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1. Re: More on Prices (long winded) (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 04 Apr 90 16:47:42 PDT (Wed); E-Type Jags are around 7.5second from 0-60mph, and 15.5 seconds in the 1/4 mile. Top end is really 143 to 147mph for the early coupes. Thats it! But it sure is nice to have even that on tap... Lotus; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00036.html (8,777 bytes)
2. Re: Jaguars out to pasture (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 12 Apr 90 08:35:05 PDT (Thu); The XK150S has the straight-port cylinder head, triple HD8 SU carbs, and comes with the 3.23(?) rear axle and overdrive addition to the gearbox. The standard XK150 came with dual HD6 SU carbs, the 3.; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00080.html (7,198 bytes)
3. Re: TR250 (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 16 Apr 90 16:11:25 PDT (Mon); Sorry if I missed your asking price. Just for grins, could you repeat it? Christopher M. Perez chrisp@mrloog.WR.TEK.COM -- "The Sprite could be pitched and drifted through corners with abandon, and,; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00116.html (7,536 bytes)
4. Re: various stuff (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 17 Apr 90 17:04:10 PDT (Tue); As Mr Welty will be pointing out, the 2600 has a luscious twin cam 6 engine. The Zagato badge will probably make it valuable to someone who knows of such things (but perhaps not). Was it for sale? T; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00146.html (8,013 bytes)
5. What a weekend... (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 23 Apr 90 11:09:28 PDT (Mon); I had more fun this weekend! On saturday, I went to Griffin's Used Tool Shed here locally in Cornelius. I was kinda depressed, and was just snooping. Well, I thought I was just snooping. When I visit; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00226.html (7,725 bytes)
6. Cheap Octane Booster?? (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 26 Apr 90 16:22:42 PDT (Thu); I would dearly love to know what the H**L good cars like these do sitting in someone's garage undriven? I don't know that many museums that would want to have very large paper weights... :-). There; /html/british-cars/1990-04/msg00321.html (8,147 bytes)
7. Re: Tolls and tooling (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 01 Mar 90 08:52:42 PST (Thu); There is a guy literally just around the corner from me that has a bug-eye that he bought new in england and brought home. It has been sitting in the yard for 10 years not running. Given the local c; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00011.html (7,894 bytes)
8. Re: Your car's value is increasing (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 13 Mar 90 09:32:32 PST (Tue); I found this "article" very interesting. Overseas buyers seem to be picking up many cars. However, I notice in Autoweek several weeks ago that the report on the Barrett-Jasckson Auction seemed to ind; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00115.html (9,318 bytes)
9. Re: Looking at a Jaguar (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 15 Mar 90 16:03:13 PST (Thu); RE: '76 XJ12 -- A price of $6990 is not too bad. Several things to watch for: Miles on engine (well cared for, they last 200,000 miles :-) Do a compression test, and beware, the heads sometimes "weld; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00145.html (8,197 bytes)
10. Re: Your car's value is increasing (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 15 Mar 90 17:07:04 PST (Thu); I remember several guys owning the Miura and not being able to get $15,000 for their cars in 1981. And they were "perfect". They said, what scared people away was the fact that NO parts were availab; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00147.html (9,320 bytes)
11. Re: my new 73 jag (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 21 Mar 90 13:17:20 PST (Wed); Can you say "green with envy? Sure you can!" If it is in good condition, like it sounds, WOW. Could it be the "power assist?". The suspension still retained many of the ideas of the early E-Type sus; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00215.html (8,747 bytes)
12. Re: Old Jag Prices - Mk X (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 22 Mar 90 07:19:26 PST (Thu); For some reason, Jag sedan prices have remained comparatively stable over the past 10 years. With the exception of Mk IIs (which are very desirable to some people), Jag sedans are really cheap to get; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00226.html (7,624 bytes)
13. Re: am I nuts? (VTR in Boulder) (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 21 Mar 90 08:30:27 PST (Wed); Having ridden motorcycles, and driven older cars about a little (not much, but a little) I would recommend not giving it a second thought. Go, leave, and point your car towards the open road. If you; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00228.html (9,061 bytes)
14. Re: Carbs for Roadster (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 22 Mar 90 10:19:17 PST (Thu); In the Jag application of SUs (HD8s), it turns out that they actually flow better than webers. Some racers appear to prefer SUs to Webers! end provide for a wider range of tweaking than SUs. But, fo; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00238.html (8,313 bytes)
15. Re: Spitfire engine rebuild (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 27 Mar 90 08:52:13 PST (Tue); No, this guy is typically NOT over the hill. His strategy is to buy parts directly from Mother Brain...I mean England. He buys in bulk, has a pole building he stuffs these parts in, then advertises.; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00291.html (8,834 bytes)
16. Gunnar sent me this, I think he meant to post it instead... (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 30 Mar 90 08:42:32 PST (Fri); One reason of cracking blocks might be that the user gets water leakage in the radiator hoses or cap(s) because of the high water pressure of the XK cooling system. A too low water level is not good; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00365.html (8,308 bytes)
17. Re: British Parts (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 30 Mar 90 08:56:42 PST (Fri); The Jag parts monger I knew in So. Cal. had a huge cross reference. He had developed it over 10 years of mongering, and guarded it with his life! It turns out that few good cross references exist wi; /html/british-cars/1990-03/msg00368.html (8,186 bytes)
18. Confessions from deep within... (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 26 Feb 90 11:18:25 PST (Mon); I nearly did the unthinkable. The thought of paying off my wife's medical bills, buying a Ducati, a Triumph Bonney, or a Guzzi T3 was almost too great. I had a dozen and a half callers, and a half a; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00241.html (7,331 bytes)
19. Re: miscellany (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 28 Feb 90 08:58:06 PST (Wed); A friend has some whitworth sockets he had used to work in his Norton. Somehow I ended up with a few of them. Imagine my surprise when I found that the Moss gearboxes from early Jags were held togeth; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00284.html (8,663 bytes)
20. Re: Lotus Eleven/Westfield (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU; Date: 07 Dec 89 13:40:13 PST (Thu); Westfield purchased (stole?) the original Lotus bucks that provide the body shape. So what you have is a complete Lotus 11 (if done properly, at least in body) that was originally sold by Westfield; /html/british-cars/1989-12/msg00057.html (8,709 bytes)

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