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1. Apples: (Contacts / A); Apples, Scientific Name: Malus domestica, Apples are a versatile fruit, used for eating, cooking, and preserving. There are more that 7500 different kinds of apples grown around the world. ...; Created on
2. Britney update: (Updates); ... complete, but there was a lot of rust on most of the components. The body shell has had some "repairs" done and has been sprayed with some sort of undercoat. The quality of the metalwork on the repairs ...; Created on 09 March 2017
3. Goodbye 1E34749!: (Updates); ... there's always another project around the corner! I'm in the process of preparing my 3.8 OTS for sale as well, and it will hopefully be on the market soon. This will leave me with my silver series ...; Created on 09 October 2016
4. Slowly getting there: (Updates); Ross is geting on with it. Maybe by Christmas..; Created on 05 November 2015
5. Ronstoration: (Updates); To those sensitive to marque specific detail I apologise. I suspect there's going to be a bit of this MG nonsense. The MGA is coming along, but I have had to take a different approach to restoring it, ...; Created on 25 July 2015
6. Why having a car professionally restored costs so much.: (Updates); ... there but no tap I own fitted the thread; I suspect it was metric. I don't do metric. As I actually had some 3/16" UNC grub screws I just retapped the holes, but mucking about took me an extra half hour. ...; Created on 25 May 2015
7. No spark: (Updates); ... see the points open and close. Use a torch; it’s dark down there. Put a 12v test light between the negative coil terminal and the black/white wire to the distributor. Crank the engine. The light should ...; Created on 24 May 2015
8. Are URO branded C15474 senders any good?: (Updates); ... another aftermarket sender. Once the sender reached pressure there was no fluctuation over a period of one minute. Discussion. The point of measuring oil pressure in an E Type engine is to be made ...; Created on 14 March 2015
9. I'm still here!: (Updates); ... to get the last of the trim completed. There is no room in the shed for my 4.2 series 1, so it is stabled elsewhere and as such can't be fiddled with. Sooooo..... time to repaint my original car, 4.2 ...; Created on 24 November 2014
10. Two heads are better than...: (Updates); Waiting to jump through administrative hoops to register my 3.8; hopefully driving it before Xmas... My shed is being enlarged (no surprises there), so the grey coupe is at Dad's and the red coupe at ...; Created on 14 October 2014
11. Introducing...my new car!: (Updates); ... interior. An older restoration, Rob's owned her for 10 years. After taking delivery of her last week I spent a couple of hours doing a full lube and oil change. I then spent some time tuning as there ...; Created on 14 September 2014
12. Notes on brake bleeding: (Updates); Bleeding the E Type brake system can be very difficult, especially if there is a lot of air in it. The use of a urinary catheter syringe has revolutionised this process for me. I replaced a brake servo ...; Created on 14 September 2014
13. And then there were 3: (Updates); I seem to have bought another one... 1967 series 1 FHC, original RHD Australian delivered car. Pictures to follow.; Created on 10 September 2014
14. Relay: (Updates); ... work out what the problem is; it's the wrong relay. Once there was power to both C2 and W1 all was good with the world. ...; Created on 27 February 2014
15. Engine and JT5 gearbox installation: (Updates); ... there was not much spare space; with the waterpump pulley a few mm clear of the picture frame the back of the gearbox was only about 10mm clear of the tunnel. Despite this we were able to get the engine ...; Created on 23 November 2013
16. Engine delivery: (Updates); ... There's always something else to buy... ...; Created on 16 November 2013
17. Motif Bar for the coupe: (Updates); ... There were 2 holes but they weren't threaded. On closer inspection they weren't even remotely parallel either, nor were they in any way centrally drilled into the little cast pillars the spring attaches ...; Created on 11 August 2013
18. Engine machining: (Updates); ... fitted. So 4 weeks ago, I ordered a set of 12 oversized long skirt cam buckets from XK's in the US. Mystifyingly, when they arrived, there were only 10. I emailled them and they ...; Created on 03 July 2013
