That vulcan...

I'm sure Sir Frank Whittle will be thrilled at your assessment.
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"Sorry old chap, we don't see any need for your little engine."

 

Rank amateur, stole all his ideas from the Krauts I expect

 

Indeed I have, but that's only coz it's been pissing down and I've been
stuck inside waiting for a fucking builder.


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They only had to fly alongside a Russian bomber to make them turn away. It
was all a game.

I know and we don't seem to have moved on *that* much.


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You forgot the most plentiful element. Rust.


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I thought he died in a helicopter crash?

 

Beav was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

He's probably in the same pub as the courier and the gardener I've
recently been waiting for.

The barstewards.

 

Nine months and counting. The **** keeps coming doing a bit here and a bit
there and he's reached the point where he's "almost" finished, but that
could mean the times between visits just gets longer.

I got my money back off him though, so the job will be a freebie when it's
done.

An understatement when referring to my barsteward.


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Scraggy says...

All E-Types are softies to drive, for sheer exhilaration and being
scared out of your skin whenever the brakes or steering are needed you
should try an XK120 Roadster.

 

I had an XK120.[1] Twin track[2]
http://www.army.mod.uk/img/7brigade/Units/scimitar.jpg

[1]Actually, eight of them.
[2]They do a good 'stoppie', tad unnerving if a chap's not expecting it.

 

Scraggy says...

Scimitars had a 4.2L Jaguar engine, which first made an appearance in
the 1964 series 1 E-Type and was latterly used in the XJ Series. The
XK120 used the earlier 3.4L engine, which some regard as being smoother
and sweeter.

 

Yeah? It wouldn't do 50+mph cross country though, well, not for long anyway.
Out of interest, where did the extra capacity come from altering the stroke
or a bore-out?

 

Scraggy says...

Over-bored to 92.07mm from 83mm

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lozzo

Please, I beg of you, please tell me you had to look that up.

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Wicked Uncle Nigel says...

I knew the 3.4 was 83mm, but had to check on the 4.2 figure. I did know
they shared the same crank also.

 

See, I didn't know that. When we got them, the word was 'based on the XK120
engine'.
After 30 years it is apparent that only 'XK120' stuck.

Ta.