The 'E' Type Forum

Could be out of adjustment, a simple fix, or it could be a worn out release bush/bearing. If so, it is not a cheap fix.

Red. Not a hint of blueishness.

1967, still red....

I can’t honestly say which one I like the best. The two sports cars I regularly drive, the E and a Honda S2000, each has a unique character. One looks like it will do 150 mph. But it wont, and even if it came close I'd be worried about its mechanical integrity, not to say its safety. It rattles and...

Series 2 only, it appears. S1 and S3 exhausts might get in the way.

There’s a S2 FHC down here with a two bar AND a caravan.

“stablemate for my E Type is a Silver Cloud”
Gotta Crewe built Turbo R, is that close enough?

It was only ever the E-Type. Back in 61 there were no other cars like it, nothing even close. The Italians had their Blacksmiths, the Germans their quaint little Bug, the French had stopped making their Bugatti’s many years before, and the Americans were still building cars with suspension more suit...

I’d be checking the floats and needle valves in the carbs.

This car has been for sale before. I don’t think it will sell to anyone who knows E-Types. Not at twice the value of a properly concours car (ie an original U.K. car with no modifications and a full history folder). I thought I’d check the video of the engine being tested as mentioned in the descrip...

There are a number of offerings of whole headlamps with LED “bulbs” for sale for Jaguars and Landies in the range of £200 - £400. Similar offerings (at least visually in the adverts) for Jeeps and Harleys are around £40 - £50. I’ll need to see the beam pattern on dip before I part with any cash. Non...

Anyone else remember 75watt sealed beam units?

I’ve been looking at LED bulbs to replace the halogen H4s I currently use. None of the available units have a well defined dip cutoff. Most are simply dimmer on dip than main. They will be very bright but they will also dazzle.

I am still searching.

Just one night of frost and the local authority has determined roads will need salt. So the E is now off the road for the next few months. Boo hoo!

Time list of winter projects to begin.

Almost everytime. Other drivers and staff.

Yup, that’s what driving a 2+2 is like. Once you’ve run the engine in you’ll find you won’t want or ever need to rev it over 3,000 rpm. The best bit is not the way the car drives or its torque or the visceral level of feedback through the controls, which is quite unlike the electronically managed, c...

ralphr1780 wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:53 am

I am happy to see that others have also gremlins in their workshop, who act weird while you are away.

LIttle buggers in my garage move things around under my nose!

christopher storey wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 25, 2018 7:40 am

And if you take the carpets out and peel up the vinyl sill covers just an inch or so, you will see a series of holes in the inner sill leading directly into the sill cavity

On my 2+2 there is one per side, looking like this.

As I didn’t manage to get to France this year, and I was busy entertaining relatives when others were rounding this island on Porter’s charity run, I thought I would spend a few days in Cornwall, our second visit this year. County of surfers and artists, apparently. Surfing, I can leave. Anything th...

I’ve been using waxoyl (clear) for decades, long before E-Types entered my life. It’s power to prevent the spread of (existing) rust was proven for me on my Dolomite Sprint which was my daily driver for most of the 20 years I owned it. On a practical note, somewhere and I don’t recall whether it was...