Wow, the patience and tenacity of some people is just amazing, thank God there are people like this

I can't believe what you went through to recover this Lagonda. Not mechanically or even the trim, but to replicate the chassis appears to have been a superhuman task. I'm actually awestruck at what you've accomplished. Congratulations!

your dedication and commitment in bringing the car back is highly commendable

What an achievement, and how such a rare gem had been hidden from the car world for so long. It’s an absolute testimony to you for such an incredible restoration, David Brown is smiling down at you!

What a wonderful chap who has come along and decided to rescue this superb 1960s British High speed grand tourer !

What an incredible rescue!

You are a very clever man, to see this brought back to life has brought a lump to my throat. Well done

You are not a craftsman, you are a magician! Thanks for sharing, i enjoyed a lot!

Thank You - It's people like you that save these historic treasures from disappearing forever.

Nearly miraculous! You turned a wreck into a brand new car! Incredibly skillful!

Awesome you turned a Rusty bucket of bolts into a beautiful automotive work of art 🎨 . Bravo 👏 Maestro

I have really no words , other than you brought back from a certain grave this astounding example of the Quintessentially British Automobile ! Nobody Made Them Better ! From Britain with Love !

Never knew this model existed, thanks to you I do now. Need a video of it running. Hope it makes you smile every time you see it!!

Absolutely stunning! I've restored a DB4 and DB6 for customers, and finally my own DBS is nearing the finish line. I commend you on your work. Only those who have dove into these cars know how difficult they can be. How you did all that on axle stands is beyond me! Thank you for saving a lovely and important Aston- the very first AM with a deDion back axle! Cheers

I restored a 1973 Austin Mini right down to the bones so I really appreciate your required effort to complete this restoration. Good job man. From Canada.

The car waited just for you to be the one with grit and determination to be restored to glory. Thank you

As a long time Aston Martin fan, I applaud you for your efforts in rescuing this car. Amazing job

What an incredible job. Three years of struggle which was the beginning of a lifetime of family memories. Well done!

I thought for sure that car was toast. Yet you've turned a crumbly shell of a classic car...into a museum piece. CHEERS!

What an absolutely stunning job you did, you brought back to life an Icon of the motorcar industry that could easily have drifted into obscurity. Now all you have to do is drive that beauty down the road & all heads will turn. I hope you have many years of joyful driving your Aston Martin Lagonda.👍👏👏👏

That video could not possibly get over the amount of dedicated work that took! 👍 Excellent job

The talent of some people never ceases to amaze me. This is an epic achievement.

So nice to see 3 years in a row and the result became magic. What a job!! What a car!!! Congratulations!!

Beautiful, just beautiful, you've saved a wonderful car, a piece of British motoring history thank you

Bloody AMAZING!! Your dedication to bringing this glorious motor back from the brink is utterly inspirational! Just goes to show that if you want something badly enough you can do it. And you’ve saved a highpoint in British motoring history for future generations. And what surprises me more than anything is, you obviously didn’t cut one single corner! You, sir are a gentleman and a scholar. 😊👍🏻

Only a master craftsmen could restore this beauty! Great restoration job! All your labor paid off! Such a beauty!

Very satisfying video ,to watch the gradual transformation from neglected heap, to a beautiful example of supreme motoring. Brilliant effort. Inspiring

I don't understand why people would just dump cars like this and not at least cover it from the elements. Thanks for the enjoyable upload.

its absolutely criminal to let such a rare quality piece get into that awful state. well done for bringing it back to its deserved glorious life.

What an absolute gem! Brilliant work for me barn find Aston's are the pinnacle of automotive restoration

Absolutely stunning, your enthusiasm, patience and passion is inspiring.

There is no amount of money that can compensate for the effort love tenacity and detail put into this master piece

Fantastic to see one of these restored. Well Done. I still have an original sales brochure for the Lagonda Rapide. I could scan and email it if you don't have one yourself already.

OMG, it's beautiful to see your love, dedication & skill to bring this car back to it's former glory. Almost had me in tears, absolutely stunning.

Amazing workmanship process and end result speaks for itself

What a Herculean task! But a very important and worthwhile one. Amazing job. Wonderful achievement. 👍🇬🇧

My deepest respect for the incredible work you did there - no car *needs* to go to the scrap yard! No need for footage - the fotos are great. Would have been nice to see the beauty drive on the road though!

WOW! We need more young people with your vision for preservation.

The elegence of that vehicle wow stunning.

