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All British Field Meet

Metal Thrasher

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Saturday was the All British Field Meet at Belevue Community College.
Not really an XJ event but there were quite e few XJs there..... XJ6, XJR, XJS....Jaguars of course. And one Jeep XJ used as an event vehicle:

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Of interest to those who are participating in the Timber Tamers' Trophy Challenge ( http://www.timbertamers.org/ttcw/new/ ) in September: Doug Shipman's rig. You'll be competeing against him.
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For those not familiar with Doug he is the guy who has run the Trophy Challenge in the Northen Oregon area for a few years. http://www.teamtrophychallenge.com/ He makes a living repairing and modifying Rovers... Preferably Series models.


One for Matt: Exxon always used the "tiger in your tank" slogon.... But here Gulf got the Tiger.
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And a car that could truly wear the Gulf racing colors but looks extremely sweet as is: (Original 1964 Ford GT40 - I believe the Lola body is what qualified it as a British car.)

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I usually attend, but I was at Naches this year. I heard Sunbeam was the featured marque...you know how much I like small sportscars with American V-8s in them. ;)

Dig the Gulf colors, too! What's the last car? Looks like a Miata with a bastardized GT40 front clip.... TR-8 maybe? :dunno:

EDIT: That is NOT a real car. Almost positive it's a TR-7/8 with some bodywork. NOT a Lola/GT of ANY sort.

-----Matt-----
 
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Oh yeah! I forgot why I took the pics. It's a TR7 with a body kit. There was a GT40 parked by the Sunbeams but I didn't take a pic of it... :twak:
 
Cool stuff.

I've got a Spitfire sitting around. I think an aluminum Rover V-8 in it might be kinda fun. Something to think about (what's another project, right?).
 
Megawatt said:
Cool stuff.

I've got a Spitfire sitting around. I think an aluminum Rover V-8 in it might be kinda fun. Something to think about (what's another project, right?).
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The All Triumph Drive In is August 11th in Vancouver BC. There will be a couple TRs stuffed full of V8 power. There was a guy at this Field Meet with a Chevy LS2 in a TR6, VERY nicely done.
 
Metal Thrasher said:
The All Triumph Drive In is August 11th in Vancouver BC. There will be a couple TRs stuffed full of V8 power. There was a guy at this Field Meet with a Chevy LS2 in a TR6, VERY nicely done.
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There was a guy in Issaquah a while back with a TR-3A that had a beatifully swapped 289 in it. Car was amazing. Of course you know how I feel about small sports cars with big American V-8s:

http://www.pnwjeep.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8068

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-----Matt-----
 
IXNAYXJ said:
There was a guy in Issaquah a while back with a TR-3A that had a beatifully swapped 289 in it. Car was amazing.
-----Matt-----
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That settles it then....it's getting a small block.

-and a bigger rear axle

-and a Tremec 5-speed

-and chassis work

-buttload O'money

Anybody want to buy a Jeep? (j/k)
 
IXNAYXJ said:
Don't you have a half-built bitchin' Camaro to finish? :dunce:
-----Matt-----
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When I drive past the kids, they all spit and cuss,
Because I've got a BITCHIN CAMARO and they have to ride the bus.

Dead Milkmen > *.*
 
IXNAYXJ said:
Don't you have a half-built bitchin' Camaro to finish? :dunce:
-----Matt-----
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Uhhh....yes.:eyes:

The Camaro will be finished first of course. Trust me, my wife is really good a reminding me about getting my projects done.

The Spitfire is more of a........long term project.
 
IXNAYXJ said:
Good answer.

In other British car news, the 1.6 motor we got out of the new Miata donor car is going to go into my buddy's MGB GT. Side-draft webers and the whole shooting match. That will be a fun little sleeper!

-----Matt-----
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That will be really cool with the carbs. Most people probably won't even know its not stock.
 
But that 1800 is such a sweet engine. All torque no revs. Reminds me of another engine closer to the XJ heart. :) Maybe put the old engine in a Samurai or something. Seriously go for it. Have to say that having a piston crown separate at 112 mph on the M1 in my B is not one of my favorite memories and it certainly did not impress the girl I was with.

 
nickguy said:
But that 1800 is such a sweet engine. All torque no revs. Reminds me of another engine closer to the XJ heart. :) Maybe put the old engine in a Samurai or something. Seriously go for it. Have to say that having a piston crown separate at 112 mph on the M1 in my B is not one of my favorite memories and it certainly did not impress the girl I was with.
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:roflmao:

The B motor isn't really all that bad, and I talked him out of trying to put a C's 6 cylinder in. :puke:

He only paid a couple thousand dollars for the car and it's International Distress Orange, but it is a chrome bumper car, thank god. The 1600 should be a fun project, and a good excuse to exorcise the lingering hauntings of the Prince of Darkness. I had to drive home one night in that car with no headlights...my first real experience with a British car. :rolleyes:

He'll probably just keep the 1800 and make a coffee table out of it, just in case he wants to put it back in someday.

-----Matt-----
 
Actually I love the B engine. It is so simple and was a workhorse. It the b was really the poor man's etype. To this day I can balance twin su's at 20 paces. I loved the electric overdrive and all that torque. Personally I would keep the 1800. It matches everything else on the car so well. I was just reading that the MGB V8 only got 137 hp as opposed to 150 for the C six and 95 for the 4. Pretty awful huh? Presume all that is sans emissions. Anyway great car interesting project. Good luck. Pity that an XJ 4.0l
would be a nightmare to install and would probably collapse the front suspension.

http://www.realdriver.com/mg/mgc.html
 
nickguy said:
To this day I can balance twin su's at 20 paces.
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You just made it into my address book! If there is one thing I really have problems with it is carb sync. When the TR3B resides in my garage I will keep your number handy!
 
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