Looking forward to discussing JAGS with you all.
DArmour

 

Welcome.

 

Welcome to the forum Darmour,

Good to have you with us at Jaguar forums.

Not much time left for gardening with that list of vehicles!

Follow this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xk120-xk140-xk150-60/ to the XK140 forum, this one XK8 / XKR - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum to the XK8/XKR forum and this one XJ X300 / XJR - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum to the X300 forum for help, advice and information. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top of each is a good place to start for info on regular issues.

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Enjoy the forums.

Graham

 

Welcome to the forum

 

welcome to the forum - enjoy!!!

 

Welcome to Jaguar Forums Darmour,

Good to have you with us.
Enjoy the forum.

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I am teaming with my friend Randy (another old engineer) and we are just starting a new project you all may find interesting. (You purists may cringe, but here goes...)


OVERVIEW
Both Randy and I love the look of the classics, but, as engineers, we much prefer the superior performance, handling and safety inherent in modern vehicles.
But styling? Got to be the old. Hence, we have but one choice...
We are resto-mod building a 1956 XK140R FHC.



We began by purchasing a non-driving 140FHC (original motor and tranny are in car, but no driveshaft, front glass, barren interior bones). We are determined to insert awesome performance and technology, all the while keeping it 100% Jaguar. As such, we decided on a donor low miles S-Type R, from which we are stealing drivetrain, brakes, electricals and systems, including ECU, ABS and everything else that we deem desirable and cool about new performance models.


The plan is to restore to an extremely high level, keeping the look and feel of the vintage car in all respects, including proper interior style (albeit with our own flair for interior colors), except the dash, while vintage in shape and style, will reflect the Type R technology for controls and indicators and the shift will be modern R 6 speed befitting the tranny.


The 140 will be here next week to begin strip, body removal, chassis, body and rearend blast, followed by body repair. I will be providing details and pics of the process in significant stages.


Hopefully, it will be entertaining and for the irate purists, keep it to yourselves. After all, we're the engineers. We know what we're doing, ROFL.

Dave A

 

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Thanks for the help Jim. I'm a long time Jag fan and an overall car fanatic. Look forward to talking to you guys more.

 

That is a very intriguing plan. Im not sure how upset "purists" could get since you are keeping it Jaguar! Good luck. keep us posted. Oh. and Welcome to the forum.