OT:Prince Harry and the wedding car
05-19-2018, 06:14 PM
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OT:Prince Harry and the wedding car
Perfect taste in cars. Opalescent Blue covered headlight E-Type Jaguar for their drive to the reception.
Quite fabulous. As Enzo Ferrari said “ the most beautiful car in the world”.
My father who was an ex RAF WW2 Mosquito fighter/bomber pilot had a series of Jaguars ( sedans and E-types) when I was a young person and they were always opalescent blue with navy interior.
Unfortunately, I was never allowed to drive the E-Types but the 420 G made quite on impression on the young ladies.
Quite fabulous. As Enzo Ferrari said “ the most beautiful car in the world”.
My father who was an ex RAF WW2 Mosquito fighter/bomber pilot had a series of Jaguars ( sedans and E-types) when I was a young person and they were always opalescent blue with navy interior.
Unfortunately, I was never allowed to drive the E-Types but the 420 G made quite on impression on the young ladies.
05-20-2018, 08:57 AM
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Drifting
Yeah but that's like dating a beautiful women that's a complete mute.
05-20-2018, 09:29 AM
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Interesting conversion as it was listed at a 1968 car which would be not have the covered headlights of the series 1, so it was a bit of a backdate to the earlier car....
05-21-2018, 07:27 PM
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No Lucas electric in that one!
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05-22-2018, 11:20 AM
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My father flew in RAF 107 Squadron (he was British and received his pilot training in Canada). He thought the Mosquito was a wonderful aircraft. Perhaps 107 Squadron was equipped with Mosquitos manufactured in Toronto? Out of approximately 6700 of all types built, over 1100 were built here.
The aircraft was designed by the engineering staff at the company’s head office in England and first flew in 1940. The Mosquito’s capabilities quickly demonstrated the need for more such aircraft, far more than could be produced at the Hatfield facility alone where German bombing raids were a constant threat. As a result, De Havilland’s Downsview plant (then located in the Township of North York) began building numerous variations of the original Mosquito fighter/bomber using sub-components supplied by a variety of local companies. These included fuselages produced in a factory at the northeast corner of the Dupont St. and Ossington Ave. intersection and wings made by Massey Harris in its Weston, Ont. plant. Between 1942 and 1945, a total of 1,133 Mosquitoes were built by De Havilland of Canada at its Downsview factory.
The aircraft was designed by the engineering staff at the company’s head office in England and first flew in 1940. The Mosquito’s capabilities quickly demonstrated the need for more such aircraft, far more than could be produced at the Hatfield facility alone where German bombing raids were a constant threat. As a result, De Havilland’s Downsview plant (then located in the Township of North York) began building numerous variations of the original Mosquito fighter/bomber using sub-components supplied by a variety of local companies. These included fuselages produced in a factory at the northeast corner of the Dupont St. and Ossington Ave. intersection and wings made by Massey Harris in its Weston, Ont. plant. Between 1942 and 1945, a total of 1,133 Mosquitoes were built by De Havilland of Canada at its Downsview factory.
06-01-2018, 12:02 AM
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it would be a shame to convert a flat floor covered headlight XKE jag.....
therefore, a 68 would make a great canidate.
The engines are not known to be a dream to work on, so i can see why it became an electric.
therefore, a 68 would make a great canidate.
The engines are not known to be a dream to work on, so i can see why it became an electric.