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Picture of 132 attached showing same slide system, but with walnut dash:
A small update, we now have door keys for the car as well, so one lock left at last.
I am working on the boot lock, since my lock smith was unable to take it to pieces with out causing damage.
However, the boot lock is proving very difficult to access to take to pieces.
I have drilled out one fine steel retaining pin, which held the brass locking nut in place, nice but no access.
Now, going to drill out a second more substantial pin in brass, this is the only other pin which can be drilled out, so it should hopefully allow the lock to be dismantled.
If it fails, then have found a possible replacement from Jaguar Mk 2 / Daimler 250 :
Can you not use these at all, or is the outer diameter to wide. The tops look a very good match, and i suspect that this is the correct source or am I wrong ?
This appears to be if I may use the words, “the normal position” on these cars.
Still can’t work out why they choose to move the choke/mixture adjuster linkage around so much!
Have looked at pictures of 132 and 153 and both have the adjuster in same position.
Did your car ever have veneer on the bottom section of your dash-board, must be one of the few like this ??
See this link to previous posts on the same subject on the forum:
http://www.lagondaforum.com/showtopic.php?id=459
A very nice looking car indeed!
Your drivers side seat and hinge mechanism looks fabulous, nicely detailed.
Not surprised to hear the hinge parts are all seemingly unique, it follows on with everything else about these cars!
Same lock used on a DB4 as well, nice to know where it was sourced from !
Drivers Side inner door panel removed from front drivers door, just surface rust again to door panel.
Pictures of boot lock dis-assembled:
Lock is nice quality and in full working order after a good clean and regrease. Sent off for a set of keys, and then fun putting back in place,
Peter good evening,
Thank you, very very much for starting the changes to this excellent forum, I am sure many other users will be delighted.
I think it is a good choice that you started with the Rapide area.
Kind regards
Simon
The debris was the last of our old friends, snails yet again, they had munched some of the seat backing foam…. I guess they entered the car via the open battery compartment space..
There were none in the boot when I last looked, maybe in the engine bay…
Look forward to seeing your seat hinges back together with seats, they look very good indeed. A lot of work to bring to that standard of finish!
More pictures of leather interior seats…
Also shown are the seat hinges and mechansim and centre bar prior to dismantling and sending off for re-chroming. All with surface rust and light pitting to the surface.
I noted that the front seats were on chrome rail tracks, was this normal or yet another extra for a show car ?
Rear Seat Removal – this is in 3 parts.
The centre section on this car, like all the leather work has had the color scheme changed from fawn to white-gold for the customer back in March 1963. This was done with the rear seat kept in place. So had to put my hand between seat back and the side bolsters to break the adhesion from the white connollosing paint first.
The centre section is held in place with 3 clips, and the seat has to be pushed, wiggled and generally moved around until finally the seat is released. The last pile I hope of long dead snails were also removed, hiding behind the seat back…
Side Bolster Removal
The two side bolsters, are held in place with a wood screw to the top, hidden by some fine carpet trim, which comes away easily.
They can then be swung forwards, to expose at the bottom, a piece of aluminum plate, held to the chassis with three screws. I couldn’t reach these plates, but will remake when I put the bolsters back into the car, after they have been recolored and repaired as required.
Pictures of the boot interior, with rather nice condition original carpets, all were given a good clean and hoovering and have responded very well.
The only carpet which has suffered is that covering the parel shelf to the back of the boot, has a large hole in it. So will get this replaced.
Spare wheel cover in place, removed for pictures. A few small surface rust spots near the drainage hole. Quickly disappear when wire brushed and shiny metal appears, thankfully!
David hi
No doubt the saloon body was rotten or the new owner wanted an open tourer, they did a nice job of it..
Point taken, were there some other problems with the Lagonda that buyers who attended the viewing saw ??
Or was it unpopular in this color scheme ?