The British Muscle Car
For your reading pleasure, Greg introduced me to his website that goes through a pretty cool coupe build. He took a coupe with a non-running V12 and replaced it with a later model HE V12 and GM400 transmission. What’s really impressive is he did the work himself.
Here is yet another 1975 project coupe for sale with a $5,000 asking price. This one is on the Reno Craigslist with very little information, but the good part is it looks to have been stored inside. Thanks to fellow coupe owner Riley for letting me know about this one.
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I hope you are all staying healthy, and if possible, taking advantage of some self isolation in the garage.
The Jaguar runs excellent again!!!!! Since the move to Denver, the engine has not run right. After trying a number of things and much frustration, replacing the MPS fixed the problem……here is the whole story.
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Another project/parts coupe for sale on Ebay for $2,222. There seem to be more projects for sale recently than running coupes. This is a ’75 which makes it a “classic” car for registration purposes in a lot of states, but there is very little information so I will just let the provided pictures be the description for this one.
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I guess that old saying “you get what you pay for” is accurate for fuel pressure regulators as well. After having trouble with the Holley regulator, I did some research and read reviews on different manufacturers and landed on Fuelab. They seem like a specialty manufacturer of fuel pumps and regulators that know what they are doing.
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While investigating the fuel system to try and address the rough running issue, I noticed that the fuel pressure in the rail would drop off quickly.
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I told fellow XJ owner Phil that it would be great to get XJ’s together at car events. He suggested putting together a Facebook group for XJ enthusiasts to collaborate and let others know which events they will be attending. Great idea.
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This rust free coupe with an awesome paint job is the one you want to start your project with! My blog has given me the opportunity to meet other coupe enthusiasts, and today I had the opportunity to meet one in person and see his car. My family and I are on vacation in Anaheim, so I took the opportunity to meet a fellow coupe owner and he showed me his stalled project that is looking for a good home.
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This is a good looking coupe that seems ready to drive off in. It is listed for $29,500 on Classic Investments’ website and currently listed on Ebay as well.
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This has not been a good summer for the coupe. Since moving to Denver, the V12 has not been running well….and then there was the breakdown on the freeway. Let’s start with that….
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