My next project "La Petite Chanteuse"

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We will be away for three months in total with six weeks in France and the rest in the UK. One of the main activities in England will be the Rapier Register's Tour of Northumberland so there should be plenty of photo-opportunities. Below are a couple of photographs taken on our last visit (2009). These were taken at the ritual re-enactment of the 1934 Press release day held by the Lagonda Company at 'Great Fosters', an Elizabethan manor house converted into a posh hotel prior to WW1. This event is held every 5 years. 

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While all the cars seen above may look the similar when viewed from the front, walk around and look at them from the rear. Of the just under 400 (in total) cars built each one is individual. No two Lagonda Rapiers are exactly the same.

12-16-2013

Re Photographs above, taken in England in 2009: My car is the first white one nearest the camera in the left hand photograph. The lady in the cream slacks is partially obscuring it. My wife Helen is standing between it and the first (red) car (at rear)The man in the blue shirt standing in the driveway in front of our car is James Williams an AACA member from South Carolina. In case anyone is wondering/interested, the photograph below shows how my Lagonda looked in the 1960/70s before I bought it in 1978. Some people will tell you that I destroyed a historic car. Having said that I have owned it longer (since 1978) than any other owner from 1934 to the present date.

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James Williams mentioned above is now in his 80s and is fully occupied restoring his Lagonda Rapier, a two seater similar to my car. He has owned it since 1969-70. Those AACA members who know him will agree, he is one remarkable man. In his spare time he is doing a major engine re-build on his 1930s Rolls Royce. He has only recently given up his position as "First Responder" with his local Volunteer Fire Service. If that is not enough he also has a huge collection of restored clocks and watches.

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