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Maybe you’re on dot com as I don’t think it’s there from a quick look?
http://www.ebay.co.uk.
Search “Lagonda” (all categories). Order by “time listed” on the right.
Scroll down to about item 35 or so and you’ll find it. . . .(Will be on page 2 if you have it set for 25 items a page)
Yes it does, but you have to search in “All categories”.
it seems to be listed under “Automobilia”.
Maybe a bargain to be had if it’s hard to find. . . .Hi Stephen. I have emailed you. Does it look like the attached photo?
And thanks Colin for the chroming advise. I emailed the club asking if they have a jack as you suggested, about 10 days ago, and have had no reply. Is that normal? I am a member!
David Eldred
Thanks Colin, I didn’t realise the club might have a jack. I did have a full set but misplaced one in a house move some while back. I did manage to get a replacement from David Ayre but it is so badly corroded round the mounting bracket area that I can’t really use it for anything other than in non-working mode. I’d kinda like them to work.
DavidHi John,
LUVAX SHOCKS
These are RARE. Mine too had been replaced with telescopic as have many. I got hold of some a few years back but only after a long time searching.
Try Alan Brown, you may be lucky – in the club register, or Stevson Motors http://www.stevsonmotors.co.uk/home.htm (UK) one of the few specialists who restores them and sometimes can help acquire them, or put you on his list. I know he scoures autojumbles – Beaulieu etc (or did a few years ago). You will need the right arms and linkages too as unless they have come off a Lagonda the ones they come with (if any) will be wrong. Front and back arms are different but linkages are the same. Links and arms would be possible to have manufactured/cast. If yours is an S1 it wouldn’t have the torsion bar between the rear shocks I imagine? Mine is an S4 and does. I think there are other differences in the set up of earlier LG45s as well. Alan Brown should be able to advise if in doubt.Hope this helps. Sorry not to be more positive.
David Eldred
Peter,
Many thanks for taking the pictures.
David
Hi Colin,
What’s the e-commerce package then?
The shopping cart appears to be in Perl?
David
Further to previous comments Autosparks (http://www.autosparks.co.uk/) are now advertising on their website that they will braid your old loom or a new one you have made up. Cost is ?1.45 per foot plus return postage and VAT.
Any existing braid must be removed before sending to them and all wires need to be taped and an indication of where to start and stop the braid.
I plan to cover the parts that go along the chassis rails with something more waterproof and easier to clean and they say they are happy to do a partial braid – the only limitation is they can’t braid single wires. Not sure why but can’t see a problem.
David
Hi Colin,
What I did was make a colour version of the original wiring diagram. I scanned it and used Adobe Illustrator and redrew it using the correct wire colours for each circuit on separate layers. I could then print out A3 sheets of whichever circuit or combination of circuits I wanted. It took ages but it did make the task much easier. I made the new loom as the original where it varied from the diagram.
I have now got the loom how I want – and as original as possible. I have to confess i went for plastic covered wire as none of it will be visible (unless you peer behind the dashboard).
I too went for lots of heat shrink and have some of the woven plastic wiring sleeving (I think you have the same stuff – expandable and frays a lot at the ends?).
I’ve not yet done the final covering and am not sure I like the woven plastic. I was told by a restorer that Autosparks will put the cotton covering on for you, confirming your comment. Will probably do that but maybe only a partial cover as its going to get wet/dirty along the chassis and be hard to clean, is it not?Do you still have the LG45?
David Eldred
I bought one of their looms some time ago for my LG45. After spending a long time trying to work out how it went I realised it was substantially wrong and I ended up taking it apart and remaking it to match my original loom. This did give me the opportunity to add circuits for bits i wanted to add that I hadn’t thought of when I ordered the loom.
David Eldred
Alistair,
Thanks for the new pix. That’s very kind of you.
Think I have all the info I need now.
David Eldred
Alistair, you’re a star!
It looks pretty much the same although the retaining screw looks a lot bigger than the hole I have would suggest.
If you really don’t mind taking it apart and taking more pix that’d be much appreciated.
Many thanks
David Eldred
Hi,
Sounds an interesting project though I’m not a Rapier owner (LG45).
I’d be surprised if you need several gigabyte of space – that’d be thousands of images at quite a large size. I’m a graphic designer by profession and maintain a few websites which are image heavy. As a rough guide 500 images at 600 x 460 pixels would take up around 120 mb or so. And that’s at a high jpeg setting (fussy clients). Less if jpegged down a bit. You save space too by making sure black and white photos are scanned as greyscale and not RGB (colour). If the images are big you use a lot of bandwidth as well as storage space.
Text takes up much less space than an image so OCR scanning is the best way to do text. You do need to proof read it though as, for instance, an “r” and a “n” close together can turn into an “m” etc. Or at least run a spell checker. You do need to get the original flat on the scanner which can be a problem if in a book. A blurred edge of a photo scanned from a book may be acceptable but if it’s text you end up having to key in the missing bits as the software won’t read the bit you can’t get flat. So really depends what your originals are whether OCR is practical.
Also don’t ignore copyright issues.
David Eldred
I have a pair of those in fairly good condition. The trouble is they’d need quite a lot of alteration to get one hole instead of two at the bottom. Not sure how easy it would be to cut and reshape the spring steel, plus I’d end up with the lower 2 holes cut through.
I suppose I could just make a plate to fit the two hole brackets, but didn’t want to do that really. Yes, I know I’m being fussy!
Maybe the way to go is to alter what I have if I can’t find any of the correct shaped ones.
I can revert to plan “A” if failure sets in (get another two hole bracket and make a plate)
D
Thanks Colin.
No doesn’t have any. He suggests getting some new leaves laser cut (spring steel).
Sounds expensive!
David