Author Topic: Solved NIC#949 - 1936 Rapier converted to s/c single-seater (Read 3560 times)

It's a Lagonda Rapier which started life as a 1934 coupe bodied by Abbott of Farnham. In 1997 and it was bought by a Mr. Reinhard List of Edlitz, Austria. He converted it to supercharged single-seater.

nicanary · « **Reply #18 on:** July 02, 2018, 10:30:16 AM »

That's the car! Nothing more to add, really. I thought it might have been built pre-war like the Eccles car, but it's just another example of a modern "enthusiast" wrecking a car's provenance. Looks nice though.

D-type · « **Reply #19 on:** July 02, 2018, 05:01:21 PM »

Quote from: nicanary on July 02, 2018, 10:30:16 AM

That's the car! Nothing more to add, really. I thought it might have been built pre-war like the Eccles car, but it's just another example of a modern "enthusiast" wrecking a car's provenance. Looks nice though.

But essentially a "special" in the VSCC tradition though.

nicanary · « **Reply #20 on:** July 02, 2018, 05:13:41 PM »

Quote from: D-type on July 02, 2018, 05:01:21 PM

Quote from: nicanary on July 02, 2018, 10:30:16 AM
That's the car! Nothing more to add, really. I thought it might have been built pre-war like the Eccles car, but it's just another example of a modern "enthusiast" wrecking a car's provenance. Looks nice though.
But essentially a "special" in the VSCC tradition though.

Fair comment. It could just as easily have been done in period.

BERTRAND · « **Reply #21 on:** August 08, 2023, 05:21:51 AM »

Identify this car and when, please

BERTRAND · « **Reply #22 on:** August 28, 2023, 02:31:37 AM »

expert

BERTRAND · « **Reply #23 on:** January 18, 2024, 04:59:45 AM »

nicanary · « **Reply #24 on:** January 18, 2024, 05:57:55 AM »

ERA ?

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Author Topic: Solved NIC#949 - 1936 Rapier converted to s/c single-seater (Read 3560 times)