Your being to hard on you'reself. Their are two many grammar rules in the English language. Its part of it's problem! But I could care less.
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- Fri May 15, 2026 3:08 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Anyone around Bishops Stortford like to show me their e-type?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2987

Re: Anyone around Bishops Stortford like to show me their e-type?
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Your being to hard on you'reself. Their are two many grammar rules in the English language. Its part of it's problem! But I could care less.
Your being to hard on you'reself. Their are two many grammar rules in the English language. Its part of it's problem! But I could care less.
- Tue Dec 23, 2025 3:48 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Merry Christmas 2025
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4450

Re: Merry Christmas 2025
May I join in from across the Pond in wishing all of my forum friends from around the world a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and a healthy, prosperous New Year! Looking forward as always to the appearance of the smashing Christmas lights!
- Fri Nov 07, 2025 4:40 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Rev counter precision
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3601

Re: Rev counter precision
"When I had my car rolling road tested many years ago, I was advised that the rev counter was 8-10% optimistic, so I just live with it🚙👍. 1950 XK120" Don't most of us just listen to the engine and throw a shift when experience says it's time to do so? I always thought that the rev counter is only th...
- Sun Nov 02, 2025 6:10 pm
- Forum: Welcome!
- Topic: New owner from Truro Cornwall needs advice
- Replies: 20
- Views: 18359

Re: New owner from Truro Cornwall needs advice
If you are going to completely replace the wiring I HIGHLY recommend the Moss Motors wiring manual. It contains schematics plus illustrations of where each of the dash wiring connects to its component. https://mossmotors.com/31-0806-wiring-manual-e-type-ser-ii?queryID=b2bc11e6983e791fefeb96644f6b097...
- Tue Sep 23, 2025 12:25 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Cream touch-up paint
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3315

Re: Cream touch-up paint
My previous owner had my car repainted by a local Ford dealer who did a decent job of it. The paperwork that I received when I bought my car included the receipt for that paint job but didn't mention exactly what paint or code of paint was used. I've found that Ford's Wimbledon White is a perfect ma...
- Thu Sep 04, 2025 3:07 pm
- Forum: Welcome!
- Topic: New owner - 1966 Series 1 2+2
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6873

Re: New owner - 1966 Series 1 2+2
Congratulations, Simon, and welcome to the forum! I hope that you have many happy years of motoring with your new obsession. Go to xkedata.com and enter your car's number in the search engine and you may be able to find the history information that you want.
- Fri Aug 22, 2025 4:50 pm
- Forum: Welcome!
- Topic: New owner from Truro Cornwall needs advice
- Replies: 20
- Views: 18359

Re: New owner from Truro Cornwall needs advice
Also interesting is that it has triple SU carburettors and smooth cam covers where a USA specification Series 2 would have had twin Strombergs and ribbed cam covers. The previous engineer owner must have been tinkering with it. Did he make the wooden instrument panel too? Regards It also appears to...
- Fri Aug 01, 2025 3:08 pm
- Forum: Welcome!
- Topic: New Member, looking for advise/help
- Replies: 9
- Views: 73145

- Thu Apr 24, 2025 4:21 pm
- Forum: Pub Chat
- Topic: Cheeky day off Wednesday.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 87556

Re: Cheeky day off Wednesday.
How about: "That's about as useful as a screen door on a submarine"?
- Thu Dec 12, 2024 4:23 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Adjusting The Temperature Gauge
- Replies: 9
- Views: 45704

Re: Adjusting The Temperature Gauge
I love the tool try, also! Great idea. Tomorrow is my last day at work until Jan. 7th so I'll have lots of spare time. I plan on infringing on your copy rights. I'm no lawyer but I think that you'll have to sue me in Ohio courts and good luck with that! 
- Tue Dec 03, 2024 1:26 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: I was wrong about repro spinners!
- Replies: 66
- Views: 265326

Re: I was wrong about repro spinners!
Did they hire Elon Musk as the design engineer?
- Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:42 pm
- Forum: Series 1
- Topic: Very Late s.1 Footwell Ventilation
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8188

Re: Very Late s.1 Footwell Ventilation
If I understand your question correctly, it sounds like you have the ducting for the footwell vents but the spring mounted doors are missing. Those doors along with the dash mounted sliding air valve allow you to control the ventilation (such as it is) to the footwells. BTW, my car is also a so call...
- Wed Sep 11, 2024 3:36 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Official Jaguar E type Drivers Handbook
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6649

- Tue Aug 27, 2024 11:50 am
- Forum: Welcome!
- Topic: Opportunity - Drive to France
- Replies: 9
- Views: 71939

Re: Opportunity - Drive to France
Would the "expenses" include round trip airfare from the U.S.? 
- Tue Jul 02, 2024 4:25 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Series 1,5 in Germany?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12594

Re: Series 1,5 in Germany?
There are a few postings on J-L regarding the electric power steering conversion. Mike Oldak seems to be pleased with his conversion. Michael_Oldak 67 OTS S1 Jan 2020 I installed the EZ Power Steering on my S1 years ago and it is wonderful. The unit replaces the steering column and fits under the da...
- Tue Jun 18, 2024 11:46 am
- Forum: Welcome!
- Topic: Hi from Germany
- Replies: 12
- Views: 78962

Re: Hi from Germany
Welcome aboard, Klaus. When you find the right car, I recommend that you post details and plenty of photos here so the experts here can chime in on any problems that they see and give you advice on whether to go ahead and make the purchase. It will help avoid unseen headaches and expense. Once you d...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:10 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Christopher Storey
- Replies: 29
- Views: 25874

Re: Christopher Storey
I can only echo what others have already posted. I regret that I have not had the opportunity to have met him and the other wonderful members on this forum. He will be sorely missed by all who knew him, both personally and vicariously.
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:32 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Casting block
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7158

Re: Casting block
I had never heard of laser welding until I read this thread. I looked it up and was interested in finding out which laser and what settings (wattage, pulsed vs. continuous wave, etc.) are used for welding. Interestingly, the Nd:YAG laser is the generating source. As I'm sure all on this forum know w...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:03 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Christmas lights!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10351

Re: Christmas lights!
Those lights are highly therapeutic, at least for me. I don't know what that says about the hooligan in me, but i sure do get a kick out of smashing them!
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 3:58 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Dial test indicator
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9523

Re: Dial test indicator
I bought this one to adjust my woodworking tools. It's probably not accurate enough for high precision demands, but for adjusting a table saw, jointer, etc. it's more than adequate. Certainly accurate enough to find TDC on an auto engine. https://www.amazon.com/Indicator-Magnetic-Holder-Adjustable-T...


