| Title: | Cars in the UK |
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| Moderator: | COMICS::SHELLEY ELD |
| Created: | Sun Mar 06 1994 |
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How's this to brighten your day?
Some of you may have read about a 1959 Jaguar XK150 fixed-head coupe I
bought in 1985. This car was in boxes. Some missing parts..etc...
I've been messing with it ever since, chasing parts, nuts, bolts,
everything, to get it back on the road. The engine, I vowed, would be
last.
Last night, we turned it over, and the engine came to life and purred
like the Cat that it is! It's in GREAT shape...and the last time this
engine ran was at least 7 years ago.
British engineering....a marvel.
Cheers,
Gil
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| 1539.1 | AEOEN1::MATTHEWS | In a negative brownie-point situation ... | Mon Sep 09 1991 11:35 | 7 | |
re: British Engineering ... I can't help feeling that 1959 was probably British Engineering at it's best :-) :-) Only joking. Jag was (and probably still is) quality. It is SO nice to work on something which has been well engineered ... | |||||
| 1539.2 | I *love* Quality Engineering | UNTADA::LEWIS | FinestKind Data Warehouse and EDI Tea Supplier | Mon Sep 09 1991 13:22 | 7 |
| 1539.3 | Hacker Auto repair... | DENVER::DAVISGB | The Cat's purrin' !! | Tue Sep 10 1991 00:29 | 14 |
Was interesting working more on it this weekend. I found the nice
9/16's head fine thread bolts that hold the starter on had been
replaced with some larger head coarse bolts that jammed up against the
starter case...someone was too lazy to put a wrench on both sides of
the bolt/nut. Some lazy American slob mechanic...bodgering up another
piece of fine autowork...iccccch!
Also found the four bolts holding the front of the driveshaft had been
replaced with something that was neither locknuts or wireable.....el
cheapo repair shop at it again....
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| 1539.4 | XJ6 - bah | BASCAS::BOARDMAN_K | I drink no more than a sponge | Tue Nov 26 1991 14:16 | 4 |
Well, my cat is more dead than alive. My XJ6 is far and away the worst
car I have ever had. So much for Brit engineering.
Keith
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| 1539.5 | So long Jaguar? | NEWOA::SAXBY | Is Bart Simpson the anti-Christ? | Tue Nov 26 1991 14:50 | 6 |
I've just heard that Jaguar are to be run from Detroit in future
(rather than Ford UK), so in future a Jaguar will be 'So much for
US engineering'.
Mark
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| 1539.6 | DENVER::DAVISGB | Jag Mechanic | Wed Dec 04 1991 23:37 | 22 | |
I was over at the local dealer talking with my Jaguar *Master
Technician* buddy today, and he related a funny story that occurred on
his recent visit to the UK.
Apparently, he and about 12 others from the US were being honored as
the US top techs with a visit to the factory, tour, discussions with
senior management etc. At one point, they were walking through some
assemble area, and as they passed through, the workers in the plant
were yelling something at them. There was a lot of noise, so they
didn't quite hear what was being said (or yelled). Later, the same
thing happened, and one of them craned their ear to hear what was being
yelled as they passed through. Well, upon asking, they found out that
it was a bit of British slang that roughly meant putting things where
the sun doesn't shine. Later, my tech friend walked over to talk with
a gentleman doing engine finish work. They guy looked up and growled
"Are you from FORD?". My Buddy said "no", told him he was a Jaguar
technician from the US, and the Brit opened up like a book! Started
being really friendly all of a sudden. Later that day, they were
touring ANOTHER part of the factory and were getting the same scowls
and growls as they walked by. This time they yelled "We're not from
FORD! " and waved. Suddenly everyone was very friendly and willing to
talk at length.
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