Fan explodes at 120 mph, part of it hist the underside of the hood, and part of it goes through radiator. Got too hot before I could shut er down. Warped head......

State trooper rolled by, gave me some water, but it blwe out as fast as I could put it in. Had a little stream running out form under head. Wasn't pretty!

Jags, Beamers, and Mercedesespeciall durting those years, all take a lot of maintenance. They are not as forgiving as most vechicles, and this is NOT necessarily a good thing! This was my second FI engine, but the first one I ever had to work on. And the TPS is harder to get to that the crank sesnor or cam sensor on a Ram!

 

those are a cool car for there time. hot rodders liked using the rear diff set up because they were independent suspension. if i remember the brake calipers are mounted on the center section if the diff housing. i did convert a few v 12 bmw engines to fit into lambo kit cars they sounded cool when they fired up

 

My son wanted me to make a lumpy out of it with Vortec engine. Decided not to, but it would be interesting. I have never even looked at rear brakes! Darn thing is very low to ground. I know it has a hydraulic leveling system which had been problematic for Jag. Mine is one of the last originals to roll off the line before Ford started making changes in design and assembly. My step son used to get a kifk out of the burl wood seatback trays!

I am thinking it is going in the garage after the Ram. My wife really wants to be driving it! Trying to deciode if I want to put a Heidtz suspension under the 54 Chevy, so that may take a while.

 

And don't even get me started on the Lucas Ignition systems........

There is an old adage about them.... If you own one jag, you have to have a second to drive, as one of them will ALWAYS be in the shop......

 

lucas,prince of darkness,why do the english like warm beer because there fridges are make by lucas etc. i have a mgb gt in my shop know what you mean. if i remember you have to be careful lifting a older jag on a two post hoist because the four mounts for the rear suspesion rot out and the diff assembly can fall out.

 

So what you have is an overly complicated, over-engineered car

Fun when in good working order, less than fun to work on? After my dad had to pay $125 for a distributor cap for that BMW he sold it because he didn't want to pay for repairs ever again (he originally paid $500 out the door for the car). Since then I have decided to stay away from european cars, as cool as som of them are.


On the other hand, parts for his old '62 Austin Healy Sprite were a dime a dozen (which is good, because they had the tendancy to fall off while he was driving down the road)



His had the 948cc 46hp 4cyl. A real screamer.

 

I had a 72 Triumph Spitfire one time. And a wheel came off at 60! That was a fun ride. Tried to teach my wife to drive a stick, and she quickly busted shifting fork inside. Never again...

 

Picture fixed above ^^^

Yeaaa I could see something like that happening in those ol' brits. Way back, he had this thing, a 1980 tr7 with a mustang v6 swapped in. Reportedly, it was quite entertaining to drive




That is not my dad by the way, it's my mom haha

 

Looks good, gdstock. Hopefully, I'll be tearing into my Ram later this summer for its rebuild and will get it repainted.

 

Whooopeee! Slipped off from the office at lunch again (think it is the 4th time this week) so I can work on truck. THIS is what I do for fun!


The supplies I ordered yesterday from www.autobodytoolmart.com wers shipped fed ex yesterday. Now that was FAST!