Tagged: Pertronix

Daimler tachometer and V12 badge 0

Daimler tachometer and V12 badge

In my first drives of the Daimler, one of the things on my list to fix was the tachometer.   When I first got the car, I had it converted to modern electronic ignition.  The Jaguar V12 always had electronic ignition, however it originally used a system called OPUS.   On my car, the ignition system had been messed with and the OPUS box wasn’t working....

E-Type brake overhaul 1

E-Type brake overhaul

The brakes on the E-Type have been somewhat problematic since I got it.    When the brakes got hot, they would not always release fully.     Over the last 4 years I have tried a number of things to fix the problem but it has always come back to some extent. When I still had the car in the USA, it was worse,...

Classic Jalopy