The 'E' Type Forum

Hi Chrystopher, thank you very much for your reply. The camshafts are two bolts type, and the car is from 1970, so I asume that the setting is 0,10 and 0,15 mm.

Thank you

Looking in the work shop manual of the series 1 &2 the only adjusting clearance for the valves that I found are ( in mm ) 0.10 mm inlet and 0.15 mm exaust. Are those measures correct for a 1970 4.2 S2. If yes, it means that it has the same Valve adjusting than a 3.8 s1 ? Thanks for your reply Mario

If you have a line to Philip Porter tell him I've got a part-proofed copy of the existing tome marked up with many corrections, if he wants to swap it for a copy of the new one when it comes out. Pete Hi Pete I have not any direct line to Philip Porter. But is quite easy contact to him, because he ...

This car born as a LHD FHC, later converted to a RHD OTS. Those modifications must be reflected in the price.

Talking about the oficial Jaguar E Type 50 book, there are two details to talk about. They mentioned in the illustrated guide chapter the E Type Series 1 1/2, and I have read many times that the 1 1/2 were never an oficially model, because oficially jumps from series 1 to Series 2. Is it now the 1/2...

The Eagle Speedtster, on display at Silverstone 50, don't touch my heart, it seems to me a fat replica car. Shiny doors top covers, fat central tunnel, lowered windscreen , slim chrome rings on head lamps, and other characteristic of it, are for me no more than a distortion of the real thing, inclus...

Talking about Silverstone event, it was amazing to see such amount of E types all together. I was having a close look to most of the cars parked in the central area, probably many of you were around with your car, but sadly we dont know each other personally. Next event of this characteristics, we a...

Mario, Is there any chance of you adopting me. I am 61 but do not mind having a younger Dad who gives his kids E types. Great looking cars and nice idea of keeping them in the family. Hi Tony, I?m happy of adopting you. You are a bonus, becasue you ready owns a beautifull red E Type S1 OTS, and a n...

This picture is from the 1962 3.8 S1 OTS be loading in USA California were I bought it. I was very lucky buying this E Type, because the body was inmaculate with virtually no rust at all and very straight, been unmolested. It has incorrect easy clean wire wheels and the interior was poor finished in...

Hi Mark I recognize that I?m a litle mad about classic Jaguar, and loves E Types in particular, I know that is not practical to own many similar cars , but it is like a fever, and I?m very happy owning them. I?m not trying to have one of each colour as you said, neither one of each model. Can you im...

I recently bought a 1.970 Series 2 roadster from USA. I?m very happy with it. The engine has been fully redone by the previous owner and the body is amazing with no rust and very straight, the interior is also very good, and has few extras as, chrome wire wheels, air conditioned, tinted glasses and ...

Hi David

Thank you very much for your reply

Regards
Mario

Hello

What type of spark plugs are you using in your E Type ??? Any particular recomendation about the best ones for a series 1 3.8 E Type, and for a series 2 4.2.

Thank you in advance
Mario

The USA market is changing, not long time ago the E type prices were really lower than in the European market, but every day the USA prices are more similar to Europe , specially with the series 1, i don,t know if the reason is that the ?xodo is finishing, because are not many examples left due to t...

Hello Robert Thank you very much for your explanation, and it is exactly as you said, the paint shop explained to me, that they can?t respray a car in the old system any more, due to the new filters in the paint chamber and also because the paint supliers can?t sale any more other paints bases difer...

Hi Phil Thank you very much for your kind reply. I ready know about this web site, and it?s true that some colors references are not easy to find because are a lot of wrong infomation in some of the E Type specialist web sites. The Opalescent Silver Grey has two diferents codes, Light and Dark. The ...

Hello My 1962 OTS is painted in Opalescent Silver Grey and I need some paint. There are two tones of this Jaguar color. Dark Ref: P031-2639M Clear Ref: P031-3308M There is a third color very similar to mine, the Silver Grey P031-2300M My car is the clear tone of Opalescent Silver Grey Ref.- P031-330...

The blue E Type " DC 7 " seems to be a 3.8 litre, because it has the Jaguar badge in the tail gate as 3.8 litres does, later 4.2 has the 4.2 badge at the bottom in addition to the Jaguar badge.

Regards
Mario

I have 205/70 R 15 W Pirellis P 6000, adjustable Gaz shock absorbers, an coopercraft 4 pots brakes in my series one 3.8 roadster, and I?m very happy with the handling.

Also the same neumatics, shocks absorbers and brakes in my Mk 2, and also goes fantastic

Regards
Mario

Mario Please post some pictures of your excellent collection. As requested find some pictures of my E Types. http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/9075/etypeserie2.jpg This is the 1.970 Series 2 http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/2752/etrasera.jpg The 1962 3.8 at the trimming shop, fixing the new red leat...