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Jaguar First Jaguar in High School

My First Jaguar in High School by Basil I have always loved British sports cars, especially Jaguars. I learned to drive backin 1966 in Bridgeport West Virginia in a 1960 Jag XK150 that belonged to a friend of the family (I was 12 years old)! Ever since then I longed to own a Jag of my own. One day, while driving down Hampton Bldv in Aurora, CO, I spotted a tan colored Jaguar XKE Coupe sitting at a service station with a FOR SALE sign in the rear window! I called the number and learned the car belonged to a couple who were selling it because they were expecting a new baby and needed a more practical car. What luck! I just happened to have had a 1963 Pontiac Catalina! I was only a junior in high school at the time (1971), but was able to...
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Jaguar Head Stud broken

You’ve just discovered there’s water seeping out the top of a head stud & to make life worse the stud has come apart from the base thread, so what are the options – remove the head & tap a thread into the top deck of the block, not the best option – expensive & time consuming, next option is to access the remaining thread via a welsh plug ( freeze plug) you could try & grind flat to drill and tap out the old thread but this again is time consuming & can be expensive & unfortunately some will try re welding – now that’s a real mess. Don’t despair there is hope with a fix I have done on my own engine (XJ6 S2) & others I call “The sandwich bolt”, this method works when you just need the problem fixed & back driving with a minimum of fuss &...
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Jaguar My First Jaguar

Submitted by @Basil I have always loved British sports cars, especially Jaguars. I learned to drive backin 1966 in Bridgeport West Virginia in a 1960 Jag XK150 that belonged to a friend of the family (I was 12 years old)! Ever since then I longed to own a Jag of my own. One day, while driving down Hampton Bldv in Aurora, CO, I spotted a tan colored Jaguar XKE Coupe sitting at a service station with a FOR SALE sign in the rear window! I called the number and learned the car belonged to a couple who were selling it because they were expecting a new baby and needed a more practical car. What luck! I just happened to have had a 1963 Pontiac Catalina! I was only a junior in high school at the time (1971), but was able to trade my Pontiac to...
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