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May 03, 2012 10:48 am
May 03, 2012 10:48 am
Subject: Re: 1949 Lagonda 2.6 litre for sale on eBay
Simon,
Well done for spotting this car. I agree with a lot that you say.
What you refer to as "the latest craze of Aston Martin owners, to throw away perfectly good and original gear-boxes, for newer modern 5-speed alloy boxes" is nothing new, actually. DB5, DB6 and DBS owners cursed with the Borg Warner slush box as standard on their cars have long sought alternative transmissions. On the AMOC forum there are numerous threads going back many years on this topic. Also, some DB4 owners have been keen to discard the David Brown 4 speed box in favour of either the 5 seed ZF number used on the DB5/6/S or modern 'off the shelf' numbers such as the well-respected Tremec alternative.
However, Chris Adams at Four Ashes, who has considerable experience of 2.6 and 3 litre Lagondas as well as Astons, recommends keeping the 4 speed and adding a modern overdrive unit. By the way, his further five top tips are:
(1) Get the radiator reconditioned with a high performance core or have a new radiator made in alloy.
(2) Fit an internally shaped alloy water pump cover/fan boss.
(3) Overhaul the distributor and change the distributor advance curve for a more modern setting.
(4) Fit a glass bowl fuel filter.
(5) Move the fuel pump on 2.6 litre models to the 3 litre location.
Chris can also supply almost every part needed to rebuild a 2.6 or 3 litre DB engine.
Regards,
Tim
Simon,
Well done for spotting this car. I agree with a lot that you say.
What you refer to as "the latest craze of Aston Martin owners, to throw away perfectly good and original gear-boxes, for newer modern 5-speed alloy boxes" is nothing new, actually. DB5, DB6 and DBS owners cursed with the Borg Warner slush box as standard on their cars have long sought alternative transmissions. On the AMOC forum there are numerous threads going back many years on this topic. Also, some DB4 owners have been keen to discard the David Brown 4 speed box in favour of either the 5 seed ZF number used on the DB5/6/S or modern 'off the shelf' numbers such as the well-respected Tremec alternative.
However, Chris Adams at Four Ashes, who has considerable experience of 2.6 and 3 litre Lagondas as well as Astons, recommends keeping the 4 speed and adding a modern overdrive unit. By the way, his further five top tips are:
(1) Get the radiator reconditioned with a high performance core or have a new radiator made in alloy.
(2) Fit an internally shaped alloy water pump cover/fan boss.
(3) Overhaul the distributor and change the distributor advance curve for a more modern setting.
(4) Fit a glass bowl fuel filter.
(5) Move the fuel pump on 2.6 litre models to the 3 litre location.
Chris can also supply almost every part needed to rebuild a 2.6 or 3 litre DB engine.
Regards,
Tim