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by vikla
Sat Nov 09, 2019 4:02 pm
Forum: Technical
Topic: Repro Tool Kit Question
Replies: 12
Views: 4461
Great Britain

Re: Repro Tool Kit Question

The UK E-Type Club published in its magazine a couple of years ago a huge set of monthly articles going into massive detail of all E-Type tools. They started in June 2017 written by Roger Payne. Members have access to them. This list is here: https://160dd44f-1330-457b-9f03-1b300fa058cb.filesusr.com...
by vikla
Mon Sep 16, 2019 5:14 pm
Forum: Series 1
Topic: C15168 Early steering wheel rim wood.
Replies: 14
Views: 6536
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Re: C15168 Early steering wheel rim wood.

The guy is
classic woodwork
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22 KIMBERLEY ROAD
solihull
West Midlands
B92 8PU
United Kingdom
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by vikla
Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Anyone familiar with this Series l ???
Replies: 8
Views: 4718
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Re: Anyone familiar with this Series l ???

My car has a discrepancy with its body number. The JDHT certificate says 4E24142, but the label behind the number plate says 4E26142. When I queried it with JHDT they said it was probably a simple error made by the bloke who did the stamping and is not uncommon. Apparently the stamped number is for ...
by vikla
Wed May 08, 2019 8:19 am
Forum: Series 1
Topic: Owner's manual edition
Replies: 13
Views: 5332
Great Britain

Re: Owner's manual edition

If you are a member of the The E-Type Club you can get the most amazing detail on all the documentation that came with all E-type models.
S1 4.2 documentation is covered over 3 articles in issues 136,137 and 138 of the magazine starting in March 2016.
by vikla
Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:15 am
Forum: General
Topic: Valuation.
Replies: 28
Views: 9071
Great Britain

Re: Valuation.

The yellow triangles show if the prices have been changed since the previous version of the data. In both cases in the table they have gone up.
by vikla
Mon Jan 07, 2019 5:24 pm
Forum: Series 1
Topic: Value S1 Jag e-type 4.2 LHD Roadster
Replies: 32
Views: 10005
Great Britain

Re: Value S1 Jag e-type 4.2 LHD Roadster

"Also it would be lower again for a car being imported from the USA."

Because of the import costs....
by vikla
Mon Jan 07, 2019 4:14 pm
Forum: Series 1
Topic: Value S1 Jag e-type 4.2 LHD Roadster
Replies: 32
Views: 10005
Great Britain

Re: Value S1 Jag e-type 4.2 LHD Roadster

According to Practical Classics price guide of August 2018 this sounds like a Condition 3 car which is defined as 'cars usually need a complete rebuild, but might be driveable and MoT’d– candidates for restorations. For a 4.2 OTS this says £60k is the average for cars sold in the UK. However I imagi...
by vikla
Thu Jan 03, 2019 5:53 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Valuation.
Replies: 28
Views: 9071
Great Britain

Re: Valuation.

There is another free resource for classic cars prices - the Practical Classics price guide which is updated regularly. The last one I downloaded was for August 2018 - details below https://i.postimg.cc/wjVQWCYq/Etype-prices-2018.jpg These are the price categories https://i.postimg.cc/g01X4sjc/Price...
by vikla
Tue Jan 01, 2019 9:48 am
Forum: General
Topic: Thought and Contemplation
Replies: 49
Views: 14805
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Re: Thought and Contemplation

I liked Mark's response from the USA because I can see all the same things here in the UK with my own grown up children. Another factor in the UK is housing and garaging. Whenever I bought a house a decent garage was a major consideration because I have always had a 'hobby' car. However since the 19...
by vikla
Sun Dec 30, 2018 8:33 am
Forum: Series 1
Topic: Series 1 2+2 values
Replies: 47
Views: 17356
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Re: Series 1 2+2 values

Clausager's Factory Original book says that for the USA and Canada markets the change to open headlights was from chassis 1E77010 for S1 2+2s and this was from Jan 67.
by vikla
Sun Nov 25, 2018 4:20 pm
Forum: Series 1
Topic: References to production chnages made to early 1961 cars
Replies: 3
Views: 2019
Great Britain

