Not Sold | 1963 Aston Martin Lagonda Rapide Comprehensively restored by Aston Martin Works in the 1980s

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1963 Aston Martin Lagonda Rapide Comprehensively restored by Aston Martin Works in the 1980s

United Kingdom • 3 Dec 2025

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AI Listing Summary

This 1963 Aston Martin Lagonda Rapide is one of only 55 made and was comprehensively restored by Aston Martin Works. It features a respray in Old English Pewter, a Tan leather interior, and has been maintained to a high standard with recent work performed.

Condition

8

The car has been comprehensively restored and maintained to a high standard, with significant expenditure in recent years. The body was stripped and repainted, and the interior refurbished. While it has had some use, it appears to be a very fine example.

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Automatic

Transmission:

LR127R

Chassis No:

Odometer:

59,273 miles

KGJ 364A

Reg Number:

RHD/LHD:

[RHD/LHD]

SALE ROOM NOTICE: The estimate has been lowered on this lot as the vendor has chosen to lower his reserve By the late 1940s, two of the greatest names in pre-war performance motoring, Aston Martin and Lagonda, were struggling financially.

On the other hand, a gear-maker who had recently branched into tractor production was enjoying mounting profits.

So it went that David Brown bought the struggling marques in 1947, uniting them as companions, with Aston Martin offering performance cars with a measure of luxury, and Lagonda making luxury cars with a measure of performance.

Although the Lagonda name was dropped after 1958, it would go on to be revived every time a saloon car was planned based on Aston Martin mechanicals.

The first of these was the Lagonda Rapide, produced from 1961 to January, 1964, which used DB4 underpinnings, but with the 3,995cc version of the twin-cam straight-six which would later power the DB5.

As would be expected, it had a sophisticated specification, inclu...