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Dec 31, 2025 (edited)
1970 E Type  2+2 Jaguar. I Bought this a couple months ago from the estate of the original owner. It had been sitting in a garage almost untouched since around 1986. It had no keys  and obviously not in a running condition. ill be digging into it by February. Look for it this spring at the Maple valley street rats Friday night cruise in beside Walmart in Covington WA
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alsancle avatar
· Dec 31, 2025
Big fan of the XK Jags.  My mom drove this as a summer car for 30 years.
alsancle avatar
· Dec 31, 2025
Wow!
TeslaFan01 avatar
· Dec 31, 2025
Nice!  How hard is it to make a car like that run?
59redwing avatar
· Jan 1
@TeslaFan01 the motor turns over by hand  freely so basically prime the oil system, replace the fluids, hoses, belts, hydraulic parts of the brakes, clean the fuel system, replace tuneup components and thats a good start then alot of cleani g and some restoration including tires.
TeslaFan01 avatar
· Jan 19
@59redwing    Thanks for the reply,  can you still get parts for this car?
69GoatMan avatar
· Jan 1
A long long time ago I got in a street race with a Jag roadster.  I did great until we got to about 80 and then I ran out of legs and the Jag just kept going.  Might still be accelerating some where.
alsancle avatar
· Jan 1
@69GoatMan   Assuming it was an "E" type.   In the 1950s the XK140 was the fastest car a normal person could buy.   Would blow a vette away.
Rambler0155 avatar
· Jan 1
Would love to hear that run again.
alsancle avatar
· Jan 2
@Rambler0155 Here is a video of the XK140 which sounds a lot like an XKE (basically the same engine).  They have a very unique sound to them.
59redwing avatar
· Jan 18
Me too. I've got an Infinity on the lift I'm doing timing chains on right now. After that I've got a few things to do on my Hudson. Then Saab 96 stuff. After all of that I am going to start on the Jag. Hope to have it on the road by April. Replying to @Rambler0155
alsancle avatar
· Jan 19
@59redwing   If you want something done give it to a busy man.  Keep us posted.  I'm a big fan of all the XK jags,  plus the X which you could buy with an E engine and a stick.
BuickGuy68 avatar
· Jan 19
@alsancle  Wow.  You made me go look up what that was.  You could get that beast with a stick?   Very cool.