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Hi Guy,
Interesting thoughts. The last thing I want to do is put a damper on them but I’m not sure I agree. Alloy radiators are readily available as are most of the brake parts. I can’t see that there would be enough ‘takers’ to make much of an impact on the tyre or carpet side of things, let alone petrol tanks! Christian has managed to get bumpers remanufactured and he and I got in on the end of a batch of rim embellishers and hub caps (I can see that this is an area where we could probably get together and promote the creation of another batch).
I’d be keen to hear from others, though (perhaps I’m being too pessimistic?).
Regards,
Tim
Hi Martin,
As you probably appreciate, the Instruction book has this to say: “The tool kit is kept in the boot, the larger tools being clipped in position. The small tools are contained in a tool roll.”
Similar questions (about the ‘right’ tools) have been asked over the years on the AMOC website, reference (principally) Astons of this era and later. The best distillation I can manage of the views expressed is as follows (obviously, the Astons did not need a wheel brace and had a rawhide hammer to ‘address’ the knock offs/ons):
Starting handle
Engine drain plug tool (already mentioned) (replicas can be supplied by Kevin Kay in Northern California).
Open ended spanners x 3 (or more) (Whitworth) – 1/8 to 3/16, 1/4 to 5/16, 5/16 to 3/8 (before those that were marked ‘David Brown’ came into use, Garrington branded items seem to have been usual, although Magpie and King Dick were also used) – see additional photograph below
Spark plug box-spanner and tommy-bar
Pliers
Wooden-handled screwdriver
Grease gun (Tecalemit branded (not sure of size))
Fire extinguisher
Adjustable spanner (only with late cars)
Feeler gauge set
Valve core set
Valve cap set
Tyre gauge
Gearbox drain key
Girling tin containing a tube and key to bleed the brakes
I don’t have the books to hand. But, didn’t many of the 2.6 Lags have the Jackall hydraulic jack system? Obviously, cars so equipped would not have had the hand jack etc. included in the tool kit.
Regards,
Tim
Martin,
Here are a few photographs that may help re various DB2, 2/4 tool provisions.
Regards,
Tim
Hi Martin,
I’m always asking this sort of question re our cars (DB 3 litre and DB Rapide) and look forward to reading the replies of others. I can’t help much myself re the DB 2.6, I’m afraid. I do know that there should be at least 2 ‘special’ tools in the kit – a handle for pumping the Jackall system and a drain tap tool for the engine. The starting point for collecting a set of tools that is probably right for the post war car in question is the equivalent kit for the Aston Martin DB2, 2/4, Mark III and DB4 (as the case may be, depending on the production dates of the corresponding DB Lagonda).
Regards,
Tim
Many thanks David. 😀
T
Hi Christian,
We don’t have anything, sadly (although I have acquired a spinner tool). Like you, I assume that the kit is the same as the DB4. Could you post a pic of your jack when you have a moment, please? I just want to make sure that I’m looking for the ‘correct’ item.
Best,
Tim
Hi Guy and Happy New Year. All now clear and understood. Mmmmmm…. perhaps there may be an alternative answer to be found here? http://www.blockleytyre.com
Mmmmm… Well, on the last occasion that the car was for sale Francis had this to say; “40 000 pounds is a hefty price to pay for a car that will eventually have to be dismantled completly for remake.” But, of course, for about twice the price he could buy 147? It seems to me that both cars, at the price(s) being asked, represent great opportunities that, IMHO, will be thought of as the stuff of dreams in but a few years’ time. As I’ve observed before, the values of these cars, and the DB4/5/6s, are rising at a huge rate of knots.
I can’t answer your question, Guy, but will ask around if you don’t get the answer from this forum. But, I was just wondering why you ask? Are your wheels irreparably damaged in some way? I suppose one answer might be to have a set of wire wheels made up (for a different look, at least)?
Regards,
Tim
Personally, I think that Aegean Blue is one of the most attractive colours used for these cars (but then I’m biased of course :D).
Tim
Julian,
I agree. But, as you may very well know, this car had languished in the hands of (at least) three different dealers over the last couple of years, unsold. It was advertised at high 50s, then mid, then low. I was myself offered the car privately at slightly less than the price it made on eBay, but had other plans. It does make you one wonder about the strange state of the market at the moment.
I’d like to add my congratulations too.
Tim
David,
I’ve rerun the clip a couple more times and am still unsure. As the car approaches the camera, the image is too indistinct. The car exits frame left foreground (sorry for the technical speak – i used to work in the biz, as you may recall). By this time, the image is much more clear but the angle much more oblique. I think it could well be an ‘8″ (which at least ties in with your records), although it does look mighty like the other ‘B’ at this juncture.
Regards,
Tim
David,
Sorry for the slow response.
The Rapide is the ‘chase’ car in pursuit of a TR4. The latter turns off into a boarding school and the Rapide drives on. The TR4 parks and the driver collapses as he gets out of the car but not before delivering an important couple of words to a very young Kurt Russell and chum.
As you probably know, the index number of the car is: CZB 67B. The paint looks to be a mid to light green (although this is difficult to discern). In terms of specific features, the car does not exhibit the ‘inboard’ ‘in grille’ lights, does not have wing indicator lights in front of the side vents, and does not have chrome panels behind the headlights. It does have, however, twin rectangular fog lights mounted below the front bumper and a badge bar mounted above. There are twin round fog lights mounted on the bar along with three badges – the central one is almost certainly a Lagonda Club badge. The car is on steel wheels but I can’t see which type of rear bumper has been used. I have run the clip several times and am becoming convinced that the standard radio ariel mounting is absent from the front off side wing (although it is very difficult to tell).
Best wishes,
Tim
Well, I’m not so sure. The car just does not look ‘right’ to me and the story doesn’t quite chime with the pictures, to my mind.
There are lots of minor bits and bobs missing (exterior and interior trim and under the bonnet). But, more than that, the back end looks as if it’s been rebuilt at some time (the rear lights are much later too). The car is said also to have been in storage for many years and the engine, clutch, brakes etc. have been overhauled for ?20k recently. But, that’s a bit steep for a mechanical re-commissioning of this work alone and, yet, if more has been done why not mention it? The carpets look new and are non-standard. The hood and leather look to be in very good order and yet these things are the first to suffer in long term storage (especially the hood). And, even the paint/trim description does not match the car in the snaps.
I’ve contacted the vendors for more details. We shall see.
As for being good value, I try not to forget the maxim, when involved in the proposed sale of an asset; ‘if you are wondering which one of you in the deal is a fool, it’s you!’
Not guilty.