John:
i would pay the shop to put 200 miles on it before you get there.
change all the fluids.
fill the trunk with spares: coil, plugs, points, fuel pump.
install all new belts and keep the old ones for spares.
the same with the hoses.
ron rader
1950 FHC
In reply to a message from Knight Martorell sent Tue 2 Nov 2010:
K,
It’s a 1954 OTS that was nut & bolt restored (done professionally & right)
18 years ago… Much of that restoration still looks fresh as the owner
appears to have been a fanatic about the car.
Anyway, it’s an OTS with full weather equipment. The Jaguar shop that
restored/maintains it says the only risk is that it has done very few miles
in the last few years (owner passed away). It had a full, exhaustive tuneup
last spring.
Tires are new Michelins & the car has about 40k odd miles on it.
Do you want to join me for the drive? Steak&lobster dinners but you have
to share a hotel room.
i would pay the shop to put 200 miles on it before you get there.
change all the fluids.
fill the trunk with spares:
coil, plugs, points, fuel pump.
install all new belts and keep the old ones for spares. the same with =
the hoses.
ron rader
1950 FHC
=A0
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:37 AM, John7 <bfeng7@yahoo.com> wrote:
In reply to a message from Knigh=
t Martorell sent Tue 2 Nov 2010:
K, It's a 1954 OTS that was =
nut & bolt restored (done professionally & right) 18 years ago... M=
uch of that restoration still looks fresh as the owner appears to have been=
a fanatic about the car.
Anyway, it's an OTS with full weather equipment. The Jaguar shop th=
at restored/maintains it says the only risk is that it has done very few mi=
les in the last few years (owner passed away). It had a full, exhaustive tu=
neup last spring.
Tires are new Michelins & the car has about 40k odd miles on it. Do you want to join me for the drive? Steak&lobster dinners =A0but=
you have to share a hotel room.
rule of thumb on motorbike tyres is replace them after 5 years regardless of
miles
with 4 wheels, risk is reduced but you still need to be cautious with old
tyres no matter how good they look
I had chunks of tred fall off mine shortly after I begand driving it in 1996
how old are the tyres?
consider replacing them if more than 5 years old if you are going to be
driving at the speed limits
one of the group on the way to Franklin was driving a used E-type he had
just bought and ended up replacing all five tyres (one at a time) by the
time he got back home
In reply to a message from Bruce Cunningham sent Tue 2 Nov 2010:
Bruce,
Excellent advice.
I just checked and all fluids were replaced (including
brakes) 4 months ago. Tires are and those pretty Dayton’s
are 6 months old. You wouldn’t believe how many of the
XK120’s I’ve seen over the last 6 months that had old tires
that were covered with sidewall cracks. The dealers use some
kind of gloss black filler to make the pretty, but close
inspection always reveals they are too old to be safe.
Funny story. The owner was so obsessive that he wouldn’t let
any of his grown children drive the car. After he passed
away, it sat there in the garage for a while. Finally, one
son said it was time, sent it into S&S Specialties in
Cummin, IA, and seems to have given them carte blanc to put
the car back into good condition. It’s my impression they
did a very good job of going over everything. But, it’s a 56
old car so anything could break tomorrow.
Anyway, thanks for all the advice. I’m going to pack up a
decent tool kit (including my 18v LithiumIon impact driver).
I’ll expedite a shop and parts manual from somewhere, and I
think I’ll be all set other than a whole box of hand and
foot warmer packs.
John,
The Michelins are really nice tires and you are going to like them. I second
Bruce’s advice and don’t push the car on slick pavement.
Knight----- Original Message ----
From: John7 bfeng7@yahoo.com
To: xk@jag-lovers.org
Sent: Tue, November 2, 2010 4:23:16 PM
Subject: Re: [xk] driving a new car
In reply to a message from Bruce Cunningham sent Tue 2 Nov 2010:
Bruce,
Excellent advice.
I just checked and all fluids were replaced (including
brakes) 4 months ago. Tires are and those pretty Dayton’s
are 6 months old. You wouldn’t believe how many of the
XK120’s I’ve seen over the last 6 months that had old tires
that were covered with sidewall cracks. The dealers use some
kind of gloss black filler to make the pretty, but close
inspection always reveals they are too old to be safe.
Funny story. The owner was so obsessive that he wouldn’t let
any of his grown children drive the car. After he passed
away, it sat there in the garage for a while. Finally, one
son said it was time, sent it into S&S Specialties in
Cummin, IA, and seems to have given them carte blanc to put
the car back into good condition. It’s my impression they
did a very good job of going over everything. But, it’s a 56
old car so anything could break tomorrow.
Anyway, thanks for all the advice. I’m going to pack up a
decent tool kit (including my 18v LithiumIon impact driver).
I’ll expedite a shop and parts manual from somewhere, and I
think I’ll be all set other than a whole box of hand and
foot warmer packs.