Category: Jaguar / Daimler

E-Type register breakfast run 1

E-Type register breakfast run

The JDCA had an informal E-Type register run up to the cafe at Swane’s nursery in Dural.   An informal run meaning that the cars had to be on full registration to attend – not a problem for me.  There are around 140 E-Types on the club register, so a nice variety of cars that can show up to a run.   (I think the...

The E-Type gets a new set of balls 0

The E-Type gets a new set of balls

The E-Type went in for a service this week, and came out with a new set of ball joints for the front suspension.   It will also need new front wishbones at some point as a number of shims were needed to get it all put together right, so I’ll keep an eye out for a good deal on those.    Next time I’ll...

E-Type to Mt. Victoria 0

E-Type to Mt. Victoria

It had been a while since the E-Type had been on a good long drive, so a friend of mine came over to the warehouse and we took the E-Type out for the drive below. View Larger Map I’ve done most of this route before – Galston Rd is always a good one, as is Bells Line of Road.   I was also impressed...

Retrosound Model One install 1

Retrosound Model One install

The one thing about my E-Type Jaguar that stuck out like a sore thumb after I bought it in 2010 was the 80’s cassette deck that has been installed in place of the original radio. This looked like an easy thing to update.   I first looked at Ebay to see if I could get an original radio but even broken radios were going...

Classic Jalopy