help ID'ing e-type bits?

[eschneider]

Acquired these from a farmer who was cleaning out his barn and didn't want to throw them away. According to him, some bits are e-type jag, other bits are MGB..... I know nothing about e-types / xke's

 

[jessebogan]

Item number 1 part of the bonnet mounting Etype (broken)
2 Heater air inlet, from bonnet to heater box
Etype
3 Part of front suspension arm Etype
4 Headlamp chrome trim "crows foot" Etype

5 Ruined "amco bar: front of Etype
6 Heater pipe from bulkhead Etype
7 Possibly torsion bar? Etype (is it a heavy solid bar?)
8 Etype roadster trunk hinges

I would pitch #1 and #5, the rest might be worth something to someone.
So what do I win??

 

[eschneider]

So what do I win??

You win your choice of #1 or #5.... <grin>

#6 seems more like an anti-sway bar...? it's heavy and solid.
#7 is some kind of torsion bar. It's heavy and splined.
#5 seemed more like some kind of bonnet reinforcement bit...?

Thanks for the help!

 

[jessebogan]

OK, rear sway bar it is. The Amco bar went between the bumper over- riders to protect the nose. They were a popular aftermarket accessory. There was another part of #3 that attached to the torsion bar that held the balljoint and so on. Only about 19,992 parts to go to get your own E type!!

 

[DrEntropy]

They were a popular aftermarket accessory.

And would do MORE damage if hit than if they weren't there.

 

[Don_Neff]

Items #8 are the counter balance springs for the hood/bonnet. Gas struts weren't being used by Jag in those days.

 

[jessebogan]

ooops