My Roadster is Ready for the GNRS 1 week early !

Beautiful Roadster....

just curious, what tires are those on the rear..? I'm looking for something similar to what you're running...

 

Very nice!

 

Tires are 700x16 LT ( light truck ) bias ply , they ride great & have a cool piecrust look.I have a pair of 750x16's too.

 

Looks awesome! Can't wait to see it in person next weekend! Congratulations on getting it all ready a week early.

 

Steve, Looking Killer man!!
Jimmy White

 

Looks great, Steve, and good luck. What Hemi do you have? Looks like small blisters on the hood sides.
I have a bunch of your parts on my roadster, but it doesn't look anywhere as good as yours. Not the fault of your parts, though (smile). Keep us posted...
Fearless

 

You can take the Pom out of England but....nice roadster, turned out real well!

 

Thanks for the info... The look really good on your Roadster...

 

Beauty that one.........Great job!

 

you know your still a kid a heart Steve, get thrashing!!!

It looks great mate, a credit to you and the shop....

 

Congrats, looks really good. Good luck at the show.

 

steve,
nice.
Al.

 

Steve,
What can I say other than Beau-Ti-Ful!

 

Looking good you guys do a great job in that little shop of yours.

 

Very nicely done. Congratulations and have fun!

 

See ya there Steve.
I believe as you Limeys say--- "Spot on"
Looks great

 

Looks even better with paint on it Stevie. excellent

 

very cool!

 

I'll be back in a minute....gotta go 'use' the baffroom.

 

Looks killer Steve. But Hey I'm over 50 and will be trashing on two cars the night before, I just know that will be the deal!

 

The engine is a British Daimler Hemi 4.5 liter (276 cu in ) in was designed by William Turner (Triumph motorcycle engine designer ) Built from 1958 - 1968 when Jaguar took over Daimler & didn't want an engine faster than the Jag 6 so they killed the engine. The 4.5 was used in the Daimler Majestic Major & the Limousines (The Queen uses Daimler )the built just over 2000 cars with this engine ) all hand built & Blueprinted. The 2.5 went in the SP 250 sports car ( Daimler Dart ) & the Daimler V8 Sedan a lot of those were produced. The engine has an Iron block & aluminum hemi heads.Ran SU carbs side by side , I built an intake to use 3 97's , I got 26 mpg going to Paso (5 speed & Quick change ). Brilliant & very rare engine . It fits in my Deuce with NO hood bulges which shocked the shit out of me. Thanks for the comments , there is the info on the engine for those interested ( I managed to by another 2 from a collector in England so I guess I have the monopoly on them over here .
I don't have a photo of the engine here at home I'll post one later .

 

Awesome 32, I wish I was goin to see it person.

 

Here ya go Steve - here's some poor shots of mine, which was hot rodded by the Jaguar skunkworks - taken out to 305 ci. You can see the standard opposed twin SU setup. The engine weighs 498 lbs. all up - heads are aluminum and as Steve says - brilliant engine!

 

That's great Weasel ,what are your plans with it ? . Jay at Taylor Engines (RIP ) did my engine work , they really are a wonderful piece , no rear main seal , 3 "piston rings" inside the rear main cap keeps the oil in the engine , the front has a reverse screw ala VW , no leaks at all .

 

Steve, would that be correct for me to say "Thats the Dogs Bollox mate"

 

Axle , you are correct sir lol

 

Bob McGrath used a 2.5 Daimler with a cool Potvin style front mounted blower set up in his Red Head streamliner on the salt. He set a record at 225 with it in the early 60's. That baby hemi sure looked good with the blower on it.

 

Wow Dean I'd like to see that , We have a 2.5 at the shop with a 371 blower & a 2 port injector , zoomies etc , looks like a scale model FED engine , which I suppose it is, see you at the show Dean.

 

Steve, I am told this is the factory hot rodded engine (high compression forged pistons, hot cam etc.) that was covertly dropped into a Mk X Jag back in 1965 -'to see what she'll do', by the skunkworks racing engineers at Jaguar. Here's the story as I heard it:

The hybrid Daimler/Jag Mk X was embarrassingly quick - far more so than the 265 hp 4.2 Jag powered version. Management found out and order the car crushed - which it was. But fast forward to the mid 1970s and former Jag development engineer Ron Beatty founded Forward Engineering. Strangely, this engine miraculously 'resurfaced' after having been ordered destroyed.

I located the engine in Germany, to where it had been sold in the 1990s (fully rebuilt) and was planned to drop into a sleeper hot rod 2.5 Daimler sedan. However, the customer had got in too deep couldn't pay the bill. This is when I bought the engine from the tuning company who were trying to recoup their loss from the non paying customer, and I shipped it across from Germany for a new life in sunny So Cal.

Plans for it? Not firmed up yet but the odds are on a Willys.

Jay was a great guy and a sad loss to the hot rodding community.

 

Hey Steve. Your builds just get better.
I always enjoy searching for unique details.
Rotten Russ.