The British Muscle Car
Today we went to Jaguars on the Island in Victoria BC. This is billed as the largest Jaguar only gathering in North America. There seemed to be about 200 cars in the park today and XJ-S’s were the featured model. Here are some photos of the event. Continue reading “Jaguars on the Island”
The most enjoyable project I have done was the rebuild of the rear suspension. This project took most of the winter in 2015 to complete. Continue reading “IRS Rebuild”
I am writing this from the European Classic Car show in Calgary. This is the best show I have found in the area for European cars and is held in the great Stanley Park setting. Last count a few hours ago was 198 cars registered. Continue reading “European Car Show”
In 2001, there had been a couple of times that the car would not start after being shut off hot and re-started while still hot. At this time my kids were very young and on Sunday mornings they went to a library program. I invited my wife to go for a nice drive and a Starbucks coffee while we waited for them to finish. After our leisurely break we went out to the car and it would not start. Continue reading “Lucas Opus Ignition”
Shortly after purchasing the car I logged the following comment “After engine is warm, rough idle and hesitation on acceleration”. Over the last 20 years, this has been the most consistent annoyance. The following has been done to try and address it: Continue reading “Runs Rough”
The word that instills fear into any classic car owner.
The coupe had been described as having minor “surface rust”, and there was very light evidence of rust on the left rocker panel and on the quarter panel above the left rear wheel. Continue reading “Rust”
Aaahhh…I now had a car with an exotic V12….this is the stuff of legends and dreams…I mean, look at these pictures Continue reading “Diving In”
For the maintenance, repair and projects that I outline, I have used the following: Continue reading “Resources I use”
I am the fourth owner and the second enthusiast owner of the car. The third owner kept a detailed log of service and parts, so the car has a detailed history from ’85 to present.
The car was originally silver and was repainted GM Arctic White by the second owner in ’83. Above is what the car looked like new.
At the time I was living in Milwaukee, so I took a flight to Omaha, was met by the seller and we went to see the car. It looked amazing. We finished the deal and I hit the road for the drive back to Milwaukee. Continue reading “Homecoming”