1952 "droop snoot" C type
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Edit: Jagman, your guess is as good as mine. Here is a photo of the rear wing being wheeled and as you can see the machine is typically early 20th century and massive. It is a total mystery how the shaft became bent, but be that as it may a billet of steel had to be procured, then machined, then a bronze bush made so we could continue the project. It all takes time and it is somewhat galling, but I console myself in the thought that I wouldn't have wanted to drive it much anyway in the middle of winter!
Edit: Jagman, your guess is as good as mine. Here is a photo of the rear wing being wheeled and as you can see the machine is typically early 20th century and massive. It is a total mystery how the shaft became bent, but be that as it may a billet of steel had to be procured, then machined, then a bronze bush made so we could continue the project. It all takes time and it is somewhat galling, but I console myself in the thought that I wouldn't have wanted to drive it much anyway in the middle of winter!
Edited by lowdrag on Saturday 4th October 07:33
Hi Low drag .
I`m interested to know how a brand new droop snoot 120C recieves a 50s identity legally and above board. Surely this is illegal or is there a loop hole in the identity legislation, or have you had some tips from the man with XKD 505 ??????? that should stir things up a bit.
I`m interested to know how a brand new droop snoot 120C recieves a 50s identity legally and above board. Surely this is illegal or is there a loop hole in the identity legislation, or have you had some tips from the man with XKD 505 ??????? that should stir things up a bit.
Having done a bit of research on you Paul, you are obviously well into the ethos of Jaguars and should know that there is really no such thing as a "new" C type or else all the replicas out there, no matter what marque, would be running around on Q plates. The answer is to buy a completely rusted out wreck of a car of the correct type and reuse the engine, gearbox and as many parts as you can so that you have a continuous history and so have no problems with the DVLA inspector. Yes, the chassis and body are new, but the running gear is contiguous and continuous. Now the Suffolk cars, both SS100's and the new C type use in the main old XJ or Mk 2 identities for the log book and while the car looks like an SS100 or C type it ain't according to the log book. My two Lynx cars were a 1967 2+2 E type (short nose) and a Mk X (long nose) on the V5's. Who cares anyway? Mine is an XK120 and that's all that matters. Many years back, the rules were much looser. Have you ever seen the D type registered XKD 545 J? This was exported new to the USA and returned in 1970. They didn't issue age related plates in the day so he managed to get his chassis number on the plate, but technically I guess it is a 1970 D type!
a8hex said:
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I'm glad to here progress is happening again with your project. Is that WAS120 in the background? I saw some video on You Tube of the new owner driving around Goodwood.
Cheers
Ken
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4wWVKeUcrQ
Sadly today I lost an auction on Fleabay for a photo of the car broken down on the Mulsanne but I had taken the trouble of copying the thumbnail just in case. It'll probably look awful but here is a photo of Ian Stewart at the approach Mulsanne after the car overheated for the first time. I've written to the purchaser asking if he'd like to share and explained why but I have an idea that the buyer is associated with the vendor if you know what I mean. As regards the car, it is now under way again now that the wheeling machine no longer makes only corrugated panels.
Edit: note the amazing level of security in those days of yore!
Edit: note the amazing level of security in those days of yore!
Edited by lowdrag on Wednesday 15th October 13:22
lowdrag said:
Sadly today I lost an auction on Fleabay for a photo of the car broken down on the Mulsanne but I had taken the trouble of copying the thumbnail just in case. It'll probably look awful but here is a photo of Ian Stewart at the approach Mulsanne after the car overheated for the first time. I've written to the purchaser asking if he'd like to share and explained why but I have an idea that the buyer is associated with the vendor if you know what I mean. As regards the car, it is now under way again now that the wheeling machine no longer makes only corrugated panels.
Edit: note the amazing level of security in those days of yore!
Nice find Tony, is that Poste 70 by any chance?!!! Be nice to reinact that picture one day!Edit: note the amazing level of security in those days of yore!
Edited by lowdrag on Wednesday 15th October 13:22
Dave
Sadly today it has become clear that the actual possibility of my car appearing at Retromobile is somewhere between -0% and +0%. In fact, I'll be surprised if it is ready for Race Retro at Stoneleigh in April the way things are going. Enough said; so much to get done, and nowhere enough time to do it in. Don't expect to hear from me for months now.
Hi Low drag, or is it Tony ?
I noticed in an earlier post, you mentioned that you`d bought the sandcast carbs off of Ebay, well i have the chance of buying a pair of original ones to put on my XK 120 roadster, how much do i realisticly have to pay ? i know they make all kinds of money,
Thanks for your help,
Billy,
PS..i`ve also been offered a C Type head..any ideas what thats worth ? its in excellent condition by the way.
I noticed in an earlier post, you mentioned that you`d bought the sandcast carbs off of Ebay, well i have the chance of buying a pair of original ones to put on my XK 120 roadster, how much do i realisticly have to pay ? i know they make all kinds of money,
Thanks for your help,
Billy,
PS..i`ve also been offered a C Type head..any ideas what thats worth ? its in excellent condition by the way.
I was offered a new pair of original H8 sand cast SU's but the price was eye-wateringly high - over £2,000. Frankly, if it is for a project you are better going to Burlen and buying new since they've started remaking them at, if I hear correctly, about £500 the pair. As regards the C type head, they aren't that dear but be sure to have it crack tested or examined by someone.
It might be worth having someone who is used to dealing with C type heads look at it too, unless you know the seller. I heard of a case recently of someone buying a supposed C type head only to find out later it wasn't. It was a normal head that had been modified to look like a C type one.
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