Im looking for an appropriate plate name for the cat…nothing too cute or
strange but a name that will convey the spirit of a Jaguar …no more than 7
digits…anyone have any good suggestions… Pete Willetts
Today I looked at a car with a friend, and all of the internals in the
distributor were toasted. The low-tension lead had melted, as had the lead
from condensor to the points. The external wiring to the distributor looked
fine, though the main coil lead also had been melted or at least was pretty
darn scorched at the coil.
Any thoughts on what might cause such havoc in the distributor?
Roger Los
4 POINT 2 (or 3 POINT 8)-----Original Message-----
From: owner-e-type@jag-lovers.org [mailto:owner-e-type@jag-lovers.org] On
Behalf Of PWilletts@aol.com
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 1:17 AM
To: e-type@jag-lovers.org
Subject: [E-Type] License plate suggestions…
Im looking for an appropriate plate name for the cat…nothing too cute or
strange but a name that will convey the spirit of a Jaguar …no more than
7
digits…anyone have any good suggestions… Pete Willetts
NOUCANT
TAIL (I like this one if you only have to have a single plate [in the back]
in your state, works on several levels, heh)
MOSS (if a 3.8)
3 SU
265 HP (OK, so that’s a stretch)
BTDC
BOILING
LUCASS (gotta be worth a shot)
GRRRRR
MIDLIFE (if appropriate)
SINGLE (if appropriate)
[one of the famous E registration numbers appropriate to your vintage, ie,
9600HP, though some states won’t let you get a custom plate which looks like
a genuine state number–you couldn’t request 123 ABC or ABC 123 in this
state, for example. I think they do that to prevent people from making fake
truck, exempt, or state patrol plates–though I have seen the plate EXEMPT
(heh) here in WA]
[your car number, ie, 876073 or whatever]
–Roger, who’s simply going to find a '61 or '62 Washington license plate,
which is allowed, I believe, when you register your car as an antique.-----Original Message-----
From: owner-e-type@jag-lovers.org [mailto:owner-e-type@jag-lovers.org]On
Behalf Of Erik Koik
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 2:31 AM
To: e-type@jag-lovers.org
Subject: RE: [E-Type] License plate suggestions…
4 POINT 2 (or 3 POINT 8)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-e-type@jag-lovers.org [mailto:owner-e-type@jag-lovers.org] On
Behalf Of PWilletts@aol.com
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 1:17 AM
To: e-type@jag-lovers.org
Subject: [E-Type] License plate suggestions…
Im looking for an appropriate plate name for the cat…nothing too cute or
strange but a name that will convey the spirit of a Jaguar …no more than
7
digits…anyone have any good suggestions… Pete Willetts
Hi Roger
This sounds like the old, “I fitted a Blaster coil without a ballast
resister in the line?”
Hope it helps
Regards
John J. Black
@John_Black
http://www.classicjaguar.com----------
From: Roger Los roger@los.com
To: e-type@jag-lovers.org
Subject: [E-Type] Fried distributor
Date: Monday, July 12, 1999 12:32 AMToday I looked at a car with a friend, and all of the internals in the
distributor were toasted. The low-tension lead had melted, as had the
lead
from condensor to the points. The external wiring to the distributor
looked
fine, though the main coil lead also had been melted or at least was
pretty
darn scorched at the coil.Any thoughts on what might cause such havoc in the distributor?
Roger Los
It may not be appropriate for you but I play the bagpipes and we tune the
drones to the “E” note so naturally my plate reads “PIPERS E”. I have a
friend in the UK who told me the lengths that folks there will go to to get
custom plates. It’s a real big deal over there. He said that people will
pay thousands of pounds to “buy” the right to vanity plates. I didn’t
believe him so he sent me a newspaper article that showed a car with the
plate “BO55” or boss. The owner put it on the market for 200,000 pounds and
ended up getting 225,000 pounds. Unbelievable.
