Page 2 of 2
Re: BIL's XK project
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2020 11:42 am
by rodbargee
Re: BIL's XK project
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 4:52 pm
by rodbargee
Re: BIL's XK project
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 4:54 pm
by rodbargee
The upholsterer made a bollocks of it by spilling glue all over the front of the car so MY BIl will have to respray the bloody thing
It still stunningly good
Re: BIL's XK project
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 4:57 pm
by rodbargee
Hes doing a vesper at the momenta and a MGTF
Re: BIL's XK project
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 5:08 pm
by rodbargee
Re: BIL's XK project
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 5:15 pm
by Skub
Looks class,even to a non car loving Philistine such as moi.
Re: BIL's XK project
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 6:36 pm
by Zimbo
My dad restored one, hard top with an XK140 motor. It's a very beautiful car but it was hard to drive, steering column apparently from a WW2 armoured personal carrier and the steering wheel is so big there's no room between the bottom of the wheel and the seat base, only skinny people can drive it. Awful brakes but the motor makes good power and it sound awesome on open pipes! Astonishing job by your BIL, really good quality work.
Re: BIL's XK project
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 7:03 pm
by Rockburner
That's bloody lovely that is.
Re: BIL's XK project
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:46 pm
by rodbargee
Zimbo wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 6:36 pm
My dad restored one, hard top with an XK140 motor. It's a very beautiful car but it was hard to drive, steering column apparently from a WW2 armoured personal carrier and the steering wheel is so big there's no room between the bottom of the wheel and the seat base, only skinny people can drive it. Awful brakes but the motor makes good power and it sound awesome on open pipes! Astonishing job by your BIL, really good quality work.
brakes sorted as now discs installed acceptable restomod
Re: BIL's XK project
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 10:40 am
by Supermofo
Only echoing what I said before. A stunning car. Top work.
Re: BIL's XK project
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 10:59 am
by Rockburner
Just to add, that the photos of the interior especially are bringing up loads of old memories I have of playing 'cars' in my Dad's XK120 while it was languishing in the garage while we were growing up. We loved playing in that car, the smell inside was like nothing else, leather, oil, wood..... I never knew the car while it was running sadly.
