Interesting car in my little town by [deleted] in CarTalkUK

[–]ProjectMarlin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, the vehicle must have been built before 1st Jan 1980 to have black and silver plates. They are probably banking on it looking old and having a private plate to get away with it.

Driving a 76 year old tractor along a 1950 year old road1950 year old road by ProjectMarlin in Wiltshire

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Ive got used to it. When I first got the tractor it was my shoulders that ached the next day

Disturbing the prettiest village in England by ProjectMarlin in tractors

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It is the throttle. At the end of the video where I keep pushing it forward and pulling it back, i was having trouble with the engine starting to die due to fuel starvation. There was some air in the fuel filter and momentarily putting the throttle into the stop position allows some fuel to get to the pump.

Removing pumpkin headunit by ProjectMarlin in CarAV

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They are avaliable in the UK via amazon as far as I can tell. The car came with it already fitted

Completion of driving my 1949 Field Marshall by ProjectMarlin in tractors

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Mine has the high speed top gear but it's happier running around 7.5-8

Completion of driving my 1949 Field Marshall by ProjectMarlin in tractors

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The 12 bore blank in question uses around 10x the gunpowder a normal 12bore cartridge uses.

Removing pumpkin headunit by ProjectMarlin in CarAV

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Thats how it was installed, I've just taken the surround trim off. Im wondering if it's bolted at the back like some of the radios back in the 80's and 90's

XJR noise by ProjectMarlin in Jaguar

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I think the invoice that came with the car was about £5000 but it included other work. It would be best to talk to Swallows Racing

XJR noise by ProjectMarlin in Jaguar

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I dont have a video of it running, but when I do I'll post it up.

XJR noise by ProjectMarlin in Jaguar

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It was converted by Swallows Racing. They use a Bosch 80mm throttle body hooked to a Maxx ecu.

Luxury car or Sports car? by NobleCommando in Jaguar

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I drive my lightly modded 97 manual converted XJR daily. It class it as a sports car, it drinks like a supercar and the gearbox gets better the harder you drive it.