[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

Even though it'd make it actually drivable and reliable?

Rip out all the lucas crap and replace it with delco, put a small block and a muncie tranny in it, and you've got a real car.
Call it a Lister if it makes you feel better.


Or, leave it like it is and stare at it and worship it, and be afraid to drive it more than a block because you know it'll leave you stranded.

My buddy in high school had a 12 cylinder E type. I used to sync his carbs for him. A couple times a week. That cable linkage was a thing of beauty
Electrical fire? no big deal, he carried gloves in the car at all times for that sort of thing. Just grab a handful of smoking wires and yank.
Then call me to hot-wire it so he could get it home.

If jaguar has installed a fire extinguisher under the dash as OEM, I'm sure the extinguisher would have spontaneously burst into flames.

Those cars are truly beautiful from an artistic point of view, but from an engineering viewpoint they are uglier than a Pontiac Aztec. IMHO, of course.

Sorry Sammy but a well set up Jag 6 cylinder will get you home every time.

The 1969 XJ below has almost 700,000 miles on it and stranded me exactly one time on the road. Try that with most American or even European cars.

I made exactly one mod to the car and that was a Chrysler alternator. Thats all it took and it worked great after that.