The Jalopy Journal
I've been messing around with cars since 1953. I love the minimalist approach to cars that these cars represent.. How they important stuff like...
OK I know more than most mechanics about the V12 Jaguar but I'm darn sure not a Maestro. In fact the engine is really simple once you get over...
OK don't rebuild the engine!! not unless it's either been badly overheated or has over 200,000 miles.. You're wasting your money! If it's been...
You're absolutely correct! the British never did figure out how to make rubber parts.. However leaking fuel on the early fuel injected cars was...
Oh, how wrong it is to be ignorant.. Last E types were made in 1975. $60,000?? wow someone saw him coming.. By the way the rear end in a...
Amen!!! I buy used Junkyard parts for most things.. Most of these cars were owned by poseurs who neglected the maintenance they were then sold...
Too bad you didn't find someone to help you.. It's a Borg Warner not a Ford. Second because the Jaguar uses shims you seldom (if ever) need to...
He'd better have some really small Holley's or Edelbroks.. The engine is only 326 cubic inches. Yes the Factory runs 800 CFM carbuartors but...
That's wrong! first they don't have lifters, pushrods, or rocker arms. Just a camshaft operating the valves.. (SOHC) Second all you have to...
OK I'd love to help.. I've probably built more Jaguar V12 engines than most people outside the factory.. a lot of them stone stock but many have...
Jaguar V12's unlike most V8's Some 6 cylinders and a lot of 4 cylinder engines do not benefit from headers.. (It has to do with firing order, ask...
I enjoy wrenching on my stuff. Have enough equipment to do a decent job but I really don't want to do much painting anymore. I've got all sorts...
I may have seen it in the past. Can't remember the details. Seems like it had Alfin drums and wire wheels if my memory isn't too far off. I own...
I like all sorts of unusual motors, Haven't given much thought to Y block Fords but at least it's not a small block chevy.. That makes it unique...
Since Mopar copied the Hemi head, torsion bar suspension and unibody from the British are Mopars really secret anglophils?
pictures won't happen, sorry. I've bought countless camera's in my day some extremely expensive ones. On average they last a year or less. Some...
Actaully limey is factually based.. Many British colonalists had to drink quinine regularly and to kill the bitter taste they drink it with Gin....
Sorry to hoard, I raced vintage cars for decades and needed spares. Since None of my cars had any real disasters I wound up with tons of old...
It's your group and I don't want to offend, so here's the deal. I don't believe that a hot rod has to have a small block Chevy and a Ford body...
I mean don't all hot rods have to have Chevy small blocks or at least American Engines in a Ford body? :rolleyes:? I'll freely admit that I'm...
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