Each year the Jaguar Association of New England (JANE) hosts a JCNA judged show at the lakeside Sturbridge Hotel in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Mark IV XK 120, XK 140, XK 150 Mark II, 3.4S There was only one Mark II in attendance – a 1961 model – and a 1966 3.4S......
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Keeping track of it all
Every car has thousands of parts – 5,000 to 10,000 is typical – from large to small, from generic to highly proprietary, made out of various metals, plastics, and other materials. A complete disassembly obviously takes what was once a coherent whole and deconstructs the car down into pieces that......
A visit to the blaster
When the body shell, doors, bonnet, and trunk lid are all entirely stripped of chrome, insulation, wiring, and mounted components, the plan is to send the sheet metal (and other large parts like the fuel tank) off to a local blaster. Media blasting uses air pressure to propel granular material,......