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Work In Progress
Not only is work progressing well on the TR6 project, but it looks as though work is progressing well now that everything is looking freshly painted and shiny. I have been in charge of the spray painting in two pack … Continue reading
Welding and Painting
Variety has certainly been the spice of life in the workshop today with work on no less than four different vehicles. The morning has been largely taken up with painting various TR6 bits ready for re-assembly and, while the paint … Continue reading
Posted in General, Still working on it....
Tagged Jaguar MK2, Landrover, Triumph, Wolseley
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To Replace or Not to Replace….
It has been a while since I wrote a blog on a Sunday so here’s a post to make up for it. Actually the fact that the Sunday roast hasn’t yet quite cooked although I have finished sweeping the workshop … Continue reading
MOT time
It has been a late night in the workshop today: I took some time out this afternoon to take the MK2 for its MOT so I have been catching up with all the other jobs awaiting my attention. I’m glad … Continue reading
Losing Fluid
I have spent the greater part of the Bank Holiday (albeit very contentedly) in the workshop, so it seemed like a pleasant idea to round it off with a trip to the pub in the Jag. On the way home … Continue reading
More Scimitars and Jaguar MOT
It has been far too long since I last blogged, which is rather indicative of how busy things have been in the workshop for the past week or so. This is not least because I seem to have been dealing … Continue reading
Testing cars and signing for parcels
It will most likely not come as any surprise to regular readers that much of today has been taken up with things Scimitar and the car has now had a successful first road test. A temporary cable connection has made … Continue reading
Petrol
I needed to pick up a new bandsaw blade on Friday afternoon and it seemed the perfect excuse to take out the MK2. Although I ordered the blade when I was getting ready to manufacture the Scimitar adapter plate, the … Continue reading
The Best of British
The series 1 Land Rover arrived on Friday as planned and we decided to go ahead with the brake master cylinder conversion. The original Girling cylinder has had it’s share of trouble over the last year or two: It had … Continue reading
Posted in Job finished, Our Cars
Tagged Brakes, Conversions, Jaguar, Jaguar MK2, Landrover
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A Dart in France
The SP250 is now motoring it’s way 800 or so miles down into France and regular updates are reaching me from its intrepid driver’s iPhone. With this post is a picture, not of the Dart in question but of my … Continue reading
Driving Nicely
Went out to run a few errands in the MK2 today – it’s running really nicely. That’s fairly remarkable as it happens, since it doesn’t seem to have had an engine rebuild since new. Admittedly it has only covered 68 … Continue reading
The Jag
This January we added a new car to the Thetford fleet. It’s a 1960 Jaguar MK2 2.4 automatic, it is Cherine’s cherished mode of transport and you can see it in the mast – head to the blog. Since Cherine … Continue reading