Re: References to production chnages made to early 1961 cars

There is a lot more in Anders Clausager's book, Factory Original Jaguar E-Type.
Also many details are covered in the Series 1 3.8 Factory Fit posts on this forum, though not chronologically
by vikla
Thu Jul 12, 2018 12:22 pm
Forum: Welcome!
Topic: Car storage
Replies: 11
Views: 5477
Great Britain

Re: Car storage

Geoff is right that moist air can easily get past garage doors. I have a double length garage with an ordinary up and over door with my E-type in. For the past six years I have had a dehumidifier on continuously in the garage and it seems to have coped very well. Its a Meaco dessicant type which sam...
by vikla
Sun Jul 08, 2018 7:55 am
Forum: General
Topic: Just a reminder
Replies: 4
Views: 2577
Great Britain

Re: Just a reminder

On a separate note there were 8 E-types at the auction, a good selection ranging from a 1961 flat floor to a couple of S3's.
Only one car was sold and that was a FHC chopped down and made into an OTS. It went for £79,520.
by vikla
Mon Apr 16, 2018 5:01 pm
Forum: Series 1
Topic: 4.2 Radio Console fixings
Replies: 3
Views: 2250
Great Britain

Re: 4.2 Radio Console fixings

Chris The assembly is fixed to the bulkhead with 4 fixings, 2 chromed knurled knobs at the bottom and 2 chromed domed bolts at the top. I think they are the ones you describe. I am not aware of a cam cover nut being used. Unless the 2+2 is different there is a picture in Factory Fit for the 4.2 OTS ...
by vikla
Thu Mar 22, 2018 3:12 pm
Forum: Series 1
Topic: Radio Console Outer Panels Series 1 4.2 1966
Replies: 4
Views: 2411
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Re: Radio Console Outer Panels Series 1 4.2 1966

BD26202/3 are the speaker panels which go onto the overall console metal frame. There are then the speaker grilles and if I remember a cardboard type gasket between the speakers and the metal chassis. The whole assembly is fixed to the bulkhead with 4 fixings, 2 chromed knurled knobs at the bottom a...
by vikla
Thu Mar 22, 2018 12:27 pm
Forum: Series 1
Topic: Radio Console Outer Panels Series 1 4.2 1966
Replies: 4
Views: 2411
Great Britain

Re: Radio Console Outer Panels Series 1 4.2 1966

I have a '66 FHC and the picture you show looks correct if you are mainly talking about the 2 side speaker panels which came with moulded black vinyl on them.
There is a close-up shot of one in the S1 4.2 factory fit thread, on the blue OTS car.
by vikla
Sun Feb 18, 2018 6:36 pm
Forum: Series 1
Topic: IRS access panels
Replies: 9
Views: 4244
Great Britain

Re: IRS access panels

I think the part in question is BD18492. On my 1966 4.2 FHC I don't believe the cut out holes had been factory provided. But it was clear a previous owner had just taken some tin snips and made a very messy hole in the metalwork to get to the IRS. As a result I wanted to have the correct panel to co...
by vikla
Fri Feb 09, 2018 12:10 pm
Forum: Series 1
Topic: Hinged luggage board trim materials
Replies: 2
Views: 1900
Great Britain

Re: Hinged luggage board trim materials

Ian

Clausager's Factory-Original book show pictures of the folding board to have vinyl on both sides for an early car with the 2 part hardura boot mat.

It also says the sloping part of the bulkhead in front of the folding board is in hardura and the vertical panel is in moquette.

Hope that helps.
by vikla
Sat Jan 06, 2018 2:51 pm
Forum: General
Topic: stolen
Replies: 21
Views: 9845
Great Britain

Re: stolen

Assuming the owner was the person who paid £99,680 for it just 2 months previously in an Historics auction, then he/she must be pretty gutted...
by vikla
Thu Dec 21, 2017 8:20 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Rare sight, E-Types on an car transporter
Replies: 5
Views: 3094
Great Britain

Rare sight, E-Types on an car transporter

Wednesday night on the 'The Channel' programme on C4, last in the series about the English Channel. A 2 second shot of a car transporter with 3 E-types on it plus some other older Jags (I think). One E-type just has the front of the bonnet showing. Came off the Calais ferry in France in the summer. ...