Cossy sold and Jag bought - the hard work begins next week

Cossy sold and Jag bought - the hard work begins next week

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magpies

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5,142 posts

188 months

Sunday 19th August 2018
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Put engine and box on the bay on Friday

Box sold and the chap will take the engine if not sold.

BUT he wants them next Saturday laughsmash

Then it will be off with the body and any chassis mods carried out.

The Jag (manual gearbox) with only 85k miles (owner had it 9 years) was purchased in Glasgow last week and driven 175 miles home

Hope to have it on the road before next summer rolleyes

glenrobbo

36,198 posts

156 months

Sunday 19th August 2018
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Flippin' eck Mick, that all sounds
pretty hectic!

Good luck with the conversion of the conversion! wobble

I'm sure Damian can give you a few pointers if you need them. Or the other Jag convert ( is it Blue S3? )
Eta: TerryB, Blue 30
Sorry you already know that. And apologies to Terry ( it's an age thing you know whistle )

Jag eh?
You'll have to watch out for The Sweeney on your tail in their Ford 2.9 3.0 Essex V6 normally aspirated Consul / 2.8i V6 Cologne V6 Granada!

Edited for accuracy.
rolleyes


Edited by glenrobbo on Sunday 19th August 22:24

phillpot

17,249 posts

189 months

Sunday 19th August 2018
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glenrobbo said:
You'll have to watch out for The Sweeney on your tail in their 2.9 V6 Granada!
*** Anorak Alert ***



For the majority of the series Regan and Carter sped around in a Consul 3.0 GT (Essex V6), wasn't until some of the last episodes that a Mk2 Granada appeared which would, i think, have been a 2.9i?

MisterTee

320 posts

115 months

Sunday 19th August 2018
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Nah, the Mk2 Grannies had the cologne 2.8 in them - I’ve had two - one was just like this one. It was the Mk3 (the one that looked like a bigger sierra) that had the 2.9


glenrobbo

36,198 posts

156 months

Sunday 19th August 2018
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I stand corrected.




These orthopaedic shoes are marvellous! smile

johnxjsc1985

15,948 posts

170 months

Sunday 19th August 2018
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MisterTee said:
Nah, the Mk2 Grannies had the cologne 2.8 in them - I’ve had two - one was just like this one. It was the Mk3 (the one that looked like a bigger sierra) that had the 2.9

Still a Car I remember so fondly from owning in the mid 80's .


greymrj

3,316 posts

210 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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glenrobbo said:
I stand corrected.




These orthopaedic shoes are marvellous! smile
It brought out the best pedantiatric ones anyway laugh

All the best with that Mick, you are going to be busy but you like a challenge. As I said before, keep it looking as standard as you can, more fun when you can surprise people!! Hope it can be made to sound as good as the Cossie did. It sounded really good from behind, couldn't always see it for the smoke but I knew where it was!!!

magpies

Original Poster:

5,142 posts

188 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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greymrj said:
It brought out the best pedantiatric ones anyway laugh

All the best with that Mick, you are going to be busy but you like a challenge. As I said before, keep it looking as standard as you can, more fun when you can surprise people!! Hope it can be made to sound as good as the Cossie did. It sounded really good from behind, couldn't always see it for the smoke but I knew where it was!!!
rolleyes

I don't intend changing the bodywork - it does not look 'standard' as is.

Engine and box to be removed on Saturday then body off and do some chassis strengthening

AutoAndy

2,268 posts

221 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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...but you had a Cosworth in there before...was there a problem with that? otherwise what is the reason for the change?

TvrJohn

1,058 posts

261 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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So its a Jag alloy V6 into an TVR S ?

Just that i saw Jag V6 in Mazda 5 yesterday at Tatton Park show, had a good chat with the owner, builder was "rocketeer" who made a bespoke carbon fibe 6 branch inlet manifold, lovely bit of engineering.

magpies

Original Poster:

5,142 posts

188 months

Monday 20th August 2018
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TvrJohn said:
So its a Jag alloy V6 into an TVR S ?

Just that i saw Jag V6 in Mazda 5 yesterday at Tatton Park show, had a good chat with the owner, builder was "rocketeer" who made a bespoke carbon fibe 6 branch inlet manifold, lovely bit of engineering.
Yep Rocketeer make a number of parts to fit the AJ30 into the MX5 including a bespoke ECU. I have emailed them but no answer yet (suppose I better ring them

DamianS3

1,803 posts

188 months

Tuesday 21st August 2018
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glenrobbo said:
I'm sure Damian can give you a few pointers if you need them. Or the other Jag convert ( is it Blue S3? )
Eta: TerryB, Blue 30
Sorry you already know that. And apologies to Terry ( it's an age thing you know whistle )
Ive already had a visit smile



Thanks

Damian S3 Duratec

magpies

Original Poster:

5,142 posts

188 months

Saturday 8th September 2018
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Engine and gearbox out and sold. Now for the lift.
Back end up.

Alan Whitaker

2,054 posts

188 months

Saturday 29th December 2018
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How far have you git with this Mick.

magpies

Original Poster:

5,142 posts

188 months

Saturday 29th December 2018
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still sorting the wiring and dash

no space yet at my mates garage to do the engine/box transfer, hopefully by the end of Jan.

I have plenty of non motoring jobs to do in the mean time

Alan Whitaker

2,054 posts

188 months

Sunday 30th December 2018
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I know the none motoring jobs do mount up. Back on the car full time, bit of a cock up closing the bonnet but sorted out now, just the big hole in the bonnet to fill in with a new bulge. Will pop up when you are in the workshop.

magpies

Original Poster:

5,142 posts

188 months

Sunday 27th January 2019
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back end up high enough but can't raise the front as I now need to obtain strops to attach to the chain hoist.


Initial inspection of the chassis and looks like there is no rust. The denso tape doing a great job.


phillpot

17,249 posts

189 months

Sunday 27th January 2019
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Blisters, bubbles?

magpies

Original Poster:

5,142 posts

188 months

Sunday 27th January 2019
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phillpot said:
Blisters, bubbles?
the Denso tape adhered yo the paint and pulled it or yes could have been the paint not bonding to the base white coating. At least it is not down to the metal. I will be scraping at all suspect areas and re-coating the whole chassis again.


Edited by magpies on Sunday 27th January 16:45

magpies

Original Poster:

5,142 posts

188 months

Saturday 2nd February 2019
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Chassis ready to go to the garage