The other motorist was uninsured, I repaired the damage myself. No insurance claim

 

now I am curious: if your car is as mfg how could an insurance company say anything? My 39 Ford came with one tail light and had two at the time of the accident. Is this a Canadian thing?

 

I'm not sure what you mean by mfg, but it's not a Canadian thing. (mfg _ manufactured ?)
However insurance companies are like any other, they are there to make money, not dish out money for claims.
If I were to put collector plates on my Jag, it would get a bit sticky if I did make a claim because the engine bay is a different colour then the body _ it's not correct from the factory. The engine bay is black (I've detailed it that way) and the car is "West Minster" blue (quite dark) it looks just fine, but still not factory.

On my Bentley it doesn't matter so much since everything was pretty much custom, or could have been, nothing was factory. Plus with Rolls Royce, cars may have been changed over the years to accommodate new technology or colour preferences years later.
It's now painted a two tone metallic colour and even though metallic paint was never offered in 1951, it was common for people to update to what ever they wanted.

What ICBC (Insurance Corporation Of British Columbia) looks for is parking are numerous parking stubs in the glove box or tiny details that are not correct and one member in the Rolls club got denied his claim because of those things.
He had collector plates and all the parking stubs proved to ICBC that he was driving it to work (he screwed himself big time there) and I think there was crack in the glass dome light.
I don't know what it's like in the US, but here in Canada, you're not allowed to drive your car to work or school with collector plates.

With brake lights it's another story, I could add more brake lights and they wouldn't care because it's a safety improvement and if I chose not to, that would be OK too.

 

The US is different 1) I use regular registration plates on my cars 2) I have agreed value for my special cars 3) the color of the car has never been a factor(unless custom)
to run antique auto plates in my state only the drive train must remain as mfg and there are use restrictions. I don't know what parking stubs are??

 

Parking receipts _ parking stubs...
The piece of paper you get when you park at a paid parking lot.
The guys glove box was full of them from daily parking at work and there for ICBC would pay for anything.

We have agreed value here too, it's just difficult to get.

 

Sorry nothing new on the Jaguar, property got ahead of me. I did contact my insurance agent and put "Build Insurance " on the car. He said he was good with $35K once it it was out of the garage. It is modified and a driver quality car but it should be FUN.

 

rebuilt the master cylinder and replaced

 

How and what lampholders did you use for the turn/sidelight conversion

 

Sourced them at the local auto parts store, and used three spot welds and used new boots

 

Thanks Blurooster, I will see what I can find

Jon

 

I drilled out he buckets and inserted these. Couldn't find an exact fit but these were close and a quick spot weld or two and done. the new rubbers sealed everything up. Drop the wire down from the park light and removed the bump.

 

Just for info: I have extra doors, bonnet and boot along with other bits.....

 

Hi - great progress and documentation.

I was wondering if you could tell me where you got your alternator bracket? The people that started (but did not complete) the conversion of my '65 MKII cut a hole in the inner wheel well (just above brake servo) and attempted to stuff the alternator in there - then apparently re-thought that idea, and cut a similar larger hole in the opposite side, and stuffed the alternator through into the driver wheel well. This may have been due to limited mounting options since the engine they used was an early '58 283 that lacked mounting holes in the head. In any event, I'm looking for a more conventional mount position that doesn't have my alternator hanging out with the driver's front tire. Do you recall where you got your mount from?

Also - Thoughts on the brake line and fitting size? Line looks like standard 3/16th but I'm going to order some Copper-nickle line and want to get the fittings that will mate to the distribution block.

Thanks!

Allan

 

Alan Grove Brackets, have what you want. The brake lines I used were 3/16 ball flare for the Jaguar connections and I flared them inverted flare where the US fittings were

 

Perfect - thank you. I'll need to find a ball flare tool but otherwise I think I'm good. Got the M/C and servo in today so I'll go on out to the garage and see what sort of mess I can make.

Allan.

 

I make the ball end with the regular flare tool. Just don't crush it to inversion. They seal for me.

 

I wondered about that, but I already had the flare tool ordered. It works great too, very pleased. Now I just need to remember to slide the fitting on before I flare the end ;-)