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Aug 23, 2020 21:57:38 GMT
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Yay! Boris is back 😊.
Phil's wife here, I feel so close to this car as we have been chasing him for years before he was even in our possession the first time.
Welcome home! ❤
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You can't buy happiness but you can buy cars and that's kind of the same thing.
1989 Austin Metro
1994 Harley Davidson hardtail bobber
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glenanderson
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 4,355
Club RR Member Number: 64
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Aug 23, 2020 22:05:48 GMT
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Blimey, there’s been some downs and ups with this one!
Looking forward to following your progress. 👍👍
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My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...
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retrotoe
Posted a lot
anything rusty
Posts: 1,361
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Aug 23, 2020 22:32:22 GMT
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One hell of a journey and delighted to see this bounce back up the bookmarks . Let's keep it here this time!  |
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I'm looking at mk1's. After 911 and mini marcos
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I'm looking at mk1's. After 911 and mini marcos There's something about them isn't there. The same basic dash layout as the old XK120/14/150 and just that bit more stylish and elegant than the MK2. Much rarer too. In many ways mine is not the one to start with as lot's of the expensive, rare MK1 specific parts are missing but for me it had to be this car! Reading about Mike Hawthorne, Tommy Sopwith and nowadays Grant Williams racing them around certainly helps with motivation too. |
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Yep, I'm looking at left hookers as easy to convert. Only the steering box to change for a mk2 rhd one.
Much prefer the thicker pillars, the centre gauges and the MK1 4 spoke steering wheel. Also the wider rear track with 6x15 wires and balloony tyres gives a solid stance.
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You could always build it up as a homage to the racers of the 50's / 60's many of the bits you are missing wouldn't matter then.
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Aug 24, 2020 10:01:27 GMT
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You could always build it up as a homage to the racers of the 50's / 60's many of the bits you are missing wouldn't matter then. You've pretty much nailed what I'm going to do with the car. Nothing that can't be put standard, no holes drilled etc. I want to build something that is basically as if someone had bought one back in the day and had used it for club events etc. The odd bit of chrome trim missing hopefully won't matter then. |
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Aug 24, 2020 16:42:35 GMT
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If you need parts and the Jaguar Spares day at Stoneleigh near Coventry is a good place to go: www.jaguarsparesdays.co.uk/ The next one should be October if its actually on due to COVID-19. I've found a few bargains there over the years so worth going depending on where you live of course. |
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Aug 24, 2020 18:08:02 GMT
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I have to say I'm a believer in damn all, but it does seem like the universe wants you to own this car mate.
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Aug 24, 2020 20:01:04 GMT
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You could always build it up as a homage to the racers of the 50's / 60's many of the bits you are missing wouldn't matter then. You've pretty much nailed what I'm going to do with the car. Nothing that can't be put standard, no holes drilled etc. I want to build something that is basically as if someone had bought one back in the day and had used it for club events etc. The odd bit of chrome trim missing hopefully won't matter then. Clubsport, take out some of the luxuries and firm up the drive, a gentleman's weekend racer. |
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Aug 24, 2020 20:05:55 GMT
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If you need parts and the Jaguar Spares day at Stoneleigh near Coventry is a good place to go: www.jaguarsparesdays.co.uk/ The next one should be October if its actually on due to COVID-19. I've found a few bargains there over the years so worth going depending on where you live of course. I've been to Stoneleigh a couple of times, always a good day out. I'll be there this year for sure, fingers crossed for some bargains. It's not too far from me, I'm near Sheffield. |
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Sept 2, 2020 21:13:50 GMT
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A quick run out after work tonight and the parts pile for the Mk1 is getting bigger. Quite a few missing parts ticked off the list, mainly the original engine and gearbox for the car.   I also got a lot of missing exterior chrome trims, and almost all of the interior wood trim too. Not a bad evening run out I rhink you'll agree.  |
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I tagged you in a post on the abandoned thread, not sure if it's of any use/help or not!
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Sept 5, 2020 13:26:49 GMT
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I tagged you in a post on the abandoned thread, not sure if it's of any use/help or not! That's an S-Type, so unfortunately not too much on the car that I could use..it looks very saveable though. |
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Sept 5, 2020 13:35:07 GMT
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This morning I decided to start stripping the engine down to see what kind of condition it was in. It was seized, but I didn't know what was causing it. Oddly enough everything came apart easily. You hear horror stories of heads refusing to move on XK engines but this came off really well. What it revealed not as good though. Water in 3 of the bores, inch thick goo on the other pistons, and 2 stuck valves. Not to worry I thought, it's all fixable. So I cleaned it up and then found this -  Balls. Anyone know if a cracked block like this is repairable? I really want to keep the original block if I can. |
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Sept 5, 2020 14:44:48 GMT
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There is a method called Cold Welding that may save your block.
I saw it on Car SOS
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Sept 5, 2020 17:02:26 GMT
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This morning I decided to start stripping the engine down to see what kind of condition it was in. It was seized, but I didn't know what was causing it. Oddly enough everything came apart easily. You hear horror stories of heads refusing to move on XK engines but this came off really well. What it revealed not as good though. Water in 3 of the bores, inch thick goo on the other pistons, and 2 stuck valves. Not to worry I thought, it's all fixable. So I cleaned it up and then found this - Balls. Anyone know if a cracked block like this is repairable? I really want to keep the original block if I can. I heard the horror storied of people struggling to get heads off XK engines too but i've had four off so far and all of them have been fine (a 4.2, two 3.8's and a 2.4).
There was a lot of discussion about repairing blocks on the Temptress thread on here which might be worth looking at, if its definatley the original engine its probably worth looking at getting it repaired but if it can't be done or its too expensive a second hand block/engine would be easy enough to source (although quite pricey!).
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goldnrust
West Midlands
Minimalist
Posts: 1,887
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Sept 5, 2020 17:53:50 GMT
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Agh. So disappointing to find frost damage like that.  There was also a lot of discussion on my Daimler thread when I found a similar crack in my block. It was cheaper and less of a risk for me to replace the block in the end. |
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