The 'E' Type Forum

Many thanks to Serge for the information and photos - very very helpful !

Also my appreciation to Dave for the advice relating to the type of and fitting of dash coverings

Regards

Tony

Thanks Serge --- the pic is very help full

Presumably the centre thicker section must have some padding on the top otherwise the map light fixings would sick out ??

my car is 29 Aug and does not have OBL's

Cheers

Tony

Hi Am looking for some dimensional information relating to the "flat dash boards" fitted to the early 3.8's The dash that came with my car is approx 50mm thick along the thicker front centre section. And, approx 23mm thick above the glove box and Speedo/tacho sections ----- I do not know if is this ...

thanks for the E bay Link Steve --- they look to be in reasonable condition too

Hi wondering if anybody knows a supplier of new differential output shafts for my early 3,8L E Type --- there is considerable ware on the (differential side) splines---- I believe these are referred to as Type 1 shafts --- SNG appear not to stock them. Any help or related ideas would be appreciated ...

Hi Randall, My name is Tony - sorry for not signing off properly in my last post Will keep your latest idea in mind going forward I am hoping the new silicone seal will suffice for now since you tell me yours is offset also -- so am happy live with it -- for now anyways I have a lot of (more importa...

Hi Randall, thankyou for confirming the length of your trumpets -- is very interesting to note that your air intake is also 20mm off center -- is hard to imagine that Jaguar did not design this anomaly out overtime I will order a new seal and assume this will accommodate the offset as you describe (...

Hi Am wondering if someone can help pls ? I am well into the restoration of my 1961 Flat Floor car and have come across the following The bottom inlet hole in the air intake box on my 3.8L car is off center of the air filter canister by around 20mm. So it appears either the trumpet length is too lon...

thanks for the feedback Joe --- this would be a very flexible and convenient fix. I will probably need fit longer studs and I will investigate this now --- thanks again

Hi all, I am restoring/doing LH to RHD conversion on my 1961 Flat Floor. I would like inquire if anybody can advise the length of the push rod for an original early 3.8l Dunlop clutch master cylinder ?? The push rod is an aftermarket item and appears to be too long causing the clutch peddle to be si...

Hello everyone wondering if you can help ? havng recently purchased a 1961 car (875425) I am courious of the distributor identificatiom the number/lettters on the body are DMBZ8A - 40528B - GC68 - 6-59 So I assume the part was manufactured in 1959 - so my question is, is this the original distributo...

Hi Folks am investigating what the correct head colour is for my car #875425 It currently has a gold painted head But I read that XK150's and early E Types had Pumpkin colour heads However, I cannot find reference as to when the change was made from Pumpkin to Gold Can anyone throw some light on thi...

Gents,

your help is appreciated

Tony

Gents,
Any suggestions pls where i might find information on the progressive changes to the 1961 OTS cars pls ?

thanks

tony

gents the dealers (Gullwing Motor Cars of NY ) description of the car is given below - says was orginally Black with red interior ""1967 Jaguar XKE Series I 4.2 Roadster with Matching Numbers: The Ideal Restoration Candidate"" ""This 1967 Jaguar XKE Series I Roadster has been in storage since 1983 a...

Hi All My name is Tony - and new to this forum and would like some help if possible Am looking to purchase a series 1 - i have my eye on one but am concerned it might be a 1.5 rather than a series 1 . So I am wondering if there a definitive car/body number after which they became 1.5's for roadsters...

By the way - the quote i have for export imort to Perth WA from the USA is A$4,000 including "asbestos " clearance certificate

Gents the asking price is US$90,000 the engine runs but the car is not roadworthy Its a restoration candidate which is what i am looking for since i plan retire next year and am looking for something to play with I prefer play than drive ! My concern is that I get what i hope it is - which is a fair...

thank you mark for pointing out perter crispin's book - i have this and have read through it several time and is very helpful as you suggest

Thanks for the feedback - is appreciated Funny thing is, a long time before I acquired the TR5 I owned a GT6 for many years "the poor mans E Type" this is a link to the car I am examining at the mo https://flic.kr/s/aHsmreB8MM - assume if you copy this link into google it will take you to a deck of ...