Jaguar V12/1932 Ford Hotrod...

[Sherlock]

You read right... At a local show I saw a 1932 Ford hotrod, powered by a Jaguar V12! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

A link to a large sized version... https://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=151685216&size=o

I never got a chance to talk to the owner, but it would have to be a custom frame, but even still is a chassis that short up to the job? It was certainly the talk of the show...

 

[Andrew Mace]

Wow!

Guess it was only a matter of time...hot rods have been using Jag E-Type rear ends for 40 years or more.

Sure looks like a really "sanitary" machine, though!

 

[SteveL]

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You read right... At a local show I saw a 1932 Ford hotrod, powered by a Jaguar V12!

I never got a chance to talk to the owner, but it would have to be a custom frame, but even still is a chassis that short up to the job? It was certainly the talk of the show...

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Wouldn't have to be a custom frame, just boxed and fully
welded would be strong enough to put up with the V12...
The early frames are made with "real steel" afterall...

SteveL

 

[kennypinkerton]

Looks more like a sanitarium machine to me. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devilgrin.gif

But very good wrenching going on there! Alot better than seeing a small block chevy powered XJS. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Somewhere here I have a picture of a Viper V-10 powered XJS - neat car and builder...

...But, the guy that built that rod has way more of my respect. Looks like an awsome machine!

 

[TRMark]

Finally a duece worth looking at. The stuff around here is usually fiberglass (Jag powered may be also) with a Chevrolet 350/350 powertrain. I don't take the time to even look. There are several suppliers of new chassis for hot rods. If you pick up a copy of any of the rod mags, you will see all kinds of cool stuff ($).

 

[Bruce Bowker]

Saw a Cobra with a V12 once. Impressive engine in any car.

Bruce