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Christian, try the GTC Engineering web site http://www.gtc-engineering.com/
For a DB4 set of parts it’s ?2750 + VAT, says “please call” re Rapide, guess it’ll be a broadly similar amount
Guy, I had the polarity changed and an alernator fitted in one car but the labour costs are lumped in with other work so I can’t break them out; the work was done by Wren Classics at Shaftesbury. About the only thing that does not work is the clock. My Rapide is still positive earth and I have investigated fitting an alernator (+ve earth) that looks like a dynamo, but the makers have not (yet) introduced one with the capacity the Rapide needs. I’ve not been minded so far to change to negative earth
Guy, something in the back of my mind says door handles may be same as P5 Rover. Sorry no idea about internal door locks – Rover again?
Thanks Tim, very helpful, I think for the moment the record should stand. Perhaps there is an expert here who can advise on the form of 1960s registrations in Ireland!
Hi Tim, thanks for that. Its colour is California Sage (with White Gold interior). How appropriate it was the spies’ car! So I wonder if some or all of the extra lights were put on for the film?
Without appearing toooo much of a pedant, could you please clarify the final digit of the registration – is it B Bravo or 8 Eight? My paper records from late 80s would suggest the latter
Regards
David
TJVL will know for sure but this one looks a real drop top not a converted saloon. Looks good value?
I’ve looked this morning but don’t have – try Burlen?
Sadly I can’t play youtube video clips, do tell more! I gather it was the spies car. And we know the car still exists
No sign of the source car’s chassis number scribed on the backplate. I wonder how it ended up in Leeds?
I can’t do a picture of my car’s radio, but here’s a brief description, referring to Christain’s photo above which has an illuminated red M – for Motorola – in the middle and which if I recall appears behind the wavelength needle. Well, if you take the front off the radio, I’d guess you’d find this M is on a small piece of thin clear perspex or similar. Substitute a similar piece of perspex with LAGONDA on it, with the word about 2.5cm long, text about 4mm high. It’s probably imperial measure so 1 inch long and 3/16 high. The font is pretty plain, not recognisably a trade-mark font – not Arial (too new?), but something like Calibri or Century Gothic. Hope this helps!
Sorry, the backing is clear, the letters are red, and cannot be seen when the radio is switched off
If ever you enter a concours the judges will not be qualified to know the difference anyway…
Jay, It may be that you have to buy a standard radio as Christian illustrates then modify it with the Lagonda name, which is what I guess AML did in 62-64. It’s just the word Lagonda rather than the winged logo etc
Regards
David
Fascinating Mark; 155 was sold by Brooklands of Bond Street London (order number 14090) and was delivered to them on 16 Jan 64 (actually the papers say 1963 but that is clearly a clerical error). Their record for the car does not show the name of the first owner (although some do), which might lend weight that for some cars which have presumed early history might indeed have a slightly different version. It would be interesting to know what is detailed on the original build sheet at Aston Service Dorset
That same record also suggests while 155 was the last car built it was not the last car ordered. 156 (or perhaps higher) would have been a manual car, Carribean Pearl with Grey interior for a Mr Canham. And there is some evidence of a subsequent car with legible details lost in photocopying and then scanning years ago (the bottom of the page has been copped off)
Jay, depending on which car you have, to be authentic the radio may need the word lagonda illiminated in red when swirched on, behind or embedded in the wavelength scale
I know where my spare radio was a few years ago but it may now be in Scandinavia (long story!)
Again if you PM me, I might be able to point you in its possible direction
Jay, which car do you have please? You can PM me if you prefer not to make it public
Excellent! So, next a doctoral thesis on how & why they work?