XKE's are one of the sexiest cars EVER. Period. Also have a warm spot for
Ferrari 246GT Dinos.
Paul Braun
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On Nov 19, 2010, at 12:46, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, I sometimes think I'd like another but probably couldn't afford it
> anymore. That was about 1973 and a 64 E-type wasn't very expensive.
>
> Chuck
>
>
> On 11/19/2010 1:41 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
>> But YOU HAD AN XKE! No sympathy here!
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 10:53 AM
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Saving the planet or just saving money?
>>
>>
>>
>> Ala Jag XKE. I remember pulling the rear suspension cage on my '64 XKE
>> to work on the brakes. After fighting a couple of thoroughly rusted
>> bolts that had to be drilled out I got the whole suspension cage down
>> onto the garage floor. While on my knees examining it I dropped a
>> wrench on the floor. In reaching for the wrench I banged my shoulder
>> into one of the four rubber isolater brackets that held the suspension
>> cage in and broke it off! Didn't injure my shoulder either! I then
>> checked the other three and found that all of them were at least
>> partially separated. Not long before that I has been touring down a
>> twisty mountain road. Gulp! Reminiscent of the time the splines on the
>> the steering shaft on my '73 Mercury Capri failed going down the same
>> road. Or the time I broke half of the spokes out of the front wheels on
>> my '57 Sunbeam Alpine while on a different twisty road. Some things
>> remind me I'm lucky to still be here. :-)
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 11/19/2010 10:33 AM, Bill Pearce wrote:
>>> Yes, there were a few re-engined with a very small but potnet V8 of
>> american
>>> ancestry, but I forget whose. Like many other of these projects, few were
>>> really thought out. His was probably a TR6, as they all had problems with
>>> the differential mounting. As the 6 had IRS, the diff was mounted to the
>>> frame on a bracket with rubber isolaters, which in the cases of either the
>>> front or rears were quite strong, enough indeed that the bracket, make of
>>> stamped metal, couldn't hold up. They all cracked, the question was when.
>> I
>>> remember having mine welded. Even the torque of the original motor could
>>> break a diff loose when badly cracked. Oh, those english!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Piers Hemy [mailto:piers@xxxxxxxx]
>>> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 7:50 AM
>>> To: 'Olympus Camera Discussion'
>>> Subject: Re: [OM] Saving the planet or just saving money?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bill, your words remind me of an off-list exchange with Walt Wayman, who
>>> discovered that his re-engined TR (I think it might have been a -5 rather
>>> than a -6, but I can't remember the size of the new and bigger engine he
>> had
>>> put in it) had rather more torque than he had expected, and considerably
>>> more than the back axle could handle. As far as I recall, the back axle
>> was
>>> ripped off the bodyshell. Completely.
>>>
>>> Piers
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Bill Pearce [mailto:bs.pearce@xxxxxxx]
>>> Sent: 18 November 2010 23:29
>>> To: 'Olympus Camera Discussion'
>>> Subject: Re: [OM] Saving the planet or just saving money?
>>>
>>> When I had my TR6, I noted frequently that generally there was adequate
>>> space in the engine compartment for a nice Buick/Rover V6 with
>> supercharger
>>> or a small V8, so the straight six was easy to work on, but rarely needed
>>> it. The electricals were remarkably reliable, as long as you didn't want
>>> lights, defroster, wipers and the radio all at once. Sure had a lot of
>>> torque.
>>>
>>> --snip
>>>
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