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Question of the Day: What is the ultimate French toast topping?
Guess that car
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Fazda
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OK, that only gives you 100 years to play with!!
Mercury it is - try 1950 and post away!!
OK, that only gives you 100 years to play with!!
Mercury it is - try 1950 and post away!!
Pooor vehicle.
Fazda
Honorary Master
On its way to restoration, I hope!!
Fazda
Honorary Master
Bloody Aussies - cannot live without a Ute!!
Actually if you are going to tow with a 68 Jag 420, I guess this is the way to do it!!
Actually if you are going to tow with a 68 Jag 420, I guess this is the way to do it!!
I think we are all waiting on Chingha .... but if you got a car... put it up ! I dare you !
Fazda
Honorary Master
Actually, whilst we wait, can anybody tell me why I am calling the Jag a 420 and not a 3.8S?
Well according to the internet it has to do with the rear body shape. Type S was based on the Mk II but the rear was restyled like the Mk X. Lines, roof height & wheel arches were different.
I looked but I can't see the difference
it has to do with the rear body shape. Type S was based on the Mk II but the rear was restyled like the Mk X. Lines, roof height & wheel arches were different.I looked but I can't see the difference
Fazda
Honorary Master
Well according to the internet
I looked but I can't see the difference
Nee boet, the internet has it wrong!!
Fazda
Honorary Master
It's all in the nose of the car - the 420 has a 4.2 litre engine and a nose that looks like this:
LUF539F 1968 Jaguar 4.2 Litre 420 Saloon Amberley Classic Car Picnic 2010 by Pete Edgeler, on Flickr
And the SType has a 3.4 or 3.8 engine with a nose that looks like this:
67 Jag S type after rebuild by PaulO Classic., on Flickr
They are both identical from the windscreen back.
LUF539F 1968 Jaguar 4.2 Litre 420 Saloon Amberley Classic Car Picnic 2010 by Pete Edgeler, on Flickr
And the SType has a 3.4 or 3.8 engine with a nose that looks like this:
67 Jag S type after rebuild by PaulO Classic., on Flickr
They are both identical from the windscreen back.
Identical.... are you colour blind ??
EDIT: Give me a 3.8 with spokes please.... puuurdy vrooom.
Fazda
Honorary Master
Identical.... are you colour blind ??
EDIT: Give me a 3.8 with spokes please.... puuurdy vrooom.
That was my dad's S Type - we left the spokes on our Mk2, unfortunately!
That was my dad's S Type - we left the spokes on our Mk2, unfortunately!
Your dad had taste... my dad inflicted his choice in cars on us.
Which reminds me... in JHB there is a Vintage Vehicle Club (V.V.C.) that meets every month and members bring their classic oldies along. I once saw a mint condition S-type there like your dad's... beautiful, perfect condition... sounded heavenly.
Also displayed was a mint condition merc...
BUT, the owner had hacked a larger rectangle into the dash and mounted a Hi-Fi Corps. special DVD front loader in the thing. :wtf: I cried for weeks.
Fazda
Honorary Master
I can happily say that our S Type only has a 1967 Blaupunkt radio that was fitted in Durban, just before we took delivery
Idiots who fit modern radios to classic cars should be shot - in my 68 Wolseley we drive around listening to the glorious sound of the straight 6 - 3 litre engine - there is a small piece of walnut that can be removed from the middle of the dash to add a wireless but then one would have to drill a hole in the mudguard for an aerial and that would be sacrilege!!
Idiots who fit modern radios to classic cars should be shot - in my 68 Wolseley we drive around listening to the glorious sound of the straight 6 - 3 litre engine - there is a small piece of walnut that can be removed from the middle of the dash to add a wireless but then one would have to drill a hole in the mudguard for an aerial and that would be sacrilege!!