19. Coupe update: (Updates); ... perfectly. I drove the coupe out to see Ross when I went there. It is now a joy to drive. I have also replaced the exhaust cam cover gasket and now no oil leak! I fitted the 5" chrome wires that came ...; Created on 12 May 2013
20. Apologies and an update: (Updates); Apologies to my readers; there has been a bit of a hiatus over the last few months because while I am waiting until the roadster body is ready there's little I can do. Current state of play: Bonnet. ...; Created on 12 May 2013
21. There's always one little tiny problem...: (Updates); I thought that I'd be sensible and rebush the throttle shafts. I couldn't do this myself because you need a good reamer so I sent then off to Midel in Sydney, who returned them having done an excellent ...; Created on 02 February 2013
22. Here we go again...: (Updates); ... 20 mins and the last 10 mins. Today I spent a while putting the reassembled rear brakes back onto my rebuilt diff. When I originally stripped the IRS I had noticed that there were a lot ...; Created on 27 January 2013
23. Jigsaw: (Updates); ... in a couple of months. The new 5 speed box is there too. There is a steady stream of parts coming from the UK. I'm continually dropping off and picking up lots of plating, powder coating and chrome. ...; Created on 23 January 2013
24. At the body shop: (Updates); ... and today Ron and I took a couple of bonnets down to Ross at the body shop. When we got there we found Ross has been busy with the tub. Sexy original lead. So ...; Created on 08 January 2013
25. EDIS installed: (Updates); ... me there. Installation of the EDIS system wasn't exactly a snap; 3 or 4 hours careful work would better describe it. But turn the key and magic! Even idle, positive pedal and absolutely no pinging! ...; Created on 17 December 2012
26. Back together...but..: (Updates); ... to work out which light was which, but it all went easily. However after this the engine just woundn't start. Dead as. There was a good 12v at the coil but absolutely no spark. Eventually I put ...; Created on 14 October 2012
27. Pop the carbs back on, Sir?: (Updates); ... and fill it. The wiring was easy, but when I got the carbs down off the shelf I realized that I hadn't bothered to remove the remnants of gasket from the manifold. It quickly became apparent thet they ...; Created on 07 October 2012
28. The home stretch.: (Updates); Having returned from a week's holiday I'm raring to get the car finished. The first job was getting the reaction tie plate and torsion bars back in. As this is a job I hadn't done before there were a ...; Created on 05 October 2012
29. Steering rack back on..again...: (Updates); ... srervicable) metalastic mounts with uprated ones. The odd bolt placement now makes sense to me, although I still have no idea why there are spacers on one side but nuts on the other. ...; Created on 02 September 2012
30. Hibernation and reflections on plating.: (Updates); ... good. The powder coating was good, however there was a "misunderstanding" with the original quote. When I said "that's for everything?" I understood it to mean that the quote included all of the chrome ...; Created on 13 August 2012
31. The Unicorn: (Updates); Ron has discovered a very rare beast indeed. He tells me that there is a man called Carl, whose local business does metal polishing, chrome and zinc plating and...powder coating all at the same premises! ...; Created on 29 May 2012
32. ..until somebody loses an eye.: (Updates); ... the car started well, but there was now a horrible noise from within the bell housing. Dead clutch. Boo. Ah well. Engine out time. Will keep you posted. ...; Created on 08 May 2012
33. A Lucas moment: (Updates); ... further investigation the plastic surrounding the fuse clip for fuse #7 had almost completely melted and the fuse and clip were too hot to touch. Presumably there's a short somewhere; I did notice that ...; Created on 24 April 2012
34. "All the leaves are brown..": (Updates); ... shows that there may be some slight wear contributing to its noisy operation... Now if the new one would only arrive from Blighty. The Barratts carrier vultures must be out to lunch.. ...; Created on 17 March 2012
35. Phoenix reborn: (Updates); ... she was sold on 31st October 1967 to her original owner, Mr Arthur McGill, 965 Mangrove Avenue, Sunnyvale, California. I was a 2yo at the time. There are lots of rattles and squeaks, half the interior ...; Created on 11 March 2012
