The 'E' Type Forum

I definitely would not be "feeling" the exhaust behind each cylinder!! Not without a visit to the burns unit afterwards!

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Absolute joy! I thought we used PostImage (to load images) rather than Imgur (or are they one and the same)?

In my case, the atcual body number was not only stamped on the body tag in the boot but also stamped on the reinforcing angle between wings and centre section of the welded louvres bonnet. That is useful given you therefore have a match between the monocoque and the bonnet itself. I can't recall wh...

the one number I did find which is on the bonnet reinforcement bracket is currently being used on a DHC registered in Sweden. I decided to give up on the project but now that DVLC are being a bit more helpful it may yet happen. It is not unknown to occasionally find a bonnet with a stamped bracing ...

Hmmm - Whilst I can understand this happening to a limited degree (if a body was taken off the line), would not chaos ensue if the production line lost track of bodies all over the place given trim and hood variations. What I also do not understand is with the body number being written in various pl...

abowie wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 16, 2025 6:43 am

They often don't fit, unfortunately.

Fully agree. I found I had to do some internal cuts so they then stretched appropriately around the outer edge of the casing

3.8 cars have blue filters on the gauges. When I got my car, most of the gauges were showing white light since the filters had disintegrated. I fitted blue LEDs as per the picture below.

And, to add to the mix, Southern Classics at Twickenham. They do bodywork, repairs and ground-up restorations of Aston Martins and E-Types. https://www.southernclassics.co.uk/ Steve Berry is the proprietor - very decent guy. It sounds like it could be an insurance matter.

As with every question re early E Types there is no way that I can claim to be sure of the history of my car during its first 9 years, but I bought the car in 1973 and the jack and handle were in an original jack bag along with the other tools etc and I have never doubted their originality. The car...

Both on our car and 881640 in "Factory Fit", later 3.8 OTS appeared to have the boot lid seal on the body rather than the lid

A few other suggestions: 1) Check your battery is operating at a decent voltage. 2) Check that no oxidation has built up on the connections either side of the fuse. 3) Next, with the otter switch "closed" via bridging it, try tapping the side of relay with the plastic end of a screwdriver in case an...

Whilst the circumstances behind this picture are sad, I could not help be struck by the similarity of the colour and a certain concept car. The fact that it is on a Jaguar makes the comparison even more surreal.

Phil Wrote: The App can display real-time speed as well as distance covered. The distance traveled would only apply if the car had the correct diff ratio for the speedo being used,and calibrating the speedo to eliminate a small indicated speed error was the exercise. Calibrating the indicated speed...

Happy Christmas all! Wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous 2025!

I found the GPS Odometer App hugely useful for double checking the calibration of my speedo over about 20 miles of distance. The App can display real-time speed as well as distance covered.

Back to the brand....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd60v8zj678o

Keeping on the subject of spinners for a moment, I saw (for the first time in the flesh) 77 RW at the NEC Classic Car Show. I was saddened to see that its earlier restoration had not taken the path of maintaining originality of its parts. Quick examples I spotted as a walked around it were, the afor...

paydase wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 03, 2024 3:24 pm

"copy nothing" actually closer to that than to an E-Type:

The JaGuar and the Rolls Royce Spectre look very, very similar!

paydase wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 26, 2024 11:08 am

Actually, no need to strip dow the engine to see the engine number on the flywheel, at least on a 3.8.
You have just to be lucky and have the flywheel rotated as it needs to be

Very true!! You will now have many people attempting to spot their flywheel number!!!