coupe's xjs

 

[coupe]

with

without.

with

without.

i still think with.

 

[herb]

it looks wrong without imho!!
but it also doesnt look 100% right with (sorry i know this doent help at all!!) maybe if the wing was shaped more to the contour of the boot it would help (maybe????)
sorry this is a tough 1

 

[MasterAuron]

I was thinking exactly the same as Herb. WITH is the lesser of the two evils imo. Needs a more subtle one I think.

 

[coupe]

will have to have a think.
maybe narrow it a bit and have smaller end plates.

 

[turbonutter69]

I think it looks good. It gives it that track slag look.

 

[pgarner]

agreed with it looks too big, without it looks as if something should be there

 

[obi_waynne]

It needs more of a curve to match the bodywork at the rear and needs to be matched to the colour of the car. Perhaps if it were mounted a bit higher up it would look better.

 

[Loz]

Put it on the roof! :bigsmile:

I think definitely with, but I'd change the angle of attack it looks too steep.

 

[coupe]

its adjustable.

its staying.




























for now.lol

 

[Loz]

Cool! :bigsmile:

 

[coupe]

must do some more to it.
trouble is i keep thinking of weird mods to do rather than finish off the bits i have started.

 

[coupe]

i was fitting the radio arial to the boot lid the other day and i started thinking about a split opening boot lid. WHY??

sat and designed gull wing doors the other day..... yet another WHY??


saw a supercharger on ebay................................... will someone stop me. it will never get finished at this rate.

 

[Loz]

Sorry we can't stop you, all we can do is egg you on!

 

[coupe]

git. lol

 

[Loz]

 

[coupe]

i wouldn't mind but my ideas are greater than my abilitys.

need to sort tyres for my cragars.
then fit the skirts i made a year ago.
door cards
new battery
exhausts
re paint

so new mad ideas need to be curtailed.
unless some mad people out there fancy giving me a hand.lol

 

[Loz]

You best move into the garage for six months. :amuse:

 

[coupe]

dont have one.

 

[Loz]

Buy a tent. :amuse: A big one like those uns you find at weddings, you could put it up in the local park.

 

[coupe]

decided to cut the wing down by 5 inches, it now sits further inside the body.

 

[turbonutter69]

Looks good IMO.

 

[coupe]

i been boxing in the rear exhuasts where they go under the boot.
they have 2 big cut outs where they run through, so i have begun covering the hole to make a flat bottom to the boot.
next i will fill in the back of the wheel arches where the exhausts run through.

but now i am stripping out the garage and throwing away tons of stuff.
got to get my motorcycle back to where i can work on it.

oh well...........

 

[coupe]

temporary halt.
found this buried in the back of the garage.

 

[Loz]

Wish I had a garage large enough to lose whole motorbikes in!
Excuse my ignorance, what is it exactly, Ariel?

 

[coupe]

1958 ariel square four 4G mk11

 

[turbonutter69]

How the hell did you loose that?

 

[coupe]

its not that hard.
lost this as well.

 

[turbonutter69]

 

[indiaman]

temporary halt.
found this buried in the back of the garage.

Had one like yours 50 years ago! the rear suspension, I think something called the Antsey link, was horrendous, and on our rough roads required extensive maintenance, otherwise very smooth, rear cylinders used to heat up on hot days. , like yours, I left it unused for a long time and finally sold it while moving house in the late 60's . Wish I had kept it as its worth a bomb now,here in India.Also had a borrowed early rigid frame Iron block Square four for a while.

 

[coupe]

jag has gone to another owner.

 

[pgarner]

What happened ?

 

[coupe]

money
time
inclination all went poof.

 

[dpsubaru]

its not that hard.
lost this as well.

that looks great, did you build it? trust the china mushroom ontop is an after market accessory?

 

[dpsubaru]

sorry to hear about the jag. had the same issue with a pug i was building before, after a while just found the same, lack of time or inclination to finish it off.
so whats the new plan?

 

[coupe]

bought this.
2 owners from new
full service history up to 7000 miles ago
all original.
needs some rust repairs.
mot'd and taxed.

plan is to do a rolling restoration and minor tune up as i use it.

 

[obi_waynne]

Not seen you around in a while any updates on this project - or have you moved on to another one?