29th January 2009, 18:00
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29th January 2009, 18:11
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29th January 2009, 20:49
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29th January 2009, 22:23
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There had been some discussion about the Lancia's military wheels. Perhaps you could persuade Mr. Ghosh to share more info on how the Lancia acquired its steel rims and other interesting details. I'm sure there are interesting stories behind each of the cars you shared pictures of. Although your Jag is not in the country do please post its pictures with more info on your experiences. Thanks for sharing | |
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29th January 2009, 22:31
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29th January 2009, 22:52
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29th January 2009, 23:51
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30th January 2009, 08:09
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Love to share all this "eye candy" Here's a few more photos of my visit. RE the Buick: The condition is such at this point it is hard to determine the correct age. Once things slow down Sanjay is going to locate the serial # located on the front left side of the frame. the Buick club of America have a resource library that hopefully can provide more light on the car. A similar Buick was at the 08 Delhi Statesman Rally. I have photos of most of the cars and made a DVD movie of the event. All my photos were high resolution and hard to post. I am trying to figure how reduce them and be able to post. RE the Lancia: Sanjay had done up another Lancia three years ago which came with the same wheels. his comment to me was that the original wire wheels were not that suitable for the rough country roads and that these wheels were an option that was available. Would suggest you contact his son Billy, who handles all the high tech stuff. "rajivautocentre@yahoo.co.in" RE the my MK11 -340: Have some great shots but not sure if I can post them, I wiil try. Cheers | |
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30th January 2009, 08:48
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My favorite is his Auburn that was a basket case but nothing like his MG - TC that a junk yard would have turned away. I have a number of photos of his cars and if we are lucky they can be up-loaded If not I will take some low res photos this week-end. My photos failed to up-loadhttp://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/Frustration.gif Cheers | |
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30th January 2009, 09:16
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30th January 2009, 10:53
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30th January 2009, 11:12
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30th January 2009, 16:23
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-Will have to check on which photos I might have sent you of Partho's cars. -The XK-120 belongs to Sanjay and is being finished up. The color is green. -Our car is an automatic, lots of Grace, less Pace, however on an early morning run on our 401 to a city 200 miles away I let the reins out and was very comfortably driving slightly over 120 mph without being on the floor. I must have driven 30-40 miles, ever on the lookout for "Smokey the Bear" with his radar gun. and then backed off to about 80. -SOME MORE BACK GROUND ON THE 340S First off, my wife Jharna, has been as much an enthusiast as I !!! Two years after we had purchased it and had started competing as well as driving it, we became a little tired of having to re-detail it. I saw another 340, identical to ours except 4 on the floor. Sooooooooo we sold our Toyota Celica and pppurchased it, "One for Show & One for Go". We sold the stick shift about 2 years later to make room for a big Chev station wagon. I did miss the stick shift as it was an entirely different pussy cat! IT HAD TEETH! The 340 Model ended up the production run of the MK2 series, The 67/68 240 & 340 were entry level models with vinyl "Amblia" uphostry that has stood the test of time, no back seat trays, the quality of burl varied and no driving lights. They could be special ordered. Most of the 340s were export models going to Canada. Production of the MK2's various models was over 90,000 units, the 340 series of which about 3000 were built, only 535 were l.h.d cars making it the rarest of the entire series. A nice change was using the slim line bumpers from the 3.8s. Ours being one of the last built they started using other parts, such as the high compression heads off of the XK Series, The normal looped wool carpets with piping were changed from #468 on-wards with the use of die cut carpeting material, developed for the new XJ-6 yet to be introduced. I found this all out as a result of Judges questioning these items as "original" and was able to clarify these and other