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To put your mind at ease the videos are just the tip of the iceberg and there is a lot that doesn’t make it in. As you rightly say it is essential to keep careful records but note taking isn’t as much fun to watch. Paul and Steve are both professional mechanics and have over 80 years experience between them (they may want a word with me for saying that!) so Celia is in safe hands with them.

@@Reedys_Digest Thank you for your reply. I am very pleased to hear that the Lagonda is in very good hands and look forward to following her progress back on to the road again .

Hey thank you! Just wait till we get out on the road!!

We did think about that on the way home….. You are completely right anyone working on a car that age on any part where heat might transfer or where anything looks white and flakey would be well advised to wear a mask. Especially when hammering.

Hey there thank you so much for watching

That VSCc weekend will be a permanent fixture in my calendar there was so much to see. I do wonder if one day we might be able to coax Celia up that course!

@@Reedys_Digest I took my little Morris Minor up Prescott Hill Climb back in 2021, and on the second run up the hill it spat a core plug out and dumped its coolant! I managed to get my hands on another plug and the next day successfully completed the Cotswold Tour, some 80 miles, and drop my friend home before heading home myself. About 180 miles in total. The week before last I took the 92-year-old car on a 1000 mile tour to Scotland.

@@crashbox7130 oh my goodness! Those sound like wonderful adventures. I hope one day to take Celia up to Scotland, one of her previous owners lived there!

I think perhaps also nothing too hilly!

great idea

They do! Paul and Steve make everything look easy! Re kitty, I think in time the channel will generate a little bit of ad revenue and if it does I’ll put that towards the car. I love that the time that everyone who watches the channel shares with me by watching the videos will support the restoration and also the specialist local engineering businesses that repair the parts we can’t ourselves. We’ll be hearing more from Adam who did the magneto in the one of the upcoming videos!

@@Reedys_Digest That's a good philosophy, it's all to your credit!

It’s amazing isn’t it! So far every nut has just come undone, nothing has rusted up! Paul and Steve are amazing they are both professional mechanics and they make it all look so simple.

Do brakes one side at a time - you may love antisieze compound (it is a silver color aluminum based paste that will prevent things from getting stuck and that works very nice on splines and such, brakes look great - just clean up with brake cleaner and reinstall. Repack you’re wheel bearings (that is not an easy job via design). You are probably need to be completing a few more projects before moving onto the next - life inevitably seems to happen and best not to get too far ahead given it is a survivor project and also given it is one of the first rodeo’s of its type for everyone. Apart is 100 times easier to do than putting together. Apologies for preaching.

Wise words, especially re the difference between taking apart and putting back together! When we come to put it back together I may have to do a lot more editing of dialogue!

Thank you. And hi there to the US from England!

@@lasalleman6792 she was great and very generous with her time on a very busy day.

@@benzinfeuer732 fabulous thank you 🤩 lots more to come!

Thank you, slow and steady shows the way!

Thank you! You have made my day with this! Should have another workshop video out in the next 10 days or so!

@@Reedys_Digest Look forward to it! Love Lagonda..Thank you so much for what you're doing! In a side note,I believe Alvis Cars has been revived. Saw something onYT,but need more details .Apparently,if you have the bare bones of a carcase (eg. chassis,engine,gearbox,they will restore it for you,but unsure of details.I just mention this out of interest,as I feel this is a positive development in the historic car movement and feel that it does encourage us!Anyhow,keep up the good work!

I know I can’t get over all the copper pipes in the engine. If you told me it powered a Time Machine I’d almost believe it!

Oh no! Andrew was right and the canopy has slowly relaxed over time and now reaches the windscreen.

It is one of the family!

Glad you like it!

Thank you! It was fun to make and a good excuse for a couple of great days out!

It was a tremendous day out!

They are lovely. My father drove his as a daily driver for years including driving my mother down Snake Pass on a winter’s night with the top down. Now that I have had a closer look at the hood I could hazard a guess as to why that might have been!

It was brilliant!

I never miss it. 😎 I noticed that all the Lagondas were parked together. Now I know why.

Absolutely! They had all been to the pub (closed!) at the crack of dawn!

Much less music in future I promise!

