope that you find it a helpful reference. Jaguar also used those double ended pumps. A very long time ago we had a 3.8s as a tow car it had twin petrol tanks with a seperate pump for each tank with a switching arrangement so you could turn from one tank to the other. This was very handy for fast interstate trips towing the racing Rapier Special in a tandem axle trailer. The Jag was a manual with overdrive on third and fourth gear. 

The above photograph shows the Rapier Special in the Pits at Amaro Park in New South Wales.  This potent little car is now in the UK but it is almost unrecognisable as the same car. It now has a Supercharged 1500 Rapier engine and the body has been much modified and it has been painted a beautiful blue.

7-20-2018

For anyone else who is watching the Tour de France Bicycle Race on television they too would have looked on with some very mixed feelings as yesterday and today saw the race move into the Alps. For Helen & I with what may be our last visit to Europe with the Lagonda Rapier scheduled for the northern summer of 2019 we are making copious mental notes. I believe that this years tour may have alerted us to an Alpine Pass that makes the dreaded Stelvio pale into insignificance. I still have to do some homework but I should be able to give you some more information regarding this "find" very soon. I do appreciate that the immensely entertaining past-time of Charging up European Alpine Passes in almost 90 year old Sports Cars probably appeals to only a very seclect few but for us there is no better way to go on a "touring" holiday........