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| The spats don’t clear the wider wheels so need modifying |
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| The radius of a wheel/tyre |
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| That doesn’t fit! |
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| Marking out |
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| Looks about right |
That will need some adjustment
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Spat Modifications
That will need some adjustment
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
New seats have arrived!
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When I bought the car it had no seats, as built for racing in 1976 it was fitted with a seat from a powerboat but that was long gone and I’ve only seen it in photographs.
It’s a little early for these but I discovered some electrically operated front seats with picnic tables from a Daimler XJ40 on E Bay and matching rear seats on Facebook marketplace from a Jaguar XJ40.
The front seats fit well, they are much smaller than original MK8 seats. The back seats are the exact width but the backrest is shorter so might need some modification. It looks good though.
Shiny New Wheels
Can’t wait to get these fitted!
6 x 15 inch rather than the standard 5 x 16 and with a bigger offset they will fill the cavernous wheelarches perfectly. Same as were fitted to the magnesium bodied Mark 7 built by Jaguar.
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Front Wings
I picked up a new old stock nearside wing from Northern Jaguar and a used offside wing from Worcester Classic Spares. Had them both dipped ...
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More filler than steel and hard to tell what the correct shape was or how the spats are attached. For racing the boot was sealed off... -
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