-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of PWilletts@aol.com
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 1:17 AM
To: e-type@jag-lovers.org
Subject: [E-Type] License plate suggestions…Im looking for an appropriate plate name for the cat…nothing too cute or
strange but a name that will convey the spirit of a Jaguar …no more than
7
digits…anyone have any good suggestions… Pete Willetts
If the car is red:
HOT CAT
RED HOT
YEEOW (not really color related)
For the indifferent:
HO HUM
GOT MINE
PAID 4
For the scoff laws:
CMEXLR8 (See me accelerate)
C MY TAIL
2 FAST 4 U
For the gutsy:
BYE OFCR
6ULDV8 (Sexual Deviate; not Jaguar related but clever)
Cute (but maybe too cute)
KWIKAT (Quick Cat)
SLEEK 1
B S AND T (Blood, Sweat and Tears)
TLC (Tender Loving Care)
PAMPERED
If married
HIS
NOT HERS
Craig
'71 V12 2+2
'72 V12 OTS
Roger Los wrote:
Today I looked at a car with a friend, and all of the internals in the
distributor were toasted. The low-tension lead had melted, as had the lead
from condensor to the points. The external wiring to the distributor looked
fine, though the main coil lead also had been melted or at least was pretty
darn scorched at the coil.Any thoughts on what might cause such havoc in the distributor?
Sure, Roger, although my purpose here is to say some outlandishly stupid things
that will provoke the real experts to enter the discussion. My scenario is
this: The condensor shorted out internally, which brought the car to a quick
halt since there would no longer be a spark. The disgusted driver continued to
crank the engine hoping that something magic would happen, or maybe he just
left the ignition on while he walked for help. In either case the battery was
shorted through the primary wiring and the lead to the condensor which (I
imagine) could melt the wires in a matter of seconds…
OK, where did I screw up?
Randall
Lots of luck. All the cute ones are taken. You could try Grrrrrrr?
Joan Gleadle----- Original Message -----
From: PWilletts@aol.com
To: e-type@jag-lovers.org
Sent: Sunday, July 11, 1999 10:17 PM
Subject: [E-Type] License plate suggestions…
Im looking for an appropriate plate name for the cat…nothing too cute
or
strange but a name that will convey the spirit of a Jaguar …no more
than 7
digits…anyone have any good suggestions… Pete Willetts
I sorta thought it might be a bum condensor, too, but have never seen a
meltdown like that. Points weren’t melted shut or anything, but everything
else was toast. Burned toast.
–Roger-----Original Message-----
From: owner-e-type@jag-lovers.org [mailto:owner-e-type@jag-lovers.org]On
Behalf Of Randall Carlson
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 3:22 PM
To: e-type@jag-lovers.org
Subject: Re: [E-Type] Fried distributor
Roger Los wrote:
Today I looked at a car with a friend, and all of the internals in the
distributor were toasted. The low-tension lead had melted, as had the lead
from condensor to the points. The external wiring to the distributor
looked
fine, though the main coil lead also had been melted or at least was
pretty
darn scorched at the coil.Any thoughts on what might cause such havoc in the distributor?
Sure, Roger, although my purpose here is to say some outlandishly stupid
things
that will provoke the real experts to enter the discussion. My scenario is
this: The condensor shorted out internally, which brought the car to a quick
halt since there would no longer be a spark. The disgusted driver continued
to
crank the engine hoping that something magic would happen, or maybe he just
left the ignition on while he walked for help. In either case the battery
was
shorted through the primary wiring and the lead to the condensor which (I
imagine) could melt the wires in a matter of seconds…
OK, where did I screw up?
Randall
Hi, Roger -
Sounds as though the capacitor (condenser) suffered a rare failure -
internal short, such that it drew full current from the battery through the
ignition switch through the primary winding of the ignition coil to ground
in the distributor. Unusual, but not unheard of. I’d suspect that the
ignition switch contacts were at least suspect, too. Something in this
link had to eventually break!
Messy, but if that’s all that’s wrong, worth considering!
Good luck!
Larry Schear
Twin Cam, Inc.
At 10:32 PM 7/11/99 -0700, you wrote:>Today I looked at a car with a friend, and all of the internals in the
distributor were toasted. The low-tension lead had melted, as had the lead
from condensor to the points. The external wiring to the distributor looked
fine, though the main coil lead also had been melted or at least was pretty
darn scorched at the coil.Any thoughts on what might cause such havoc in the distributor?
Roger Los
BO55 huh???
I don’t think they paid for BOSS espically if they were English.
Could it really be more like BOFF??
You know, like shagg.
Bert
Purrrrr
Scat
Fastcat
???-----Original Message-----
From: PWilletts@aol.com PWilletts@aol.com
To: e-type@jag-lovers.org e-type@jag-lovers.org
Date: Sunday, July 11, 1999 10:47 PM
Subject: [E-Type] License plate suggestions…
Im looking for an appropriate plate name for the cat…nothing too cute
or
strange but a name that will convey the spirit of a Jaguar …no more than
7
digits…anyone have any good suggestions… Pete Willetts
At 10:39 PM 7/12/99 -0700, Pete wrote:=============================
Im looking for an appropriate plate name for the cat…
=============================
This doesn’t apply for an E-Type, however, it may be found amusing. Here
in the Washington Post there is a weekly transportation column called Dr.