Noted re the music. Unfortunately there was a radio playing in the background which would have given me a copyright problem. I wonder if I could tempt you to take a glance 005. Note so much as a note if I remember rightly!

Thank you. We are based in central England near Stratford on Avon. We could connect through the Lagonda Club if you could let me have your friend’s membership #.

⁠@@Reedys_DigestI’ll check with him on Thursday. We are in Essex so I’m not sure he’s up for a drive over to you but I’ll ask. I’m also not sure if he’s a member of the Lagonda Club. I know he’s a member of other vintage car clubs as he owns three ( all different makes). I’ll keep you posted. Oh and we did chat about the engine. It needs a proper stripping down, don’t try and start it. Likewise the electrics need a proper inspection. I would guard against connecting the battery up as you could short out somewhere and start a fire.

It is huge fun and technically fascinating too.

Sorry about the music. I didn’t notice when I was filming and there was music on the radio in the background which could have given me a copyright problem so I had to do quite a lot with the audio.

Ah wonderful always good to hear about Lagondas people have had. Also glad to hear he still has his Talbot.

Agreed, I didn’t notice when we were filming but there was a radio playing in the background which could have given me a copyright problem.

Our aim is to get Celia to a point where she will stop steer and not fall apart. These cars look amazing when they are restored to as new condition but patina is a one time thing and once it is gone it is gone. So we will clean polish and repair where necessary but otherwise leave her alone!

Funnily enough my daily driver is an EV! You are right about the £££! By the time we have it sorted I shall be presenting the channel in rags!

Good advice! I agree, our watchwords are stop steer and not fall apart. You are right about back to as it was in the 60’s.

Happy to say we have that tucked safely in a corner of the workshop!

Good idea! Especially tempting was that we found a clip holding the back seat in. We couldn’t get into the boot that way but we did find some side windows we didn’t know about!

I agree, if the engine runs ok with the tap in place it stays!

There is always one absolute plonker isn’t there Malcolm, show us a link to view your collection of pristine anything’s, instead of attacking a old fella in his 90’s

That's a bit harsh! We don't always know an individual's circumstances.

This car only survives today because her father had the sense to put it into storage, versus letting it rot to pieces in the garden. In the 1960's, not a lot of people cared about cars from the 1930's as they were just "used cars". Instead of criticizing her father, be thankful this Lagonda is still around for all of us to enjoy.

Thank you, yes. It’s a measure of how old the car is that the garage was brand new when my father rented it! As a young man with a new wife and mortgage money was tight and it would have been a significant commitment for him.

I know, we didn’t think they would inflate and the to our surprise we were able to blow them up (video 002). Don’t think we had better try driving anywhere on them but all but one are still up!

I agree, there is something fascinating about bringing something back to life.

To he engine is in considerably better condition than the jumper!!

Thank you it is a very special car not least because of our family connection to it.

It is a privilege to care for it!

Ah yes, you don’t see it in the video but we did that, for quite a while before we filmed the video!

We40 and GT85 have always been my go to s but I’ll bear that in mind.

Guten tag from England! Thank you for following and commenting. Lots more to come!

Ah interesting re the wiper blade! Thank you. Interesting re the radiator. I love its green. I was planning to polish the metal but not to repaint or replace anything unless essential. A kind of elbow grease only approach!

We are! Celia is a survivor from a different time, one of the the things that makes her so interesting. I agree modern cars much cleaner and happily we do make a fair few in the UK these days!

We do have one but it has a certain vagueness about it and some of the pages are missing. Mostly though Paul and Andrew were just enjoying exploring the car!

Ooh and there is a rocker cover. You see it briefly in video 004 I think! Good spot re the bolt holes. Believe or not it has two brass handles to hold it on. O and a trumpet shaped thing at one end!

Another point guys! W.O. Bentleigh joined Lagonda in 1931.May be useful to look at info re Bentley engines (also the other engines he designed for Lagonda)

Whoops! Misspelled "Bentley"! (But you get the idea! Anyhow,good luck with the Reno./resto!Stay tuned! I'm following this with interse interrest

Fabulous I have lots more cool stuff to come including a Lgonda flavoured report from the VSCC hill climb at the weekend at Prescott!