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Subject: More advice needed - engine mountings

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I am trying to figure out what the engine is supposed to sit on. The Club spares site lists rubber cushions 'for the rear engine mountings' I think it says. My car had similar pads all round, so I assumed this was a misprint of some sort (some of the parts descriptions are a bit vague). But I now find that these cushions won't fit the front chassis brackets unless I cut a flat on one edge. So presumably they are for rears only? In which case what do the front mountings sit on. Again, I didn't find the spares website particularly clear on this.

Also, is there a 'standard' Lagonda green? I want to touch up the chassis paint before I drop the engine back in, but can't figure out what colour it is. Not BRG, not Deep Brunswick, not anything I have found so far. Not a major problem at this stage as I'm only looking to tidy it up a bit for now. The closest I have is London Transport Deep Brunswick Green as used on the old country buses, but it's a bit too blue.

Subject: Re: More advice needed - engine mountings

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Hi Hugo,
From memory the engine mounting pads fit in brass 'cups' on the underside on the 2 Litre and are the same front and rear... and you do have to trim them to fit!
There is no such thing as a standard Lagonda colour, indeed I have been told by the club Archivist that there is no such thing as a standard Lagonda. Customers were wealthy people who specified what they wanted. In the late 1930s one owner produced an eiderdown and pointed at the colour they wanted...the factory did as it was asked !
Some paint suppliers have the ability to match colours where they put a spectrometer on the sample to identify its formula. You will need to ask around to see if any suppliers local to you provide this service. Good luck carrying the chassis into the shop!
Regards
Mark

Subject: Re: More advice needed - engine mountings

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Just to add to Mark's comments regarding colour, it depends what the Northern Lagonda Factory fancied at the time...

Subject: Re: More advice needed - engine mountings

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Having experimented with BRG, 2 shades of Deep Brunswick Green, Landrover Green and a few others, I found a tin marked 'Green' and another tin marked 'black', and two parts Green to one Black is just about spot on! Not too bothered at the moment - I'm just trying to touch in the chassis while the engine is out where the paint has chipped or fallen off. Under the existing green, everything seems to be white or off-white, but over the top of that, somebody has painted EVERYTHING green, even the clutch plates!
Funny thing, I normally hate green - most of my cars are bright red - but I looked at a red 3.5 litre and red just looks wrong on a Lagonda, whereas dark green looks just right.

On the engine mountings, I thought those cups went underneath the chassis brackets - I'm sure that's where I took them off from anyway!

Subject: Re: More advice needed - engine mountings

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Having experimented with BRG, 2 shades of Deep Brunswick Green, Landrover Green and a few others, I found a tin marked 'Green' and another tin marked 'black', and two parts Green to one Black is just about spot on! Not too bothered at the moment - I'm just trying to touch in the chassis while the engine is out where the paint has chipped or fallen off. Under the existing green, everything seems to be white or off-white, but over the top of that, somebody has painted EVERYTHING green, even the clutch plates!
Funny thing, I normally hate green - most of my cars are bright red - but I looked at a red 3.5 litre and red just looks wrong on a Lagonda, whereas dark green looks just right.

On the engine mountings, I thought those cups went underneath the chassis brackets - I'm sure that's where I took them off from anyway!