Gridlock. Occasionally Dr. Gridlock prints a license plat and ask the
readers to guess the car it was found on. The latest: ----" 1 DIV 0
"----- (quotes not included). Can anyone guess this car? (no one in the
Washington area allowed to answer).
Interesting aside: the car this plate appeared on was correctly guessed by
the Judge Lyndquest, Chief Justice of the US.
R. Greg Lovingfoss
Maryland
64’ SI FHC - driver
64’ SI OTS - work-in-progress
OK, this is the first time I’m posting here, but maybe I can help with some
(hopefully) clever suggestions for vanity plates for Jag E-Types. My sum total
of mechanical knowledge of Jag’s amounts to less than most of you have forgotten
about these blessed, cursed machines. Nevertheless, I’m going to go out on a
limb here and make a fool of myself with a David Letterman style top ten list of
Jaguar E-Type suggested vanity plates, from the home office in (where else)
Coventry, England:
10- JAG HAG
9- PAWHOUSE
8- CAT LOVR
7- MICK JAGR
6- 9 LIVES
5- PURRFECT
4- NUTS R US
3- CRCT BRKR (that’s supposed to be circuit breaker, a little double entendre
2- SHAGUAR (Oops, that’s taken!)
and
1- PUSS E
All right, I know if I were standing in front of all of you, I’d be pelted with
tomatoes. But hey, since I’m not, here are two more bonus suggestions:
MOUSPLAY
IN HEAT (to be used in the summer)
John DeMasi
Revell Plastic Model, 1998
Erik Koik wrote:> 4 POINT 2 (or 3 POINT 8)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-e-type@jag-lovers.org [mailto:owner-e-type@jag-lovers.org] On
Behalf Of PWilletts@aol.com
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 1:17 AM
To: e-type@jag-lovers.org
Subject: [E-Type] License plate suggestions…Im looking for an appropriate plate name for the cat…nothing too cute or
strange but a name that will convey the spirit of a Jaguar …no more than
7
digits…anyone have any good suggestions… Pete Willetts
Must be an INFINITI!!! No, I am not from DC area, and didn’t see the column.
Just used my calculator to get the answer!
R. Greg Lovingfoss wrote:> At 10:39 PM 7/12/99 -0700, Pete wrote:
=============================
Im looking for an appropriate plate name for the cat…
=============================
This doesn’t apply for an E-Type, however, it may be found amusing. Here
in the Washington Post there is a weekly transportation column called Dr.
Gridlock. Occasionally Dr. Gridlock prints a license plat and ask the
readers to guess the car it was found on. The latest: ----" 1 DIV 0
"----- (quotes not included). Can anyone guess this car? (no one in the
Washington area allowed to answer).Interesting aside: the car this plate appeared on was correctly guessed by
the Judge Lyndquest, Chief Justice of the US.R. Greg Lovingfoss
Maryland
64’ SI FHC - driver
64’ SI OTS - work-in-progress
Here’s one more: IXLR8 (I accelerate)
Mike Meyer
'73 2+2
PS - for the V12 crowd: 5POINT3
It was BO55. Has Bruce Springsteen moved to the Isles? I can email a copy
of the article if anyone would like. Jack
I once saw a cool auto tag the state of Florida wouldn’t agree to, saying
it was too risque. This tag DOES seem to be available in other states
though. The tag read: FOR PLAY or 4 PLAY. I settled on 2 qwik 4 u while my
friend (with the same model car) had 2 qwik 4 U 2.
Keith
Pete Willetts said:
Im looking for an appropriate plate name for the cat…nothing too cute or
strange but a name that will convey the spirit of a Jaguar …no more than 7
digits…anyone have any good suggestions…
Pete,
If you reside in California, good luck! About 15 years ago, when we
were registering our 62 E, I tried all the obvious combinations of
jag, E, date, etc., (there was no way I was going to permit the E to
suffer the indignity of a "twee" or "cute" license plate) but found
that everything I was prepared to accept was already taken. Must be a
lot of Es in California. Maybe better luck if you are resident in a
state with a lower "e density" than here in CA.
(For high priced registration numbers, nothing beats Hong Kong where
both the prestige of a "significant" number is huge and of course, the
fact that some numbers are perceived as intrinsically "lucky" means
that the sky is the limit when bidding for these takes place.)
John.