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- Fri Apr 29, 2022 8:45 am
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Series 2 Shocks Correct Colour Code
- Replies: 3
- Views: 936
Re: Series 2 Shocks Correct Colour Code
Rather unhelpfully, the otherwise ultra-picky JCNA judges declare the suspension and inner wheel arches a bit of a no-go area! As far as I know the shocks are semi-gloss black, but I stand to be corrected. I've got a number of in-period books but none of them give a really clear picture (although wh...
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 8:06 am
- Forum: Series 2
- Topic: Are these original?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2686
Re: Are these original?
Rumour has it that all ten gold spinners were bought by a certain Mr Jones to sit atop the various en suite bath taps as the piece de resistance at Heuer Towers......
- Thu Apr 28, 2022 1:43 pm
- Forum: Series 2
- Topic: Are these original?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2686
Re: Are these original?
Disappointingly it looks like they've sold all 10 £1,000 gold-plated spinners that they made. Still: plenty more where they come from.......
- Thu Apr 28, 2022 11:26 am
- Forum: Series 2
- Topic: Are these original?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2686
Re: Are these original?
Tut, tut.... Is it not the case that strictly speaking the (rare) 'Continental' spinners are essentially the regular two-eared spinners but with the ears lopped off, whereas the 'Federals' are the regular three-lobed 'earless' spinners? Whilst you're at it, you may want also to consider a set of the...
- Wed Apr 27, 2022 9:11 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Calling all Opalescent Gunmetal owners
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7066
Re: Calling all Opalescent Gunmetal owners
OGG owner here :smile: I've ridden around in mine for eight years now and I still think it looks fantastic. To be fair I think all the metallic greys suit the car well, and the subtlety of the differences betwixt them will be lost on the man in the street. The attraction of the opalescent colours is...
- Thu Apr 07, 2022 8:50 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Photo shoot
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1920
Re: Photo shoot
Just wait 'til you see the photos of Darren draped decorously over the bonnet in his Speedos....
- Fri Feb 11, 2022 4:00 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Duxford 1982?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1963
Duxford 1982?
Whilst clearing out some stuff at the bottom of drawers, I came across these photos which I took at an E-type gathering at Duxford in (I think) 1982 - which being the case I guess would have been a 21st birthday gathering for the type. Interesting to think that at that point the Series IIIs that wer...
- Fri Dec 24, 2021 9:31 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Happy Christmas
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2855
- Thu Dec 09, 2021 4:24 pm
- Forum: Welcome!
- Topic: Wondering if an E-Type still exists - HTW 21B
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1637
Re: Wondering if an E-Type still exists - HTW 21B
I heard stories (that would horrify modern-day mums who wouldn't dare put their precious fat baby Tarquin in anything smaller than a 3-tonne SUV) such as doing 140mph with her in a carry-cot perched behind the seats. Funnily enough, that's exactly where I spent my formative years! :bigrin: (Your si...
- Thu Dec 09, 2021 4:18 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: BBQ Paint Headers
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4449
Re: BBQ Paint Headers
+1 for the Calyx graphite paste. Eye-wateringly expensive by the time you've had it shipped from the States, but one tiny tub will last you a lifetime, and the finished effect is very natural and just lovely.
- Fri Nov 05, 2021 11:27 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Sphincter test.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2491
Re: Sphincter test.
I once did the Snake Pass in total darkness after my lights failed on my Beta Volumex Coupe just after leaving Sheffield (it was a case of find a way of continuing, or turn round and find somewhere to stay the night in Sheffield - 'nuff said :wink: ) I managed it by waiting in the layby, and then la...
- Mon Oct 18, 2021 8:33 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: 60 years anniversary in Britany France...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1639
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Nice video:
I concur with Damon. Few things match the pleasure of driving round in your Old Man's E-type
I concur with Damon. Few things match the pleasure of driving round in your Old Man's E-type
- Wed Sep 29, 2021 12:35 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: 'GB' Letters
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4969
'GB' Letters
For those of you with those nice elegant chromed 'GB' letters fixed to your boot or hatch.....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58734265
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58734265
Re: Luggage.
If I go away in mine, I tend to send the missus ahead by DHL.
Tends to make for a much more relaxing and enjoyable drive, and leaves plenty of space for luggage.....
Tends to make for a much more relaxing and enjoyable drive, and leaves plenty of space for luggage.....
- Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:00 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Brighton speed trials
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1869
Re: Brighton speed trials
I'll say one thing for Darren: he drives no differently at a speed trial to how he drives on the road....
- Mon Aug 16, 2021 8:10 am
- Forum: Series 2
- Topic: Elusive Inner door trim.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3730
Re: Elusive Inner door trim.
Yep, definitely Titanfast, and certainly an S2 feature. Whether it was fitted to all S2s I don't know, but mine had it originally, and it got left off during the restoration. I've got a length of it from Woolies that I keep meaning to get round to fitting some day (probably held back by the fact tha...
- Fri Aug 13, 2021 1:30 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: London Concours 2021
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2110
Re: London Concours 2021
Funnily enough, as that's Horseguards, there are signs up expressly telling you not to park there. So I pulled up behind an armed response vehicle, hopped out and tapped on the window (I realise that in a lot of countries doing that would probably be your last ever action on this planet :shock: ), a...
- Fri Aug 13, 2021 9:10 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: London Concours 2021
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2110
Re: London Concours 2021
You're both too kind :smile: As a footnote, come the Friday morning, when it was time to take the car home, I of course found myself in the rather bizarre position of having to pay our beloved Mayor for the privilege of taking the car out of 'his' city :scratchheadyellow: Naturally, imbued with a se...
- Thu Aug 12, 2021 4:33 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: London Concours 2021
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2110
London Concours 2021
Been meaning to post up about this for a little while now :oops: Back in June I was privileged to park the old girl in a line-up honouring the E-type's 60th birthday at the London Concours, held across three rare hot and sunny days at the Honourable Artillery Company in the City. The organisers want...