Jaguar???

[moronthethrottle]

The bodywork on the previous Jag was spectacular, but this E-Type wins the prize for fanciest paint...with the exception of Austin Powers flag-jag maybe.

 

[Visinedrops]

Awesome feedback, thanks. Those Jag pics are pretty sweet, and gives me some interesting thoughts. After doing some research on wheel base, weight, and ride height, the Jag'rhome isn't really feasable. I'd have to extend the car by almost a foot, and even then, the floor of the camper would have to be changed due to the high-mount differential of the Jag.

Thanks again for the input. I think I should stick to the Falcon for a while, and see what I can do to make it cherry before I try to tackle the tank.

 

[rustybeercan]

BARF!

Ditto, hope he's just kidding!

Beercan

 

[clipper]

SIR LUCAS the prince of darkness

 

[Flipper_1938]

Why do they drink warm beer in England?


...Lucas makes refrigerators too.

I found a long list of Lucas jabs.


* The Lucas motto: "Get home before dark."

* Lucas denies having invented darkness. But they still claim
"sudden, unexpected darkness"

* Lucas--inventor of the first intermittent wiper.

* Lucas--inventor of the self-dimming headlamp.

* The three-position Lucas switch--DIM, FLICKER and OFF.

* The other three switch settings--SMOKE, SMOLDER and IGNITE.

* Lucas dip-switch positions: LOW and BLOW
(Bruce Miller, www.hermit.cc)

* The original anti-theft devices--Lucas Electric products.

* "I've had a Lucas pacemaker for years and have never experienced
any prob...

* If Lucas made guns, wars would not start either.

* Did you hear about the Lucas powered torpedo? It sank.

* It's not true that Lucas, in 1947, tried to get Parliament to
repeal Ohm's Law. They withdrew their efforts when they met too much
resistance.

* Did you hear the one about the guy that peeked into a Land Rover
and asked the owner "How can you tell one switch from another at
night, since they all look the same?" "He replied, it doesn't matter
which one you use, nothing happens!"

* Back in the '70s Lucas decided to diversify its product line and
began manufacturing vacuum cleaners. It was the only product they
offered which didn't suck.

* Quality Assurance phoned and advised the Lucas engineering guy
that they had trouble with his design shorting out. So he made the
wires longer.

* Why do the English drink warm beer? Lucas made the
refrigerators, too.

* Alexander Graham Bell invented the Telephone.
Thomas Edison invented the Light Bulb.
Joseph Lucas invented the Short Circuit.

* Recommended procedure before taking on a repair of Lucas
equipment: check the position of the stars, kill a chicken and walk
three times sunwise around your car chanting: "Oh mighty Prince of
Darkness protect your unworthy servant."

* Lucas systems actually uses AC current; it just has a random
frequency.

* How to make AIDS disappear? Give it a Lucas parts number.

* Recently, Lucas won out over Bosch to supply the electrical for
the new Volkswagens. So, now the cars from the Black Forest will come
with electrics supplied by the Lord of Darkness -- how appropriate!

* Lucas is an acronym for Loose Unsoldered Connections and Splices.

 

[Lightning]

That red XKE looks like some kind of a mutated big mouth carp - - -Fantastic chraftsmanship and imagination

 

[moronthethrottle]

That red XKE looks like some kind of a mutated big mouth carp - - -Fantastic chraftsmanship and imagination

Those things are so expensive to start with...I'd have a hard time hacking it up like that. I was getting the cold sweats just drilling holes in my hood to bolt on the leaper!

 

[harley waugh]

about the jag rat rod?

I don't know exactly how old this thread is but I'd like to know where you went with it. I have found a pair of 76 xj6l's and have my eye on them. The body style, frenched headlights and other aspects have me considering the possibilities. The one one has a very unique patina forming from sitting. I have limited knowledge on the cars but can envision a finished product with rear tires outside the body, low and mean but I'm not sure if its feasible. Any input would be appreciated as I'm new to the rat rods. I've built a Harley ironhead and a couple cx500 bikes. I'm on here to learn though. Thanks

 

[Dirtyrat]

Yea, I would like to know too, reading all this!

I think the V-12 would be slick in anything ratty....