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Post by PAUL DRIVER 79 on Dec 19, 2015 20:27:33 GMT 1
It's a promotional thing from the late 70s. I like it! I wonder where it ended up fred ? and who built it ?
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Post by bambimk1 on Dec 19, 2015 21:48:09 GMT 1
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Post by FredTransit on Dec 19, 2015 22:47:09 GMT 1
Yeah so is it dead? Looks like in it's custom form it is.
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Post by FredTransit on Dec 19, 2015 22:50:09 GMT 1
VHK 186S ✗ Untaxed Tax due: 01 March 1992 MOT No details held by DVLA
Looks like she only got to 14
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Post by conrod on Dec 20, 2015 4:14:26 GMT 1
Cool project, I will be watching closely Those wheels on the Pepsi truck were Cragar SS IIRC, and BFG's look great. But very ordinary compared to modern tyres. You can still buy 'em new, but recipe hasn't changed for 20-30 years. They were probably 15", which most likely won't fit over the XJR brakes. I reckon stick to similar size wheels that the XJR donated, a bit like they did on the TWR XJ220 Mk3 van. You will be struggling to find room for 3 pedals in your truck. That is a very wide engine! I have a Mk1 with 302 Cleveland (also very wide!) Only just room for the throttle and brake pedal, nowhere even to rest your left foot! Why don't you mid mount the engine , front of the engine under the seats, and poking though rear of the cab? That will give you a nice weight split, maybe even a rearward weight bias? Rad and coolers up front. Very short propshaft, maybe move rear axle backwards a bit, like they did on the green German Mk1 pickup? That looked really cool. That rear suspension and modern tyres will give you loads more traction than the live axle and leaf springs ever could.
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Post by PAUL DRIVER 79 on Dec 20, 2015 13:19:21 GMT 1
The pedals im not too certain yet, we ll find out when i start cutting the bulkhead, Its not as wide as it looks but it is one hell of a lump, I d thought about mid mounting but im going with front mounted motor, and i can mid mount a mk1 fire van later, The flat bed body im using which i took off is surprisingly heavy, even with those missing timbers, it took 4 of us to lift it. The jag rear end doesnt have that much weight over it when its fitted in the car, So i figured weight over the rear axle in the transit cant be that far behind the jag if at all ? I got 700kg for the jaguar shell with all the running gear removed at the bone yard, What will the transit weigh with the body on and no running gear ? Im going to use this place for the wheels, they can make up to 16" WIDE ! www.imagewheels.co.uk/
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Post by PAUL DRIVER 79 on Jan 10, 2016 15:17:33 GMT 1
Finally got the gearbox, clutch, flywheel and bell housing for the 6 speed,
Small problem being the bellhousing. I was going to make a conversion plate, but the way the bell housing is cast, and the motor being compact, i cant use this aluminium bell housing, so im getting one made up with merc bolt pattern at one end and the tremec 6 speed at the other,
Just waiting for it to come back from the engineers,
He said the CNC would be running for 36 hours continuous, starting with a microwave size lump of ally. 2/3 will be waste !
Then i can finally mate it up and actually do something with the truck, i hate waiting around and this is olympic standard !
Id waited 6 weeks for the gearbox, then waiting for the machining to be done, he said around 2 weeks for the bell housing,
I cant do a thing until i have the motor and box together, then see where to mount it on the jaguar subframes, and then cut the bulkhead and get it physically where it will go and all welded in, the guy who is wiring it up is ready and waiting.
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Post by PAUL DRIVER 79 on Jan 21, 2016 13:23:32 GMT 1
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Post by pk on Jan 21, 2016 22:44:47 GMT 1
Nice work, if good things come to those who wait then yours is gonna be awesome. Are you going to have a traction control system?
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Post by PAUL DRIVER 79 on Jan 22, 2016 1:22:57 GMT 1
Thanks, ive done enough waiting to last a lifetime, waiting for the gearbox to arrive was a pain !
It should be well on the way by now, ive got it booked in for wiring up february ?
Traction control i think ill just ease off the throttle pedal ! lol
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Post by pk on Jan 22, 2016 10:23:35 GMT 1
No traction control. I can see some brown trouser moments in you future, I'd keep some spare briefs in the glove box. You need a traction control button like this:
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Post by PAUL DRIVER 79 on Jan 22, 2016 14:32:10 GMT 1
Dry days only ! unless i get caught out somewhere.
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