The 'E' Type Forum

I have been using semi synth for several years. Despite the longer life of this oil, I always change every 3,000 miles or less. And I change the filter every time even though that is every other change on the original schedule. I buy the oil in 20l barrels and the filters four at a time. Three oil a...

“ Mike Hailwood's 1978 TT-winning bike has the sweetest, most civilised, engine ” Rory, I didn’t attend the 78 races but I did get there for ‘79. I don’t know if Mike rode the same Duke then, (5th place in the F1 race) but I do recall the classic TT that year in which Mike and Alec George traded 1st...

“ Be interested to know what anyone else has done in the same vein.”

My solution is not quite as bespoke - a rag laid over the plug holes. Doubles as a, er.... rag... when done.

Another favourite is a hidden battery isolator. Do a search here and on Jag-Lovers for a variety of installations. My favourite was hidden in the locked glove box.

“ Anti theft devices.” Some suggestions. Alarm - a cheap one designed for a motorcycle, wired to detect door opening and capable of detecting movement. The motorcycle alarms are compact and low draw and can be left “on” for some while without significant battery drain. A cheap tracker and a sim only...

£300k and no air filters? Maybe it’s £300k plus the cost of a rebuilt engine every ten thousand miles.

Or are you not supposed to drive it?

Please can this thread be parked now?

Pete, We have both experienced that hollowed out feeling that results from realising someone has stolen a cherished car (or two). Mine was stolen in pre-internet times, and despite finding the engine fitted in a known thief’s car whose description matched that provided by a witness to the theft, the...

A few years back a villager planted up a small field, about 400 yards from where I live with vines. He has been hawking the product on this venture for the last two years. It doesn’t travel well.

For many years the format in Fell Towers has been to invite as many of the neighbours as we can cram in for a meal and to see the new year in. We provided the main course, invitees brought the booze and desserts. We’d see the new year in while watching Jools Holland on the television, sing Auld Land...

Webasto did Retro-fit electrically operated steel sun roofs to a variety of cars including Rollers. I once saw a S2 2+2 with such a roof, nicely trimmed as if it was in a RR.

Julian, We can agree, on this occasion, to disagree. BTW, I speak as one who has had a car stolen (from a railway station carpark, in broad daylight), so I know the actual pain that this crime can cause. I do understand your position, I just don’t think it is just.

“ .however well done to the original poster. ”

Sorry Julian, I couldn’t disagree more. This was not well done, but careless. An innocent and probably legal owner of a genuine (kit/replica) car has had his reputation impugned.

Lite steer does the same job, but for fewer pounds. NAYY, just saying.

“ Taiwan is likely superior to China made.”

There is a country whose leaders will claim that Taiwan is China.

Happy E-type Crimble. I think next year will be different. Different from this one and certainly different from any we’ve had before. A new era, but with the constancy that only a 60 year old car (OK, mine is only 54 years old) can bring. May all your roads be smooth, no matter how you travel on them.

If this was my car, before I tried to alter the geometry, I’d just check one thing that always causes the inner edge of tyres to wear - worn lower ball joints. Only if these are perfect, and the tyre pressures are correct, then I’d try measuring and fiddling with the geometry. As I have never and ne...

Second hand cars already have VAT included in the price. It has always been thus. The only people who need to know about VAT on cars are motor traders. They account for VAT on a margin scheme basis. VAT is remitted on the difference between a car’s purchase and sale price, not on the whole of the sa...

Stuff the concours crowd, to hell with the early cars are best ninnies, you can keep your outside bonnet locks, flat floors, 3.8 engines and Moss boxes. I’ll quietly smile to myself, as I get all the E-Type driving thrills from my bag-of-nails 2+2. It is every bit an E-Type, has the same view of the...

As you asked for opinions..... It does make low speed manoeuvering much easier. I tried a friend's E with Lite Steer, another alternative. So strictly answering your questions. 1 No but see above. 2 Everything is reversible. However the steering column top section may need to be modified to permit t...