Lagonda Rapiers

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Meanwhile work on the spare ENV 75 Gearbox continues. With the "bands" in position next step will be to set up the "struts" and "bus bar". I am sure that most, if not all, of you are familiar with the internal workings of Preselector gearboxes so that is probably enough.
In his earlier post Mike 6024's video shows you exactly how they work.
It is all very simple, you simply select the gear required and press in the (clutch) pedal then as you let it out that gear is engaged. That big spring, seen in the foreground of the first photograph, does all the work.
Any attempt by me to further explain the workings would be superfluous. Just think of the gear lever as a "magic wand", wave it about a bit and everything happens

12-1-2018

We have now paid our air fares to Europe for just over three months touring holiday early next year. Taking into account the anount of interest shown this thread, it will finish then. Between now and then I will be busy preparing the Lagonda so please do not expect very much activity even before then.

12-2-2018

As I have been doing one or two little jobs on the Rapier today, I have been doing some serious thinking.
I really need to apologise to you all.
I have taken for granted that you all would fully understand what I am saying when I discuss the various aspects of owning, driving and working on cars equipped with Preselector Gearboxes. Thinking about this I am sure that with the majority of you, I may as well have been talking in Swahili.
I would estimate that over the last 90 to 100 years there would be possibly less than 5% of the people who have owned cars equiped with preselector gearboxes who would fully understand how and why they work. Even less have taken their car's gearbox fully apart and reassembled them, restoring them to working order.
I have been privileged to own, over a period of around 60 years, no less than seven or eight Lagonda Rapiers and just one Daimler, all equiped with Preselector gearboxes.
Added to this there may be just one or two of you who have ever actually seen a Lagonda Rapier and even less that have driven one.
 
Thank you for being so patient.