points through the Daimler-Jaguar Trust in England. In competing for a N.A. Trophy the score sheets are 3 pages, marking is out of 1000 pts. and then brought down to 100. Unbelievably detailed, I don't think another club is comparable. For example in the engine compartment, if the hose clips are not original 1 pt is deducted up to a max of about 3 or 4 pts. Every year we find about 10 100 pt cars. Growing concern that cars were being restored to higher standards than those coming out of the factory lead to establishing PRESERVATION CLASS #18, now #19, open to any Jaguar over 20 years old, thereby encouraging collectors to value originality and appreciate the patina of life. Our car is the only one to be competitive competitively in both classes to date. We can't take much credit other than being in the right place at the right time, and having the foresight, and my wife encouragement, to dip into our savings to purchase it, and then to fastidiously look after it and enjoy it for 30 years. WOULD SUGGEST YOU CHECK OUT "JCNA" ON GOOGLE, ITS AN AWSOME SITE AND NOW BEING AN INDIA COMPANY !!!!!! My hat goes off to those collectors who breath life into cars on their way to the junk yard. Following are photos of the 30 Buick I saw at the Delhi Statesman and one of most favorite photos taken at a works out side of Delhi, Last edited by john a milne : 30th January 2009 at 16:27. Reason: some typos | |
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30th January 2009, 16:28
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-Will have to check on which photos I might have sent you of Partho's cars. -The XK-120 belongs to Sanjay and is being finished up. The color is green. -Our car is an automatic, lots of Grace, less Pace, however on an early morning run on our 401 to a city 200 miles away I let the reins out and was very comfortably driving slightly over 120 mph without being on the floor. I must have driven 30-40 miles, ever on the lookout for "Smokey the Bear" with his radar gun. and then backed off to about 80. -SOME MORE BACK GROUND ON THE 340S First off, my wife Jharna, has been as much an enthusiast as I !!! Two years after we had purchased it and had started competing as well as driving it, we became a little tired of having to re-detail it. I saw another 340, identical to ours except 4 on the floor. Sooooooooo we sold our Toyota Celica and pppurchased it, "One for Show & One for Go". We sold the stick shift about 2 years later to make room for a big Chev station wagon. I did miss the stick shift as it was an entirely different pussy cat! IT HAD TEETH! The 340 Model ended up the production run of the MK2 series, The 67/68 240 & 340 were entry level models with vinyl "Amblia" uphostry that has stood the test of time, no back seat trays, the quality of burl varied and no driving lights. They could be special ordered. Most of the 340s were export models going to Canada. Production of the MK2's various models was over 90,000 units, the 340 series of which about 3000 were built, only 535 were l.h.d cars making it the rarest of the entire series. A nice change was using the slim line bumpers from the 3.8s. Ours being one of the last built they started using other parts, such as the high compression heads off of the XK Series, The normal looped wool carpets with piping were changed from #468 on-wards with the use of die cut carpeting material, developed for the new XJ-6 yet to be introduced. I found this all out as a result of Judges questioning these items as "original" and was able to clarify these and other points through the Daimler-Jaguar Trust in England. In competing for a N.A. Trophy the score sheets are 3 pages, marking is out of 1000 pts. and then brought down to 100. Unbelievably detailed, I don't think another club is comparable. For example in the engine compartment, if the hose clips are not original 1 pt is deducted up to a max of about 3 or 4 pts. Every year we find about 10 100 pt cars. Growing concern that cars were being restored to higher standards than those coming out of the factory lead to establishing PRESERVATION CLASS #18, now #19, open to any Jaguar over 20 years old, thereby encouraging collectors to value originality and appreciate the patina of life. Our car is the only one to be competitive competitively in both classes to date. We can't take much credit other than being in the right place at the right time, and having the foresight, and my wife encouragement, to dip into our savings to purchase it, and then to fastidiously look after it and enjoy it for 30 years. WOULD SUGGEST YOU CHECK OUT "JCNA" ON GOOGLE, ITS AN AWSOME SITE AND NOW BEING AN INDIA COMPANY !!!!!! My hat goes off to those collectors who breath life into cars on their way to the junk yard. Following are photos of the 30 Buick I saw at the Delhi Statesman and one of most favorite photos taken at a works out side of Delhi, | |
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30th January 2009, 16:41
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