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Hopefully they are beyond Lucas wiring!

I thought Lucas supplied electric components, like lights, relays, batteries, switches... not wiring.

Maybe I'm wrong. :mellow:

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...the 2+2 is incredibly beautiful

No it's not. The roof is too tall in comparison with the height of the body from sills to top of doors.

They got it right with the soft tops but not the 2+2s.

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No it's not. The roof is too tall in comparison with the height of the body from sills to top of doors.

They got it right with the soft tops but not the 2+2s.

Exactly. The Jag coupe had nice proportions. 1963_Jaguar_E_Type_XKE_Coupe_Rear_1.jpg

Spoiled on the 2+2. 1968-jaguar-xke-2+2.jpg

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I thought Lucas supplied electric components, like lights, relays, batteries, switches... not wiring.

Maybe I'm wrong. :mellow:

I think the mainly provided darkness and wiring loom smoke!

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WOW......now those are some ... Cars. But they do beg the question, Do They Still Leak Oil???

Don't think of it as leaking oil. Think of it as marking their territory.

Ah, Lucas. The prince of darkness. Do you know why the British drink warm beer? Their refrigerators are all made by Lucas.

Crossword clue: A five-letter word for "electrical problem". L U C A S

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That second one is spot on i think, and with the LS1 swap, at least they stopped the oil leaks. :)

I like this one better...

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...or this... newaveeps9298wh.5703.jpg

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WOW......now those are some ... Cars. But they do beg the question, Do They Still Leak Oil???

This is no joke - we used to hate racing after the Jags had been out, everything covered in a sheen of Mobil1...

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This tubbed 420G has a twin turbo big block Chevy putting out 900bhp.

I love the racing XJ12 in your last post, Bill, just a shame Jaguar would never cooperate with Ralph Broad to make the racing XJC concept work properly. They used to blow the opposition into the weeds then retire with the brakes on fire or some other mechanical issue.

The street car is the one that Steed drove in the Avengers TV series, it replaced his red 3 litre vdp Bentley. It was completely standard apart from the arches and the wheels.

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good thing there's not many Jag kits out there and the ones that are, are incredibly difficult.... or else there'd be a thread devoted to defiling the perfect form in styrene.

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Ah, Lucas. The prince of darkness. Do you know why the British drink warm beer? Their refrigerators are all made by Lucas.

Scott

Not warm. Cellar temperature. You shouldn't have to chill beer to make it drinkable!

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Not warm. Cellar temperature. You shouldn't have to chill beer to make it drinkable!

Best thing that kept me from drinking when I turned 21 was spending the previous 4 years was mopping booze up off the floor at the Osco I used to work at when customers would drop their purchases on the floor. Warm or cold, most beer and wine smelled awful enough that it helped kill what little interest I in the stuff.

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Very nice s type such a good looking car I'd love to have one

Ah, I responded to your PM prior to seeing this post. Yes, I always loved the style of the S Type from the day they were first made. Four years ago I had the opportunity to pick up this one owner car with 23,000 miles on it. I bought it at a Bentley / Rolls dealer where it had been traded in, along with a Bentley, on a new Bentley. Story was that it was a spare car on an estate, not used much so they traded it. I found an old registration stuck in one of the manuals and did the Google map thing on the address and it was quite a place!

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