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It does look very nice in the photos – maybe I was being a bit harsh.
I find the sellers descriptions very amusing for these kind of cars, they normally start like this; ‘Lagonda Rapide L###/R was sold to a Mr John Smith III of the ‘such and such’ trading company in 1963 after which it passed into the venerable hands of Sgt… who lovingly cherised and daily polished it etc etc.’ All written in the style of a historic factual document about a significant artifact.
Any other car and it would be; ‘This Lagonda Rapide has been fully restored, comes with a full history and is in excellent conditon etc etc’.
Am I rambling…I’ll get my coat.
Hi Guy, did you reverse the polarity yourself? I’ve done it to another car by touching the live wire against the body of the dynamo – very easy! My reservation with the Rapide is the rev counter and other electronic gauges – did you have a problem with these?
You could always refit the original dynamo at a later stage if you wanted. Fitting an alternator should be easy as the Rapide already has a thin belt compatible with most modern alternators – not sure if the control box needs to be adapted as well?
Hi Guy, thanks for the info, I will be very interested to hear how your conversion goes and how it feels and performs afterwards. I am suprised that the DB4/5 and Rapide did not have it fitted considering it has power brakes, windows and fuel cap, even the Rover P5b had PAS in 1958. I think I would be tempted to have the same upgrade added, especially as it is quite close…we’ll see…
Thanks David, do you think it’s a bit wimpish to add PAS?
Hi Jay, any idea roughly how much the PAS conversion was? It’s certainly worth doing on a Rapide…though I havn’t driven it yet, but I have lifted the engine out!
If you are paying a reputable dealer then I think in the region of ?3-5K to retrofit electronic PAS – someone else may need to confirm. You can fit exactly the same PAS system yourself if you do the right research and know what you are doing for next to nothing, I’m sure AM specialists file the GM logo off their hardware… 😉
Not sure about the alternator conversion – shouldn’t be more than ?150 as it’s a very simple job and the alterator is a cheap part – probably cost ?1000 if done by an AM specialist.
You may need to reverse the polarity of the car for both of the above jobs (if not done already) – no problem apart from some of your instruments might suffer.
Aston Martin Dorset supplied me the missing link for ?10 – bargain!
Mine are two vents like the front but much wider with the blower in the middle (round vent). The material on mine is vinyl.
Thanks for looking, I’d like original if possible but will resort to a new rod if I have to. This is what I’m after – see below:
So, who bought it?
Yes, I would like to see this also, though I don’t think I will alter mine as it’s original to my car. Having said that I would like the challenge but I think it would involved the moulding, or fine painting of a small piece of red plastic?
A good radio off eBay is around ?200…
I have my originals but the inner hub caps are poor – the outer would polish up. TVJL did have a spare set….? These are typical of the ones I have;
Mine has a Motorola 707 (or 717T see below) which is original to my car. They do turn up on eBay every so often – like here…
Last phase of carb rebuild – new gaskets, main jets, diaphrams.
Good to hear of another Rapide, would you mind telling us a bit more about it, a photo would be great!
Christian