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- Fri Sep 23, 2022 11:16 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Hoovie Buys an S1 Roadster
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8618

Re: Hoovie Buys an S1 Roadster
Hello, Yes i saw that video, wait tell he finds out that you have to take out the engine and gearbox out to replace the clutch if he keeps doing those burnouts RFoster
- Thu Aug 25, 2022 6:13 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: In defense of the moss box
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3136

In defense of the moss box
Hello All, I don't post to much but i thought i would try this, Defending the Moss gearbox, Yes, that horrible old moss box....... I like mine and i know it is nowhere near as bad as people say. A few points, 1, Drive your E-type, if you only do a couple of hundred miles a year you will never get th...
- Thu Jul 21, 2022 7:16 pm
- Forum: Series 1
- Topic: Best petrol
- Replies: 44
- Views: 12342

Re: Best petrol
Hello All, Just a quick word on this subject, on this side on the pond all you can get is fuel with 10% ethanol. At least in Ma. I also run the cheapest premium (Super unleaded) that i can find. Its a 62 OTS 3.8 and i have put over 37000 miles on it since 2012 with no problems. no pinking, no knocki...
- Tue Apr 26, 2022 4:20 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: fifty years
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1558

fifty years
Hello All, Just thought i would post the fact that fifty years ago(April 1972) my Dad bought the E-Type," in as is condition" for $900.00. Found the bill of scale in some paperwork of my Mums. I have been the caretaker of the E since my Dad passed away in 2012. Took it for a 100 mile drive yesterday...
- Tue Nov 30, 2021 8:05 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: out in the e-type
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2113

out in the e-type
Hello All, Just took to E to get a safety sticker for the state of Ma. A little cool (32-34 f) but clear. Top down and away we went, got the sticker good for a another year and went for a short drive. Great stuff car running great, had the heat on, just the best. Felt sorry for all the Muppets drivi...
- Mon Nov 29, 2021 7:05 pm
- Forum: Welcome!
- Topic: Introducing myself
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8835

Re: Introducing myself
Hello All, Just my two cents worth, but don't wait to long,stuff happens. When i became the caretaker for my Dads 62 OTS i am glad i did not take all apart. I did what i had to do to get it running and for the first couple of years i was able to do it. But in 2016 i was told that i had cancer and th...
- Tue Sep 01, 2020 9:17 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Denis Jenkinson E-Types
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3329

Re: Denis Jenkinson E-Types
Hello, Thank you all for letting me letting me know about Jenks e-types. It is wonderful to hear that they are both in use. My Mum & Dad met Jenks & Bill Boddy at a Brooklands Reunion back in the 1970s.He was quite a character, you will not see the likes of him again ( or the way he drove his e-type...
- Mon Aug 31, 2020 1:15 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Denis Jenkinson E-Types
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3329

Denis Jenkinson E-Types
Hello All, I don't know if this has been covered or not, but does anybody know if Denis Jenkinson two e-types are still around? He had a 1965 fhc reg#FPL660C and a 1970 ots reg#BJD147H. I have his book Jaguar E-Type and I know that were both used pretty hard. It would nice to know if they still arou...
- Fri Aug 21, 2020 3:00 pm
- Forum: Welcome!
- Topic: new member
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2639

new member
Hello, New member but not new to e-types. My 1962 ots #877936 was bought by my dad in the summer of 1975 and I have been the care-taker since 2012 after my dad passed away. It has no up-grades other than the fuel-pump from sng. It is a driver,no show-pony but it starts on the button and runs great.I...


