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It sure would be cool to own a real Offy. [/quote]

I don't think I have ever heard of anyone successfully using an Offy on the street so I'm sure the Jag will be much more streetable. It would look even more like a racing engine if you could replace those SU carbs with triple side-draft Webers though. $$$$

Originally Posted by Flipper_1938

... The jag is cool enough for my budget though and it was designed in the 40's.

Absolutely! If you look on that Miller site, there is a car called the "Sparks Thorne Little Six". That engine is almost a dead ringer for a Jag.

A friend of mine has a complete running Jag XJ-6. It is a rust-bucket P.O.S that is beyond saving, but the engine only has 27,000 miles on a complete overhaul and runs like a dream. This thread gives me ideas about what we could do with it...

RestoRod - There was a roadster in Street Rodder or Rod & Custom years ago that was using an Offy that had been de-tuned and carbureted for the street. Apparently it worked OK... Maybe somebdy else remembers it and can tell us more about it.

Originally Posted by J. Robinson

A friend of mine has a complete running Jag XJ-6. It is a rust-bucket P.O.S that is beyond saving, but the engine only has 27,000 miles on a complete overhaul and runs like a dream. This thread gives me ideas about what we could do with it...

Front and rear suspensions are also worth grabbing.

I'm hooked; keep it coming.

I didn't get nearly as much done as I had hoped.

The plywood sheet worked OK for mock-up, but it wasn't working well enough to build a real car.

I have a work bench that is almost big enough to build on, but it is buried under 4 years of grinder dust and misc accumulations. Half a day was spent cleaning off the table.

Finally got the table cleared an my subrails on the table. Table is about two feet too short for the body to fit. No problem. I built an outrigger to support the point of the boat tail.

Time to start building body structure out of 1x1. Square tubing may be great for building boxes, but it sucks for the complex shapes in this car. Got one hoop done in the rear body and tried to make a hoop for the cowl. Succeded in making lots of scrap out of 1x1 . On to plan B.

Make the cowl from 16 gauge flat sheet. This was my first real project with the horrible freight shrinker/stretcher. I think it went well. I think it would have been easier if I made my angle 1x1 instead of 1.5x1.5 (oh well).

Here are the pics.

I forgot to mention why the rear hoop is so far back. .....I think I cut the door opening too far forward.

I will wait until I get a little farther along before I finish out the door opening and seat area.

As it is now, it is a tight fit when you imagine pedals and a steering wheel. The current hoop allows the seat to come back 6 inches.

You have me hooked Flipper. Very innovative.

I have thought of just such a project myself. It will be a lot less stressful to follow you along than build it myself.

Tom

Originally Posted by 39Deluxe

I have thought of just such a project myself. It will be a lot less stressful to follow you along than build it myself.

Tom

This isn't stress. This is stress relief. You get to cut stuff up and beat on metal with hammers.

Its gonna be a long weekend If all goes well, I should be able to put in about 40 hours.

It should look a whole lot more like a real car after this weekend. .....that is, if I don't change my mind about what I'm building.....again.

Did some to the cowl today. Dash is gonna be high (33" from floor in center). I should be able to get away with a 4 inch tall windshield.

or however tall these little things are.



Dealing with dial-up at parent's house. Only three pics for now. Kinda hard to tell what is going on, but the body flares out at the dash. Dash is 49" at widest point. Firewall is 43" wide.

Datsun 260Z motor doesn't look too bad.....
http://motoringjstyle.blogspot.com/2...ooks-like.html

A few more

Originally Posted by techinspector1

Datsun 260Z motor doesn't look too bad.....
http://motoringjstyle.blogspot.com/2...ooks-like.html

That Z motor has been camoflaged.

....and besides, I already killed a decent jaguar for this project.

Originally Posted by Evolvo

Cool project. What's that red grill and headlight hiding in the background?
Alan

1938 Segrave fire truck.

There are also 1940, 1947, and 1950 models in there too. It was a kick I was on a couple of years ago.

Saturday morning, I played with a roll of masking tape.....trying to convince myself that the shape was right.