Lagonda Rapide 1962 spotted!

[Justin Tazewell]

1962 Lagonda Rapide spotted sitting on my garage ramps in Gloucestershire!

This beautiful old beasty comes in dark metallic blue, with cream leather interior, electric windows all round, and a 4 litre straight six David brown engine under ther bonnet. (it's basically an automatic DB4 with a modified rear suspension and different coachwork, according to the Lagonda/Aston Martin/David Brown history web-site.) And the owner wants to sell it... (his wife doesn't like it).

now to have to choose between this and the Sierra RS500 Cosworth sat next to it...

[clapham993]

This car belongs to Martin Buckley, the motoring journalist and is, I think, for sale.

Lovely piece of kit - in a better fairer world three bays of the fantasy garage would be taken up by one of these, an AMV8 Lagonda and a wedge

[williamp]

If you want the Aston experience then dont buy the rapide. If you want the Lagonda experience then do.

I have nothing against them, but they only built (I think- I'll have to check) 7.

Incidentally, has anyone ever seen a rapide with the DB4 style front? I have often heard about this. but the only ones I have ever seen have got the three piece grille...

Will

[clapham993]

The seven lagondas were the AMV8 Lagondas, not the rapides.

The one with the DB4 front was David Brown's own car