The guy I worked for at the time was a Jag nut, and had 7-8 Jags at any given time.
A typical count would be: 195x XK140 (all original, needed restoration) 2 - late 50s/early 60s Mark IVs 1967 XKE 4.2 litre 2 - mid 70s XJ6s 1978 XJ12 The nice thing about this was that I got to drive any of them I wanted home in the evenings or on the weekends, if they were at the shop. I was in my late teens at the time - can you imagine being 18-19 years old and driving an XKE or an XJ12? The XKE was a bit of a beater, so I usually drove the XJ12 when I could. Only bad thing about that car was the lousy fuel mileage. I seem to recall it having some really archaic transmission in it, like a Ford FMX, that shifted out of first gear at about 7 mph. The XJ12 was a real beauty, and I probably spent most of my time keeping it up. Since it was normally aspirated, keeping the carbs balanced and the engine tuned was a full time job. It was shoehorned in the engine compartment so tightly you could barely stick your hand in between the engine and side of the compartment. I remember putting a water pump on it once - I recall that we had to disassemble the front clip to get to it. The one thing that was really amazing about that car was the ability to go down the road at 80 or 100 mph, and you would swear you were doing 30 mph, it rode so nicely. Dan On Jan 11, 2012, at 9:05 PM, M G wrote: > I don't think you would like a V-12, that is unless you can strip off all the > anti pollution junk on it. It is a nightmare to work on. > > As far as 8 hours for a valve adjustment, could be book time but I remember > doing a complete valve job on my 63 3.8l e-type. Started right after work at > 5 and got done about 2 AM. Drove it home slept and was back at work at 7 the > next morning. Course trip time was only about 10 min. Was only about 23 at > the time so had a lot more energy and didn't run down as fast as now. AH! > Those were the days. > > Manfred > > Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:48:11 -0500 > From: Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes-Benz SL Returns to Its Lightweight Roots > > I liked those 70s Ford Granadas, just like a Mercedes! > > I would take a nice E-Type, maybe a V12.... > > --R > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
