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May 02, 2012 10:12 pm
May 02, 2012 10:12 pm
Subject: Re: 1952 Lagonda 2.6 litre for sale on eBay
Peter and Tony,
Engines are around, you just have to hunt for them very hard and determined. Same for gear-boxes, I have found a couple and there are for sure more out there, but clearly not common.
Tony - I see you have benefited from the latest craze of Aston Martin owners, to throw away perfectly good and original gear-boxes, for newer modern 5-speed alloy boxes from the likes of Tremec, Toyota etc. If you browse the AMOC forum, you will see this is an increasingly common practice. I would happily bet, that your gearbox is in good order, and yes it is unique to the post-war DB cars.
Would be interested to hear Tim's thought on the subject, perhaps I am mistaken and stand to be corrected ?
By the way this car actually dates from 1952, the post war Lagonda registar informed me this evening.
The seller has reduced the price to 1800 pounds today.
The car could still be brought back to life like Harry Taylor did with his 3.0 litre 2-door, using a 1980's Japanese straight six cylinder and five speed box-beautiful work. The car is road registered and of course has been given a new lease of life, after being rescued from the Lagonda grave-yard of1990.
Simon
Peter and Tony,
Engines are around, you just have to hunt for them very hard and determined. Same for gear-boxes, I have found a couple and there are for sure more out there, but clearly not common.
Tony - I see you have benefited from the latest craze of Aston Martin owners, to throw away perfectly good and original gear-boxes, for newer modern 5-speed alloy boxes from the likes of Tremec, Toyota etc. If you browse the AMOC forum, you will see this is an increasingly common practice. I would happily bet, that your gearbox is in good order, and yes it is unique to the post-war DB cars.
Would be interested to hear Tim's thought on the subject, perhaps I am mistaken and stand to be corrected ?
By the way this car actually dates from 1952, the post war Lagonda registar informed me this evening.
The seller has reduced the price to 1800 pounds today.
The car could still be brought back to life like Harry Taylor did with his 3.0 litre 2-door, using a 1980's Japanese straight six cylinder and five speed box-beautiful work. The car is road registered and of course has been given a new lease of life, after being rescued from the Lagonda grave-yard of1990.
Simon