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This car sold for ?1200 + BP – basically a hulk with valuable 4-speed DB gearbox, valuable V5 ID etc.
I am guessing (hopefully!) that the buyer of the 2 door Coupe purchased this for spares, including the radiator grill and other valuable trim and chrome parts etc…
This car has now finally been sold and purchased by a Lagonda club member in the USA.
This car still for sale after nearly two years, must have been purchased for a song.
Perhaps, he might do better , by placing it for sale at one of the “barn find fresh” auctions……………
The car is now appearing on the auction web-site with a large number of recent pictures. Richard looks to have really brought this car back up to an excellent standard, and a lot of work has been done
http://classiccars.brightwells.com/viewdetails.php?id=4729
I am pleased that he has simply had the interior restored and kept the original ivory-white finish and the car is still on its correct Solex carbs.
The car unusually with heavily restored and re-chromed original bumpers; makes a change from stainless steel
Could never work out why the owner didn’t sort out local storage for the car in London, so he could enjoy it more ?
I hope to see the car in person and take more pictures for myself and Gilbert.
This car was unsold, and I suspect that the car dealer was acting as the agent for the owner.
It has recently appeared at auction in the USA on 31st August, but no idea if it sold yet ?
These cars i.m.o. seem to be hard to value or sell at auction, I think their dated lines, might make them tough sellers in the US market, given what came after them in terms of the 3.0 litre cars.
David hi
Thank you for your thoughts on this matter.
I am waiting to hear from a mutual friend who owned the remainder of 152, what was the spec of the camshafts in the engine, will be useful for ever increasing pile of pages…
I remember looking at the pictures of 118 in racing form, no doubt with a straight through exhaust, like the racing DB4’s, it must have made one hell of an impressive noise !
Not long to go, auction is this evening!
By a strange twist of fate, was contacted the other day by a son of the first owner of LR125.
All the best
Simon
This web-site has had numerous additions, currently adding details of two restorations of 3.0 Lagonda’s with pictures and info kindly supplied by their helpful owners. Such information I hope may be of use to other restorers / car owners. I will be adding more on the 3.0 dhc over the next few days.
As a contrast, I will then illustrate an alternative approach used by a club member. What do you do with a 3.0 hulk with no engine/box and lots missing, he restored it and did a fabulous job, more to come on this one.
Re-entered at Brightwell’s on 24th September, and it looks impressive and a credit to the current owner. Minor niggle, wheel embellishers missing, aside from that the Dubonnet looks great.
I note, not showing up on the catalogue yet, give it a day or two..
David hi
This is the second Rapide I have noted with the DB4 style conversion, LR128 was the first I had seen.
I have not seen 125, but have pictures of it from Christian show a car which has had a vast amount of work and money spent and looks good.
I had the opportunity to drive 155 at Bonham’s, not far unfortunately (!), but to my mind the engine pulled very well on the Solex carbs, in comparison to my brother’s DB6. Mechanically, 155 was a 100% well sorted car, and a credit to its restorer.
The auction blurb as follows – not my words for 125:
“Chicane Classics, to ensure the smooth and reliable running of the engine and mechanicals. This included the fitment of twin SU carburettors in place of the less efficient and unreliable Solex carburettors”
You have far more experience than anyone else now with a Rapide, I would like to know your thoughts on the subject ?
I have been told that the car sold for ?54k, and the photographs flattered the car condition. This ties in with the condition of the car when I saw it at H&H two years ago, when it made ?38k.
Clive hi
I think that is the best route for you. Can you take a few more pictures of your engine and box and email them over to me – that would be appreciated for the web-site
if you can put the front seats standing in the car and rear seat put loosely in place, your car will look far more complete to any potential buyer, and you may convince someone that the car is actually complete and worth saving. if the car really has good sills and a good wooden frame, take some pictures, that is what puts people off buying these under-appreciated cars..
All of the body panels in the front of the bulkhead are interchangeable with the dhc. Don’t worry about that, there are really plenty of front body sections around. I even have one now, and don’t have a complete 2.6 car at this point…
The x-frame cruciform chassis for both 2.6 and 3.0 litre cars is basically the same, with very minor differences.
Kind regards
Simon
Clive hi
Might I suggest that if you posted more pictures here, you will receive more responses to your car and parts for sale.
If you reassembled the car, you would do better; a project car in pieces is generally a weaker seller than a car in one piece.
You have the 2.6 litre saloon which is an acquired taste, perhaps an advert in the Lagonda club gazette might also be helpful with your sale or otherwise eBay brings out many buyers as well. If you get the engine and box, back in the car and up and running, that will help your cause a lot.
Best of luck
Simon
This car is one of the last 16 DB 2.6 Mk2 chassis’s which were bodied by Brooklands of Bond Street.
The car would have been supplied with a 2.6 litre engine originally, and then in late 1954 or possibly 1955, a 3.0 litre engine would have been fitted by the works.
They are referred to as 2.6/3.0 litre Brooklands cars. There are actually a good number of these cars which have survived, some with their original 2.6 engines still in place.
I do like the Australia connection, there seems to be a significant number of V12 cars that took trips to Oz, and no doubt visited “Walcha” in some form or other…
So I guessed correctly that you work for Head-Shop, nice work indeed. I saw this car at H&H and the engine sounded very good at the time.
I have also seen Cast Iron Welding’s work on a friends 3.0 cylinder head – beautiful work.