Pictures of your Classic in Action

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havoc

29,929 posts

234 months

Saturday 17th July 2021
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BrettMRC said:
Quite a few years back now, and before the mad engine swap....
I know the (ex-) owner of that Fuego in the background.

AllezWasps

551 posts

165 months

Sunday 18th July 2021
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Heading out to Shelsley Walsh yesterday in the 3.8. Coming home in 80 plus degrees with just two piddling quarter lights to try and get some warm air flowing about made the drive hard work!

Lily the Pink

5,783 posts

169 months

Sunday 18th July 2021
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Four quarterlights, surely ?

AllezWasps

551 posts

165 months

Sunday 18th July 2021
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Lily the Pink said:
Four quarterlights, surely ?
Well yes- but you don’t get too much benefit from the rear ones when in the front and besides which they don’t open as wide as the front ones!

Keep it stiff

Original Poster:

1,762 posts

172 months

Thursday 19th August 2021
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A good picture of my Gilbern Gt at Silverstone earlier this month.


AMGSee55

629 posts

101 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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3 weddings in 8 days - these lovely people were B&G for the second one thumbup


Riley Blue

20,915 posts

225 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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On a wet weekend in Wiltshire.


lukeharding

2,933 posts

88 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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Chunkychucky

5,942 posts

168 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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AllezWasps said:


Heading out to Shelsley Walsh yesterday in the 3.8. Coming home in 80 plus degrees with just two piddling quarter lights to try and get some warm air flowing about made the drive hard work!
That is stunning - love the colour, colour-coded wires and the rear Coombs spats... cloud9

beach bum

277 posts

151 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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Having fun in my Bluebird Athenian taxi project. With 60 non-turbo diesel horses, you can only drift it in gravel or very slippery tarmac.



RichB

51,435 posts

283 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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Chunkychucky said:
AllezWasps said:
Heading out to Shelsley Walsh yesterday in the 3.8. Coming home in 80 plus degrees with just two piddling quarter lights to try and get some warm air flowing about made the drive hard work!
That is stunning - love the colour, colour-coded wires and the rear Coombs spats... cloud9
What are Coombe spats, may I ask?

AllezWasps

551 posts

165 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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RichB said:
Chunkychucky said:
AllezWasps said:
Heading out to Shelsley Walsh yesterday in the 3.8. Coming home in 80 plus degrees with just two piddling quarter lights to try and get some warm air flowing about made the drive hard work!
That is stunning - love the colour, colour-coded wires and the rear Coombs spats... cloud9
What are Coombe spats, may I ask?
Thank you for the compliment. It attracts a lot of similar comments with regards to the colour coded wire wheels.

Rich- Coombs or sports spats were seen in period on the Mk2’s (and Mk1s I believe) that raced at the time- obviously Coombs race prepared Mk2s are well known- I’m not sure if John Coombs actually developed the spat or not. Jaguar cars from the 50’s often had full or half rear wheel spats and most road going Mk2’s still sport the ‘fuller’ rear wheel spats. I can’t ever recall seeing a race prepared Mk2 with anything less than sports spats and some had no spats at all.
In my view the sports/ Coombs spats look far better.

RichB

51,435 posts

283 months

Friday 20th August 2021
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I suppose I'd never given it much thought, so thanks. I always assume the Mk1 had full spats and the Mk2 none however I see now that I've been missing the fine details. So is this Mk2 wearing the Coombs spats or Jaguar's own small spats?



Edited by RichB on Friday 20th August 20:21

AllezWasps

551 posts

165 months

Saturday 21st August 2021
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RichB said:
I suppose I'd never given it much thought, so thanks. I always assume the Mk1 had full spats and the Mk2 none however I see now that I've been missing the fine details. So is this Mk2 wearing the Coombs spats or Jaguar's own small spats?



Edited by RichB on Friday 20th August 20:21
Rich, I’m not sure but they might be one and the same. I think sports spats were just referred to as Coombs spats because of the fact Coombs prepared cars were racing at the time. As an aside, that car appears to be running on after market wider tyres and has had a bit of a modern interior makeover which isn’t my thing at all!

RichB

51,435 posts

283 months

Saturday 21st August 2021
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AllezWasps said:
... <clip> As an aside, that car appears to be running on after market wider tyres and has had a bit of a modern interior makeover which isn’t my thing at all!
Ah yes, I hadn't noticed that, rear head rests etc. Not my thing either, I just clipped a pic from Google images.

Lily the Pink

5,783 posts

169 months

Saturday 21st August 2021
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RichB said:
AllezWasps said:
... <clip> As an aside, that car appears to be running on after market wider tyres and has had a bit of a modern interior makeover which isn’t my thing at all!
Ah yes, I hadn't noticed that, rear head rests etc. Not my thing either, I just clipped a pic from Google images.
Roof aerial as well.

RichB

51,435 posts

283 months

Saturday 21st August 2021
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Lily the Pink said:
RichB said:
AllezWasps said:
... <clip> As an aside, that car appears to be running on after market wider tyres and has had a bit of a modern interior makeover which isn’t my thing at all!
Ah yes, I hadn't noticed that, rear head rests etc. Not my thing either, I just clipped a pic from Google images.
Roof aerial as well.
Do you not like roof aerials? I am sure they were around in the early '60s.

Lily the Pink

5,783 posts

169 months

Saturday 21st August 2021
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RichB said:
Do you not like roof aerials? I am sure they were around in the early '60s.
I don't dislike them. I don't think they were around in the early 60s.

kimducati

342 posts

163 months

Saturday 21st August 2021
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Lily the Pink said:
I don't dislike them. I don't think they were around in the early 60s.
They were around in the 50's - my old (and long gone) Riley RME had one which I'd be surprised if not original fit - it was quite crusty in 1971 when I bought the car.
Kim

Riley Blue

20,915 posts

225 months

Saturday 21st August 2021
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kimducati said:
Lily the Pink said:
I don't dislike them. I don't think they were around in the early 60s.
They were around in the 50's - my old (and long gone) Riley RME had one which I'd be surprised if not original fit - it was quite crusty in 1971 when I bought the car.
Kim
I was about to post exactly the same about my RME, a '54. Its aerial had an interior handle that could be rotated 90 degrees, turning the aerial flat against the roof.