Recovering Dad's Lagonda 3 litre Tourer T7 from the lockup where it had been stored for 60 years. We have been recording work on the restoration, more videos coming soon!
They still turn up ! -a great story and best wishes with the restoration , it looks remarkably sound .A dear late friend had a 1934 3 litre with a similar style tourer body but fabric covered. He also owned a 1933 2 litre .
Goodness they must have come out the factory about the same time. I gather Lagonda was only producing the 3L in ones and twos by 1934 because they were concentrating on the 45 in the first half of 34. Small world!
Hello from France ! Thank you for this (international :)) video; It's a very beautiful car with a great story, I'm going to subscribe to see what happens next. Just in case: the American "engine restart" specialists put a mixture of automatic transmission oil, with a little acetone, through the spark plug hole. After a week or two, many engines are unblocked using this method.
@@Reedys_Digest With pleasure. The most famous UA-cam channel on the subject: www.youtube.com/@RESTORED-HOPE and their other channel : www.youtube.com/@TurninRust . Maybe you will find some ideas there.
Thank you for being you saving the history in our auto industry is a must however the use of the day don’t want to. They don’t seem to want to restore and keep our historical motor vehicles. That is a great worry. Regards Alan from down under automotive electrician.
It’s a wonderful car! The engine looks like a Time Machine with copper and those round air filters. And yet just 25 years after that they opened the first motorway the M1, extraordinary.
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 read about this in the Lagonda Magazine. Is Jack still around and if so, what was his reaction to the idea of the car being restored? Looking forward to hear more about the progress!
Hi there, thank you. Pleased to say my Dad is still with us. He is frail but has been getting steadily stronger ever since we started work on the car. He is passionately interested in everything we are doing and it’s doing him the world of good! Hope to have another video out in the next 10 days or so.
Hi there you are my very first commenter. Thank you! To answer your question the car is British. Sounds as though it should be Italian but in fact the cars were built in Staines on the outskirts of London!
@@Reedys_Digest As any schoolboy from the 1940's or 1950's would be able to tell you off the tip off his tongue , the name Lagonda was taken from Lake Lagonda in the Springfield ,Ohio ,area of the USA. Wilbur Gunn a native of that region came to Britain before the turn of the century and became caught up in the craze of the newfangled automobile : I believe he built motorcycles and cycle cars before his pukka cars of the 1920's brought fame to the name : The rest is history ..until David Brown of Aston Martin bought the failing company ,post war :
@@Reedys_Digest I think not !! An Aston Martin DB 11, perhaps , or maybe even a McLaren ? I wouldn't even include the current German Bentley in the elite bespoke group : Petersen perhaps ? Or Racing Green Engrg .
Wonderful, can’t wait for more!
Thank you. I am working on the next one and it should be up in the next week or so.
We will be getting the wheels in motion!
They still turn up ! -a great story and best wishes with the restoration , it looks remarkably sound .A dear late friend had a 1934 3 litre with a similar style tourer body but fabric covered. He also owned a 1933 2 litre .
Thank you, I have some leads on its history too so hope to be able to make some videos on that as well as the restoration.
@@Reedys_Digest Thank you, will be well worth all the effort as the 3 litre is a most desirable car and with excellent performance .
Love seeing old bits of kit being rescued and given another go!. Nice one!.
I agree, there is something fascinating about bringing something back to life.
Beautiful car
It is one of the family!
Nice little video, i hope you have all the missing parts so it can go back together. Good luck with it.
We do, I have almost everything although a bit battered! Will look much better with the bonnet and wing on!
Around the same time in the 60's I was helping my Dad get a 1934 LM45 out of a barn/garage, so all the best on getting this one back on the road...
Goodness they must have come out the factory about the same time. I gather Lagonda was only producing the 3L in ones and twos by 1934 because they were concentrating on the 45 in the first half of 34. Small world!
@@Reedys_Digest I think March of 1934, but is not on the UK roads at the moment and possibly in some "collection" in the UK.
Well in that case they were definitely built around the same time. Fascinating to hear about your Dad’s car.
This will be a great restoration - thanks for sharing this extremely rare find.
Thank you it is a very special car not least because of our family connection to it.
Hello from France ! Thank you for this (international :)) video; It's a very beautiful car with a great story, I'm going to subscribe to see what happens next.
Just in case: the American "engine restart" specialists put a mixture of automatic transmission oil, with a little acetone, through the spark plug hole. After a week or two, many engines are unblocked using this method.
Bonjour! And thank you so much for subscribing! Also for the advice re freeing the engine very much appreciated.
@@Reedys_Digest With pleasure.
The most famous UA-cam channel on the subject: www.youtube.com/@RESTORED-HOPE and their other channel : www.youtube.com/@TurninRust .
Maybe you will find some ideas there.
I shall take a look! Thank you
Oh my goodness ! This is amazing - soo moving❤
That's wonderful - Just up my street
Look forward to seeing the progress 😊😊😊
Thank you! Next one’s a douzy! Some big questions are faced!
Lagonda T7 body. Lovely.
It is it’s such a fascinating combination of doors and not doors. Love the slanty bonnet too. Very dashing!
Thank you for being you saving the history in our auto industry is a must however the use of the day don’t want to. They don’t seem to want to restore and keep our historical motor vehicles. That is a great worry. Regards Alan from down under automotive electrician.
It’s a wonderful car! The engine looks like a Time Machine with copper and those round air filters. And yet just 25 years after that they opened the first motorway the M1, extraordinary.
Wow you never know what's hiding in those old lock ups hopefully there will be more videos on its progress
@@mick0846 there are! And a more to follow!
Looking forward to updates. Anymore history?
Thank you Loads more to come. It has been in the family so long we have quite a lot of info so plan to try and delve into that in future videos.
Id like to see the progress of this classic car
It is a privilege to care for it!
Another one that time almost forgot she's gorgeous.
@@charlesmarsh9608 she is! There is something magical about this car!
PITY YOU DIDN’T THINK TO PUT SOME AIR IN THE TYRES!
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 read about this in the Lagonda Magazine. Is Jack still around and if so, what was his reaction to the idea of the car being restored? Looking forward to hear more about the progress!
Hi there, thank you. Pleased to say my Dad is still with us. He is frail but has been getting steadily stronger ever since we started work on the car. He is passionately interested in everything we are doing and it’s doing him the world of good! Hope to have another video out in the next 10 days or so.
@@Reedys_Digest 👍👍👍
It's a British car?
Hi there you are my very first commenter. Thank you! To answer your question the car is British. Sounds as though it should be Italian but in fact the cars were built in Staines on the outskirts of London!
@@Reedys_Digest As any schoolboy from the 1940's or 1950's would be able to tell you off the tip off his tongue , the name Lagonda was taken from Lake Lagonda in the Springfield ,Ohio ,area of the USA. Wilbur Gunn a native of that region came to Britain before the turn of the century and became caught up in the craze of the newfangled automobile : I believe he built motorcycles and cycle cars before his pukka cars of the 1920's brought fame to the name : The rest is history ..until David Brown of Aston Martin bought the failing company ,post war :
Ah yes, just such a schoolboy was my Dad! It must have been broadly equivalent to driving an around in a Ferrari or a 911 today.
@@Reedys_Digest I think not !! An Aston Martin DB 11, perhaps , or maybe even a McLaren ? I wouldn't even include the current German Bentley in the elite bespoke group : Petersen perhaps ? Or Racing Green Engrg .
@@Birashanuman ah yes I see what you mean! 🤭
Where’s the bonnet
Happy to say we have that tucked safely in a corner of the workshop!