Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

I almost bought a 1974 XKE convertible, then I got married instead. I finally bought a 1976 Formula 400, first new car. Check out the hair!
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That’s a classic. Car ain’t bad either.

 

[Buppies]

Enzo Ferrari was said to have cried when he saw the XKE beautiful was his only word

 

[RoyJackson]

Hope wifey feels better Roy

So do I...
She's trying to do more then (IMHO) she's ready to do...plus, probably a cold too. Both she and I

Drew- glad your kitchen did not catch fire.

Dftodd- how poorly made that the element cracked like that?

Last time I saw a heating element break was due to age and impact. Seems like yours had neither, maybe a factory defect.

My grandfather had Jag mk7 with the burl wood tray tables and a silver tissue holder in the back.
He got rid of it as maintenance was so expensive.
Had two gas tanks and fillers. Fun English designs of the era.
Fun as a kid to have pretend classy picnics in the back.
Looked like this one, might even have been this color:
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I almost bought a Mark II sedan...my favorite Jag sedan. This was when I was stationed in Naples, Italy

Had an E-Type for several years...beautiful coupe

Enzo Ferrari was said to have cried when he saw the XKE beautiful was his only word

They were up to 1968...they lost the headlight shroud (probably the wrong word) then. Fortunately, the bumpers weren't the hideous ones in later years.

The '68'salso had the 4.2 liter engines which didn't have the redline of the earlier 3.7 engines

 

[toppop52]

This like the ‘74 I nearly bought. I planned to fix the stupid bumpers.

 

[Alien]

Drew- glad your kitchen did not catch fire.

Dftodd- how poorly made that the element cracked like that?

Last time I saw a heating element break was due to age and impact. Seems like yours had neither, maybe a factory defect.

My grandfather had Jag mk7 with the burl wood tray tables and a silver tissue holder in the back.
He got rid of it as maintenance was so expensive.
Had two gas tanks and fillers. Fun English designs of the era.
Fun as a kid to have pretend classy picnics in the back.
Looked like this one, might even have been this color:
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I actually owned a Mk7 for a while.I liked the walnut dash and the little fold down tool kit in the drivers door. Mine was grey.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

It’s not a Ron picture, but the moon is bright tonight.

And got audio working on the computer finally. Missing one driver.

 

[daugen]

Hippy.

takes one to know one....

 

[daugen]

Roy, that car looks really close, the last one they had was a deep burgundy,
that paint was so rich it looked like you could squeeze wine out of it.

I remember playing with the hood ornament, the Leaper.
I had one of those on my 2004 XJR. That was the last of the classic Jags, though many would say these older models
were the classic ones. Now it was a little leaper and while it didn't disappear it was held down by a spring mechanism that allowed it to be moved around a little.

 

[Popgadget]

When I was about 18, I bought an early 60’s Mk II sedan. It had a 3.4 liter engine with a burnt valve. I did a valve job on it and drove it for several years. It had the tables and all the wood that drew described. It was a great car to drive, and even with Lucas and Smith’s electrics was quite reliable.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 42ºF for the start, clear sky, light breeze. Windy day today, sky remain clear, and high temp was 69ºF, DP 41ºF. Rain tomorrow night more cold this week and next. Bike ride to beat the worst of the wind still had .93 mile wind penalty. Putter after that nap after lunch. Need to get wood wagon and wheel barrow filled for cold coming.
Jim I never heard of anyone trying that here in the states.
James that is cold
Roy sorry to hear wife no feeling good. Hope you get your dump run completed.
Bill glad not much in side effects yet on poke #2
Buppies rain in forecast here Wednesday night, amounts have shrunk daily now down to .25.
Don There are a few stations up here that are 2.95 to 2.999 per gal. Do the potatoes get affected while in ground or is it just the foliage can't freeze
Randy good to hear you are getting a warm up.
Billy glad to hear got a good day, sorry about the aches and pains.
Drew good luck with Genesis fix.
Ken sorry about losing the ash trees, hope you can find something to replace them. nice pic
Paul sorry about the winds, glad trip was safe although slow. Prayers for wisdom to deal with Emily.
RNG hope plenty snow fell. Glad touring bike ready to go again, Hope you can find the info you need to make decision on van plates
Dftodd well said.
PJ bet showering in dark not fun. Glad leak easy fix. I was trying to be sarcastic with fin Butt-head not the most complimentary name.
David hope progress goes well.
Drew grat story
Dftodd we have had elements fail but none break. You handled it very well.
Ken neat story.
Dennis hope you find the trick to get sound working hope it no old driver that system will try and update. Hope you get late fee squared away.
Chris thanks for link, nice guitar work.
Drew thanks for the coffee info.
Randy nice hair neat car also
Rich that is crazy about the oil.
Roy beauty of a car.
Randy you don't like the bumper?
Dennis glad you found issue, wonder why driver was missing?
Paul neat story. Lucas electrics working, that is quite the story
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, /mom recovery, living alone, Bird/aging issues/, Don/knee recovery, /mom's pipeline process, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's FIL death /new cancer surgeries /cataract surgery, Roy/ palpitations, /angina, /shoulder, wife/ankle recovery, Billy /wife fall, David(moss) /remodel /divorce, Buppies/surgery infection, Thomas/gout, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted/knee recovery/retirement, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes /rib, Ken/aunt fall injuries, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery follow up, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/injuries from fall, Paul/ wife's disc issues /dog seizure, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /nephew - Covid /5 year plan, Dennis/ brother "alligallyitus" and improving, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.