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Old 11-24-2016, 02:28 PM
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Hello,

I am Gerard and I have a 1966 MK2 with a 3.8 MOD. We used to live in England and I went to the factory in Coventry to pick up this car together with my father in April of 1966. It sat stagnant in Pittsburgh for almost 12 years in his garage, when I began a long journey to bring it back to life. This is of course a continual process and I am now working on the wood and installing new carpet from Skinner in the UK.

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Old 11-24-2016, 03:11 PM
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Wow, Gerard,
What a Cool Jaguar! And you have a history with it! That's *Very* cool!

Welcome to the forums from ElinorB.
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Welcome aboard Gerard, an original purchase, bet you can't wait to drive it.
 
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Old 11-24-2016, 08:29 PM
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Welcome. Excellent story.
 
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Old 11-24-2016, 08:51 PM
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Oh I drive this as much as I can. I recall my father taking off the spat and putting on chains and we would be power sliding all the way up the mountain to get home. That LSD works great!

Here is a recent video of me going hard through the gears and coming onto the highway in a decent slide. I didn't want to go to fast on this stretch of highway but you can watch the tach and we are pushing her hard:


I am holding the camera so its a bit shaky..

Driven like its stolen!


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It wouldn't let me play!

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Old 11-24-2016, 09:35 PM
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Mea culpa. I made it public now
1962 Vespa Bought new by my dad.


, try it again.
 
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Welcome to the forum Gerard,

Good to have you with us at Jaguar forums.

There'll not be many of those still in the same family after fifty years.

Follow this link MKI / MKII S type 240 340 & Daimler - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum to the MK I/MK II forum for help, advice and information.
The 'HOW TO' thread at the top is a good place to start for information on regular issues.

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Welcome to the forum, very cool intro.
 
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Welcome.

Well done.
 
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welcome to the forum - enjoy!!
 
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Welcome to Jaguar Forums Gerard,

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