The 'E' Type Forum

It takes a little getting used to, but adds to the fun of driving a classic car. As others have said it’s best to incorporate a momentary delay in the shift. Reverse and first are quite close together and you need to be careful to select the right one to avoid scaring the driver behind. Briefly movi...

Hi, I have the 1984 edition of the International E type Register’s Directory of Vehicles and Owners. It shows the owner of your car as Tom Ruddick. I have an address in York and telephone numbers i could PM to you if this is new information.

Might be worth checking your brake lines to the brake fluid reservoir are not pinched. I had complete brake failure on the Dartford bridge after 50 miles of motorway travel. One of the brake lines had a bit of a kink in it causing the fluid to boil. Quickly unkinked and all back to normal.

Thanks for your thoughts. MTL seems to have a reputation for a slightly improved gear change at the expense of being a bit more prone to leaks. The leaks i get are very minor so i could just carry on using MTL. Ideally I’d like better gear changes and no leaks

Like a lot of people i use Valvoline VR1 20/50 in the engine. I wondered if anyone had tried using Valvoline SAE30 non- detergent in a Moss box as I'll shortly be doing a gearbox oil change. Currently I’ve got Redline MTL in there but it does leak slightly 🤔 https://i.postimg.cc/VkY4Lr2N/IMG-7512.jpg

Looks like you’ve managed to find a great original example, which rolled out the factory a couple of weeks after mine. I also had a CLJ reg but that was on a Vauxhall Viva

Looks like the DVLA have agreed changes affecting repairs and modifications that will reduce the likelihood of being stuck with the dreaded Q plate

When I bought from SNGB they were happy to get one from the store and measure it for me

Surely you’re not required to retro fit daytime running lights in Europe to pre 2011 cars so yes you can modify your car so they come on at start up, but the age old method of the driver judging what lights are required for the conditions apply to older cars, don’t they ???

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Out in Derbyshire over the weekend, albeit in the Lexus, and came across a Morris 1100, Austin 1100, two TVR's and several 911's. With the benefit of time I have to say the 1100's are a truly beautiful design especially in amongst modern cars.

My first car was a Morris 1100….in red

Hi, after clicking on add image to post you’ll see a dropdown box at the top that says “Do not resize my image”. If you click on that and select 640x480 for message boards the upload should work.

SNGB sell 3 different ratings of torsion bar for the S1. 0.765, 0.860 and 0.835. Presumably 0.765 is standard and the other 2 are uprated

There’s a pic of the car in Kent in Apr 2008 as ots, and xkedata shows it as a fhc in 1977, so the top came off sometime between those dates

I know this seller, a very sharp chappie. He sold my Facel Vega HK500 for me, gave me a price but did not detail the commission which should have been a percentage (5 - 10%) so I had no idea what he actually sold it for. No invoice - nothing, so I was not happy but not willing to pursue the matter,...

Totally agree with UK Muppet, I wouldn’t spec it on a new car.

For a road car I’d avoid ceramic pads, you may find them a bit less stoppy until you get some heat into them

As long as they keep delivering my milk in one, I have nothing against them

It does seem so. The % of cars selling is low, 1 in 4 at one auction I was watching, and always below estimate. The hierarchy of values (flat floor ots to series 3 fhc; uk original v import) is much more compressed than it was in the boom days. A good usable uk original series 1 fhc 4.2 recently wen...

Just to clarify, i have standard cast manifolds with the stainless downpipes connecting them to the Jaguar Classic silencer. All parts have standard fittings to connect to the car. I agree that my problem probably lies with the stainless parts but having just checked, Jaguar Classic are out of stock...

Hi all, my exhaust is very boomy at certain speeds and i’d like to reduce the noise a bit ( must be getting old :lol: ). The exhaust is a bit of a parts mix: Nearly new stainless steel downpipes. New Jaguar Classic mild steel silencer Nearly new stainless steel connecting pipes Old standard resonato...