• One of the finest sporting cars of the 1930s • Restored in 2004 • Many-time concours award winner • Engine rebuilt in 2021 In production from the late spring of 1934, the Lagonda Rapier was sold in chassis form for customers choose their own body from their coachbuilder of choice; Abbott and Ranalah proving to be the most popular.

The car's most notable feature was its gem of an engine: a four-cylinder, 1,104cc twin-overhead-camshaft unit producing 45bhp on twin SU's.

It boasts a sturdy chassis frame, the wonderful ENV four-speed pre-selector gearbox and powerful 13" diameter Girling brakes.

For its engine size the Rapier was in a class of its own, revving comfortably to 5,500 rpm and turning in impressive acceleration figures on its way to a top speed of around 75mph.

With such a specification, the model was necessarily expensive to produce; sales were low and in late 1935 the company went into receivership.

Chris Wiblin's book Twin-Cam Extravagance records that chassis number ...