Looking for a coupe to Lump

Why ever not? What on earth do you expect if you post something like that here. Most of us find the thought of vandalising Jaguars rather unpleasant.

David Betts ( snipped-for-privacy@motorsport.org.uk) The Classic Car Gallery:

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Do computer keyboards in England lack the letter "Z"? Else, why do you vandalize "vandalize"?? ;-)

The fact is that:

1. You can always put it back the way it was.
2. The various American V8s make more power with less weight than the venerable but heavy XJ six or the cantankerous V12.
3. The XJ six comes with, in US spec cars, an American made but worthless three speed Borg Warner transmission. Lumping gives you the current four speed automatic.
4. Britons put things in Jaguars that are just as dubious, such as Perkins and Gardner diesels in the old days, and Nissan diesels today. (Though the Gardner was such a pretty engine....)
5. Why don't you Brits do something useful like manufacture a 4 valve head for the XJ, or better yet squeeze Ford UK's nuts until they do right with the Aston Martin and reissue the Newport Pagnall 6-the engine the XJ should have been. This business of using two Taurus blocks for a V12 is ridiculous.

Our Keyboards have a full complement and being English, we speak and write English.

Feel free to bastardiSe our Language as you wish but don't berate us for spelling correctly...:-)

Alan M

Thanks Alan, but I would ignore anyone who trumpets their ignorance in this manner. (Not sure he even knows the correct American spelling .)

David Betts ( snipped-for-privacy@motorsport.org.uk) The Classic Car Gallery:

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"i-g-n-o-r-a-n-c-e"? You appear to have misspelt "xenophobia", David.

I am also an American, but if you can get one with a running engine, why put one of the US's gas-sucking pigs into a classic car? BTW, if either of the previous Americans, Ludwig and Betts had any appreciation for the Jag, they would understand British spelling and accept it. He does have a point with placing the Aston Martin in a Jag however. Own a 68 XKE-12 and a 03 x-type

2.5. Keep it up-have gotten much good advise in this group. Check how many Americans catch my seplling. Paul

Oops! When did I change nationality and lose my appreciation of Jaguars? It appears to have happened without my even noticing. Scary stuff.

David Betts ( snipped-for-privacy@motorsport.org.uk) The Classic Car Gallery:

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Tsk tsk...

"David I apologize for the mix up; I should'nt read without my glasses."

(Hehe)

Blake, you are a real help when I am trying to mend fences and hide the fact that I sent a pissed-off post while not wearing my glasses and being half-wasted. Thanks, Paul btw how have you been doing? (Hehe) In the Half-life group I would have had to label yesterday's posting (ODP-obligatory drunken post).P

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The XJ 6 and 12 are both fine engines, to a point. The 6 weighs over

700 lbs for, at most, 4200cc. The 12 is slightly heavier and gives more displacement, but its ancilliaries are Byzantine, and it is very expensive to overhaul-the 6 can be rebuilt for three or four grand (US$) but the 12 is quite a bit higher yet.

Both engines' accessories are quite troublesome. Stromberg carbs and anything Lucas in particular.

Putting a US V-8 in these cars gives you a "best of breed solution" giving better economy, performance and inexpensive engine and transmission maintenance. That's why it's such a popular swap.

Should Jag saloons become highly desireable collectibles, it's possible to convert them back to their original configuration if you keep all the pieces. Since no structural modification is needed, it's hardly butchery.

still looking? Where are you?

West coast here Seattle)