Description
UTAC | Millbrook, Bedford
Viewing: Tues 24th June from 12pm
Auction: Wed 25th June from 9am
Location: Millbrook Proving Ground, Station Lane, Bedford MK45 2JQ
1963 Aston Martin Lagonda Rapide
Estimate
£75, 000 - £85, 000
Registration No: 1077 PP
Chassis No: LR153/ R
MOT: Exempt
The 53rd of 55 examples produced and supplied new to Hawker Siddeley Group Chairman, Sir Arnold Hall
Subject to a substantial cosmetic and mechanical overhaul to the tune of some £60, 000 during the 2010s
Previously loaned to motoring journalist Martin Buckley and regularly featured in the pages of Classic & Sports Car magazine
Sporting matching chassis and engine numbers
Something of a pet project for Aston Martin Lagonda chairman David Brown, the four-door Rapide was launched at the 1961 Earls Court Motor Show. Styled by Touring of Milan, it was available to special order only. Intended to appeal to those who would otherwise be contemplating a Bentley Continental, a price tag of £4, 950 ensured its exclusivity. Equipped with servo-assisted four-wheel disc brakes, the Lagonda's advanced chassis also boasted a torsion bar suspended De Dion rear axle (later adopted for the DBS / V8 models) and a 3, 995cc DOHC straight-six engine (soon to be borrowed by the DB5). In production for just three years, a mere 55 Rapides are thought to have been despatched by the works.
More information to follow.
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