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Re: 1965 Jaguar 3.8 S Type, Sync4, OD, PAS, BRG/Biscuit on chrome wires back on the road after 30 years.
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 10:22 pm
by Glyn Ruck
cass3958 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 25, 2018 5:56 pm
Very nice Glyn and
are you going to tell us that your still clock works.lol.
Mine has never worked since I bought the car so the hands just sit at ten to two. We have talked about getting the clock refurbished in another topic but at over £100 I will just look at my watch when I need to know the time.
No sadly ~ my clock is correct twice in a day. I have spares. I intend fixing one of them at some time which is why I wanted to leave the car positive earth. (yes I know there are ways around that)
https://www.clocks4classics.com/
https://cjnwatch.co.uk/wp/smiths-car-clock/
One thing that I'm proud of on this car is that just because you can't see something does not mean that it has not been properly restored.
Re: 1965 Jaguar 3.8 S Type, Sync4, OD, PAS, BRG/Biscuit on chrome wires back on the road after 30 years.
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 12:57 am
by Glyn Ruck
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Gauge refurbishment
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Jig for glazing vent windows after rechroming with new glazing rubber:
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Re: 1965 Jaguar 3.8 S Type, Sync4, OD, PAS, BRG/Biscuit on chrome wires back on the road after 30 years.
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:41 am
by Orlando St.R
I love that NDV jig. What is going on in the first pic with the G-clamp?
Re: 1965 Jaguar 3.8 S Type, Sync4, OD, PAS, BRG/Biscuit on chrome wires back on the road after 30 years.
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 12:33 pm
by Glyn Ruck
A stubborn lump in that Rexine strip that Jaguar cut so beautifully being pressed out. Hey the sledgehammer tactic worked. It's still flat.
Re the glazing jig ~ one of many workarounds we resorted to. Of the next person that says to me regarding many fitments on an S Type ~ "Oh it's easy, just use a little soapy water" ~ I shall respond "Show me"
This became a running joke between my restorer & I every time we were confronted with a new problem. "Oh it's easy, just use a little soapy water"
Re: 1965 Jaguar 3.8 S Type, Sync4, OD, PAS, BRG/Biscuit on chrome wires back on the road after 30 years.
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 1:58 pm
by Glyn Ruck
The shattering amount of internal chromework these cars have & this excludes some of the wood attachment pieces such as dash top, glove box, tray, vent window levers, gear lever & handbrake lever etc.
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Re: 1965 Jaguar 3.8 S Type, Sync4, OD, PAS, BRG/Biscuit on chrome wires back on the road after 30 years.
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 5:46 pm
by Orlando St.R
That's amazing seeing it all gathered together in one place.
Re: 1965 Jaguar 3.8 S Type, Sync4, OD, PAS, BRG/Biscuit on chrome wires back on the road after 30 years.
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 11:47 pm
by Glyn Ruck
Re: 1965 Jaguar 3.8 S Type, Sync4, OD, PAS, BRG/Biscuit on chrome wires back on the road after 30 years.
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:04 am
by Glyn Ruck
Re: 1965 Jaguar 3.8 S Type, Sync4, OD, PAS, BRG/Biscuit on chrome wires back on the road after 30 years.
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 9:30 am
by cass3958
Glyn I am afraid you have got this all wrong. You are trying to achieve perfect originality in your S Type but I have to say there is no way any S Type came out of the Browns lane factory or a CKD with wood work looking like this in 1965.
Your car is fantastic but not original!
It is beyond original, it is all how we imagine it should have been like and would love it to be now, but mass production methods in the 1960s would never have produced the quality you have achieved.
Your car is so good I would be afraid to sit in it, drive it, park it up at a show, let anyone within arms length of it. My wife has been insured to drive my S Type since I rebuilt it in 2014 but she has only sat in the driver's seat once but not with the engine running. She is afraid of damaging it. If my car was anywhere near as good as yours I am afraid she would refuse to even look at it in fear she might damage it.
I Love it and I admire your dedication to perfection and the seeking of originality. It helps us all with our own cars but also highlights all the faults we have.lol.
Thank you.
Re: 1965 Jaguar 3.8 S Type, Sync4, OD, PAS, BRG/Biscuit on chrome wires back on the road after 30 years.
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:53 am
by Orlando St.R
It does look lovely, Glyn, and you and your restorer have made a great job of it. I hope it will last in that scorching South African sun. But, I am curious...
All woodwork was hand sanded back to base.
Do you mean you just removed the previous lacquer and the veneer is all original? It does look quite different in appearance to the veneer on my car, which is very obviously original! Mine has a lot more obvious burrs and very little straight grain. Was the woodwork on CKD cars made locally, maybe accounting for the difference in style?
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