36. Mea culpa: (Updates); ... a list of defects to be rectified. But there were none apart from a comment that the RH front wheel bearing was a bit loose, but "nothing that was excessive". 4 hours after I left home, I had a set of ...; Created on 08 March 2012
37. Tanked: (Updates); ... the image below how superbly inaccessible the bolt is. I think the captive nut was sheared off by accident damage; there is a fair bit of bog in the panels at the rear of the car. ...; Created on 14 January 2012
38. What's that noise?: (Updates); Now that the wiring is in I've been running the motor a bit. As you would. And I've started hearing noises. As you do. Ones that weren't there before. Rob had come over and we spent a while trying to isolate ...; Created on 12 January 2012
39. End of electrics: (Updates); ... 15 hours. At around 3pm yesterday, after final checks were complete, we connected the battery and turned the key..and she started! There was initial trouble because she wouldn't run properly which perplexed ...; Created on 06 January 2012
40. We have a steering wheel!: (Updates); ... to proceed. Armed with knowledge, a drill and a good strong arm the job was done in an hour. Prosaic really, and very Jaguar. It'll get there, but in it's own sweet time. I will need to swap the indicator ...; Created on 02 January 2012
41. Rear vision: (Updates); There's something quite empowering about taking a drill and making holes in your car door. New wing mirrors installed. Look a bit odd but they'll do. Now if I could only find an interior mirror ...; Created on 20 December 2011
42. Glove Box: (Updates); ... from fitting the actual glove box door, which I still have failed to source. After all this, I better get some gloves to put in there. ...; Created on 17 December 2011
43. Glove Box: (General); ... apart from fitting the actual glove box door, which I still have failed to source. After all this, I better get some gloves to put in there. ...; Created on 17 December 2011
44. An epiphany; BSH: (Updates); ... of the 90 degree elbow through the 3" hole in the gearbox tunnel. As Jarrod pointed out; at least there's a hole. ...; Created on 11 December 2011
45. All coming together: (Updates); Marty came over yesterday, and in about 5 hours removed and replaced the dash and engine bay wiring looms. I estimate that this would have taken me a week to do. As usual, there were problems. What ...; Created on 10 December 2011
46. Ready to start re wiring: (Updates); In between battling with the clutch I've also managed to install the new driver's side instrument panel. The choke cables and heater vent control were there to add a bit of spice to an otherwise straightforward ...; Created on 07 December 2011
47. Clutch: (Updates); ... it would be OK. Removal was easier than expected, predominantly because the last person who'd been there had obviously been unable to reinstall it on both studs and had solved that problem by removing ...; Created on 09 November 2011
48. New tyres and the kitchen sink: (Updates); ... they did wear out after around 10000 miles. I have eventually settled for a far more pedestrian Dunlop Monza 200 tyre in 205 65 15. The tyres have a sensible and therefore quiet tread pattern, ...; Created on 20 September 2011
49. It's Christmas!: (Updates); ... arrived. Everything is there apart from the bits still on back order. Then 2 hours later, the first of my wheels arrived too. Off to get them now. The wheels look terrific. ...; Created on 05 September 2011
50. Them's the brakes...not: (Updates); ... The fanbelt is squeaky still; time for a new one. Martin is out there now with his buff, giving her a bit of a makeover. 2 hours later and he's finished. And the paint is beautiful! ...; Created on 20 August 2011
51. Why buy this car?: (General); ... unrestored Australia delivered car. The problem is there just weren’t that many E Types delivered new to Australia which makes the local market small. Add into that the value of the local cars and ...; Created on 14 August 2011
52. Kakadu: (Search - Weblinks / Park Links); Kakadu is known for both its cultural heritage and its natural features. It is one of a small number of places listed as World Heritage Places for both reasons. Extensive rock art is found there. ...; Created on 01 January 2011

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