Well done, mate, this beautiful piece of British history brought back to life 👏 you should be well proud of yourself all that helped with parts ,fabrication,prep, and paint absolutely magnificent your poor young family must have missed you loads with all the nights and weekends spent on this I am sure they are just as proud of your achievement although I bet you hid a few bills from her...😅 still fantastic job, I am a JAG man myself, but getting to restore a classic Aston would be right up there for me so again we'll done mate I applaud your hard work dedication and effort it's people like you that keep our heritage and craft alive bless you sir...👍

I can only congratulate you, young man, for the splendid and difficult restauration you have carried out !

WOW, what a find! I love Aston Martins, just have seen perhaps 1 or 2 in my entire life!! Amazing transformation. Enjoy your beautiful car.

Absolutely fabulous. After watching your video, it made my day. A credit to you and all concerned in your supply chain.

Absolutely beautiful car . Fantastic restoration 👍👍🇬🇧

Stunning. You took on a project that only a brave person would embark on. I shudder at the amount of work involved. You are obviously very skilled at bodywork too. You have turned a sow's ear in to a silk purse. What a beautiful car that you have saved, an extremely rare and desirable manual too. You must be extremely satisfied with the results of your hard work. Kudos and well done Sir!

What a beautiful, professionally done restoration!

I think it's the best looking, and sportiest 4 door car I have ever seen!

Wow - what an absolutely incredible job - I felt quite emotional watching this toward the end. This really is one of my favourite cars and I just cant believe how brave you were to undertake this - your skill and tennacity is just on another level. The finished car is just absolutely stunning. Cheers Stew

I've always been impressed by Lagondas, and am so glad you came to it's rescue!

Great rare project and what a result. So nice to see this being done "privately" rather than some rich guy picking it up and a nuts and bolt restoration done by some well known garage. Fantastic. Thanks.

What an absolute master-class in ambition, devotion, and skill. A wonderful result, and a treasure rescued.

What a fantastic rebuild , if any car ever deserved meeting you it was this one ! Thank you for saving her ! ❤

That was no easy restoration, fantastic result, well done. 👍👍👍🇬🇧

Amazing! What a superb rebuild by a very highly skilled professional! SO impressive Well done Sir!!

My son years ago said to me daddy why are things that were made so long ago like cars and buses so much better to me then today and it's 3 people like you to carry out this Restorations that make my son appreciate Motor Industry in the past thank you for what you have done

Absolutely brilliant work! Well done. Could we please see a video of the car strutting its stuff on a road.

GREAT JOB ... your patience should be rewarded ... truly a transformation if I've ever seen one here it is ... what a stunner of a car ... just could not put a price on this beautiful car ... well done all who helped to bring this great car back to life.

What a stunner! A proper 4 door Grand Tourer, the like of which we shall probably never see again. Amazing rebuild!, liked the original colour but she looks really mean and moody in that storm cloud silver-grey.

My mind is completely blown!! I thought the Lagonda was ready for the trash heap. Gorgeous car.

What a true labor of love this is. Your persistence & perseverance are also admirable indeed! Would love to hear it running.

that is a truly impressive piece of work and in what appears to be a fairly modest work environment. The difference with an owner handing it over to a specialist and throwing loads of money at it must make the sentimental value immeasurable. ps now that guy is the 'specialist'.

Now that's what restoration is about. I take my hat off to you sir, and, thank you for saving this piece of history.

Superbly restoration. I thought when seeing how it looked you never gonna go through with it. So impressive and in just 3 years.

What can be said, a stunning restoration. Congratulations.

Absolutely fantastic work, a very beautiful car.....well done 👍👍👍

Wow, very kind of you to make all this work and save such a beautiful car. Well done sir!

I remember a Maserati 3500 Granturismo with a Touring superleggera body. My Grandpa used to own one. Thirty years later I discovered an empty shell of a body in a field. The aluminium skin looked good, but the steel underneath was basicly gone. It was a completely lost cause. But since then I know how much is required to rebuild a body of this kind. Honestly I did not believe this Lagonda could be saved at first. It makes me all the happier to see the stunning result: Congratulation!

Very very nice, all the right badges, all the right names. I never knew this existed either. I have helped restore a few things back in the day, as a sprayer, including an almost barn find TR6, but nothing this far gone. I love that it’s a saloon and so elegant and above all, that it’s an Aston! Thanks for doing it and for sharing. Let’s see some on the road videos! Maybe reach out and get Number 27, or Harry’s Garage to review it?

your dedication and commitment in bringing the car back is highly commendable. What an incredible rescue!.

I cannot praise you enough. You Sir are a magician ! What incredible knowledge, skill, expertise, patience and stickability you have got, This has to rank as the finest restoration I have ever seen. My heartiest congratulations and may you have many years of enjoyment out of it.

