The 'E' Type Forum

One account of the time reports Norman took the car to over 7200 rpm!

When told the figure achieved, William Lyons is reported to have asked what that was in miles per hour.

For those unable to penetrate the Times paywall..... Norman Dewis; Low-born, long-serving chief test driver for Jaguar who in 1953 risked his life when he broke the 'flying mile' speed record SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 43 LENGTH: 891 words In 1953 Jaguar, the British luxury sports car manufacturer, was look...

I know of one S3 which has a 2.88 and an OD. Very relaxed cruising on motorways.

Hmmmm, am I the only one screaming No No No, do not average the carb settings. Think about it for a minute. If I adjust the carb so that the mixture being burned in cylinders one and two is optimal, why would I change it just because the carb feeding cylinders three and four needed the jet at a diff...

Someone, a lister on the J-L site, has replaced springs and cotters without removing the head. Might be worth checking that before the head comes off. Of course, if the valve is bent, the head must come off.

Never mind, here it is in all its gory detail.
https://www.barons-auctions.com/view-lo ... plica-mk-1

The unregistered S1 which has flat hub wheels, no badge bar and was LHD, kept its bonnet shut all the time. It was presented by a local restoration house. In fact quite a few cars were from local businesses, including the Fiat 500 electric car. At last years show the pink caddie would have been put ...

Word from the colonies is big block Ford.

Check the pipe from the oil filter head back into the sump. This can perish. (Ask me how I know.) Under normal sedate driving the oil bypass valve in the oil filter head isn’t opened, but on the motorway prolonged running at high-ish rpm can see the oil bypass valve opening and excess oil being retu...

"Enjoy while you can, but in the longer term, don’t expect your classic E-type to be there to fund your pension!" There is a lot of wisdom in this sentence. Precisely how much of the current asset price inflation our cars have experienced over recent years is due to money seeking investment opportun...

I have some tatty ones. https://i.postimg.cc/bN4jHfvw/IMG-0210.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/sDMrhgsL/IMG-0211.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/4dwgzKYD/IMG-0212.jpg Just a though, as you are (no offence intended here) a younger enthusiast, had you considered making your car (already modified from its original c...

I’ve never managed better than 22 from my bag of nails, and never worse than 20. It is not tuned, has standard CR, rebuilt SUs, electronic ignition triggering a gold coil to fire iridium plugs. A fat spark and a slightly rich mixture. I could lean the mixture for economy, but that would affect its g...

Took my recently polished bag of nails to a local village fete where one villager likes to invite classics of all stripes. For the first time there were three Es, usually I’m on my own amongst various other marques. https://i.postimg.cc/L8WK3T4D/4-A68151-D-A53-D-40-D5-886-F-C38-A5-A5-BB331.jpg https...

I don’t mean are we running out of oil, or is the fear that using cars is killing the sky going to bring about the end of our hobby. No I mean this. While out in my freshly-polished-in-advance-of-a-local-show E, a yoof upon seeing my car drive past exclaimed in a tone more admonishing than astonishi...

Word around the paddock was that the engine made over 400bhp. Not sure where that number came from.

“Or, are things not that simple????????”

Yup, it is that simple.

Despite the experiences of others, I do not have, nor do I feel the need, for a lead hammer, I use the hide side of the copper hide mallet. It doesn’t mark the spinner. Neither do I feel the spinner saver is useless, nor a hazard to my car’s bodywork or mine. Correctly used, it works perfectly well....

I have two spinner savers, one home made from several sheets of plywood glued and drilled appropriately, the other, pictured above, came from SNGB.

Try here. https://www.sngbarratt.com/uk/#!/Englis ... 2d412fddee

Make a note of this website, you will not regret it.

I thought I’d check where the electric jack could be carried in my 2+2. I needn’t have worried, it easily fits under the boot board and is therefore suitable for any E, OTS, FHC or 2+2. (S1 and S2, I cant vouch for S3). https://i.postimg.cc/fRB57S9y/F6-DC2-E7-D-FD67-41-B4-92-F8-9591-B437-F988.jpg As...

My car has been covered with old candle wick bedspreads for all of the last 16 years. The only purpose is to keep the dust off the paintwork, a task these covers perform well. In fact the very same covers were used on my previous classic for almost 20 years, without any detriment to the paintwork in...