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL,, A classic worth saving It's a real CREDIT to you,,, WELL DONE

I`d say you did a cracking job in only 3 years... what an amazing automobile 😎✨✨

I remember this Lagonda in a classic car magazine many years ago! It was in a very sorry state, even then! I'm so happy to see of its restoration..you have done a simply amazing job..very well done to you.

Thank you so much for saving this beauty. I drove a 4 speed manual Rapide just like this in the 1970's for an industrialist who was an Aston fan, (we also had DB5's & Db6's including a Volante or two) including a trip to Megeve in the sking season. It was British racing Green with a red interior. After a year or so we fell out over something unrelated and when I returned a year later I discovered it had gone. Apparently, it was put in for a service at a garage in Beaulieu down in the New Forest, Hants where, on being taken for a test drive by a mechanic it caught fire and was abandoned in a field. Such a shame, it really was a head-turner even in those days. I often wish I could find another. One incident happened on the way back into the UK when a customs officer mistook it for a Facel Vega and wanted to charge duty if I was carrying spares bought abroad. I very quickly put him right on that.

What a fantastic project. Beautiful work and fantastic result. Congratulations.

What an amazing story. There’s some incredible fabrication skills went into that. And while I personally couldn’t call it a good looking car, IMHO, it’s obviously an extremely significant one. I’ve seen more chooks with teeth than examples of this car. Lagondas have never been commonplace. I don’t normally comment on videos like this but I was hooked as soon as I saw it in its dilapidated state. What a great effort. I’m amazed you got it done so quickly. Congratulations.

You've done a magnificent job. What a shame that a car like that should have been abandoned in the first place though.

What an amazing restoration, hands up I wouldn't know where to start, looks fantastic from the glass to the chrome.

Thank you for giving this old beauty a new life. Long may she live!!!

Beautiful work.My late father found a non running Lamborghini Urraco P300 rusting away in a neighbours yard.He couldn't afford to fix and agreed to swap a running Rover P6 V8 for it.It took four years to finish the project.It was painted by and unemployed docker to a mirror finish.Dad said take as much time as you need.It was beautiful.So sad when it was sold on.Love you work.Subscribed.

What a wonderful restoration. I owned a Rapide many years ago, number 16, and I remember working on those awful offset universal joints on the back axle, always out of skew. Complete admiration for what you have done.

I am in awe in the workmanship put into this car. The fabrication involved is mind-blowing. But what a beauty. How does it drive? I would like to see a video of that. The grill reminds me of the Edsel, but Aston-Martin got it right.

Truly fabulous. One of the most beautiful cars ever made and you saved it. Well done hardly seems enough.

it's incredible, and in my mind even criminal, that people let rot away cars like this. Thank you and many congratulations for this wonderfull work !!!

didn't even know this automobile existed. it's lines are superb. the funds to restore such a piece are surely breathtaking! but with the cash available you have something that is possibly worth quite a bit more due to the rarity. beautiful job and i like the photo presentation. excluding the acting, dialogue, and joking, isn't that what we really want to watch? something about seeing the thing come back to life is very satisfying indeed.

Congratulations on this amazing achievement, I'm just full of respect! It's so refreshing to see so much good being done against the background of the world the way it is.

That is one very very stunning motor, Sir and I admire your courage to even start such a project, never mind the tenacity to bring it to fruition ! ! ! BEAUTIFUL ! ! !

Wow 👏 Built about 50 yards from my house here in Newport Pagnell ..... Well done its absolutely beautiful 😍

The 1963 Lagonda Rapide was the truly fastest high speed refined gentle man's tourer of it's day !

Amazing work. Totally worth all that effort. To be driving it on a long Summers’s night,somewhere in the country, would be an absolute pleasure

Beautiful. Thank you for saving this rare old bird!

When I first saw how this beautiful car had been treated I was outraged. Congratulations on having the skill and determination to save it. You must show it to the world (&me!).

By restoring beautifly this amazing car you safe an important piece of automotive history which even your son will enjoy. Very, very well done.

Beautiful car and lovely restoration well done 👍👍

Unbelieveble! Stunning beauty and what a dedication!

Thanks to the KZfaq algorithm for dropping this in my timeline. What stunning work! The end results justify all your hard work.

You are a brave man tackling this. Well done!

Incroyable ! Quelle travaille ! C'est fantastique de remettre sur roues une telle légende !!! Félicitations 🎉bravo

I have no words which admirers your hard work and patience. Its brand new now. Straight from factory. Award winning restoration. I wish I could meet you in person and give you big hug for sharing such nice, joyful, soothing piece of art. Its an antidepressant !!!!!!!!. Love it...

Watching this almost brought a tear to my eye! The work done on this classic is absolutely astounding! Truly amazing work and to see this beautiful rare machine brought back to life was the best idea since sliced bread. Well done, you deserve 100% respect 👌