As long as you're happy with it, that's the important thing.

I don't think 'jaguar' and 'chevrolet' have ever been put into one word ..
such as Fordallac - a Cadillac with a Ford engine.

so yours would be a Jag-olet ?
Jagolay ..I like that .
sounds dirty somehow. lol !

On 6/29/2012 8:18 PM, Tom Hargrave wrote:
> I have the best of both worlds.
>
> I own a 1976 XJ with a built Chevy 350 engine and THM400 transmission!
>
> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
> Scott Daniel - Turbovans
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 5:03 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Friday NVC-MGB engine that rebuilds itself
>
> The carbed version of the XJ6 is pretty nasty all right.
> The EFI version has to be better.
>
> I once saw the 'climate control' unit in that carbed XJ6 my friend owned.
> ..
> a huge box about 10 X 1- inches, with big gears in it ...
> just impossibly large and mechanical ...
> Humorous, how archaic looking it was.
>
> Got to give big points for the design of the XJ6 though.
> Read a whole long story one time about how Sir William Lions had a great eye
> for just the right line .
> That article said he'd take his best panel beaters out behind the shop and
> start shaping metal until it looked just right.
> Some of the best looking cars ever made ..
> the 'feline' looking Jags of those days.
>
> Shapes gain in their purity as the years go by. You could not change one
> line by a quarter inch and make that car shape better..so 'pure and honest'
> is the shape.
>     Same for other cars too ..the 300SL for example...just visual perfection.
>
> here's another quiz ....matter of opinion of course, and ..
> what is the All Time Best post-war American car design ?
> The best looking, most iconic, most 'pure american' car design or shape ?
> And sexy too.
> Especially if counting only cars after WWII.
>
> Scott
>
>
>
> On 6/29/2012 2:23 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
>> Scott;
>>
>> RE the XKE: that would have been an easier mistake (than an MGB) to
>> make since both cars had the "backwards" opening hoods. Never saw an
>> XKE engine with a dual carb setup either, though my wife's POS XJ6 had
>> those two sorry unadjustable smog-bergs on essentially the same
>> engine.
>>
>> But if one were smart enough not to have fooled with any of that junk,
>> one wouldn't know, right?
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Mike Miller <mwmiller6@att.net> wrote:
>>> But it still might be an MG B engine. I believe it would bolt right
>>> up to a spitfire.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 29, 2012, at 12:04 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>>>
>>>> heck..
>>>> if they're gonna get the sport car brand completely wrong why didn't
>>>> they call it a Jaguar XKE ? !
>>>> Hell..why not call it a 300SL Gullwing then !
>>>>
>>>> I love that Peter Garrilson ( last name spelling ? )    of Flying
>>>> magazine wrote this ...
>>>>
>>>> "There is no law against technical descriptions or words that are
>>>> imprecise -- unfortunately."
>>>>
>>>> No kidding.
>>>> I SWEAR ....it was never like this before everyone had a computer.
>>>> Back then  people thought when they wrote, though I tend to idealize
>>>> things I appreciate deeply  - like thoughtful writing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 6/29/2012 11:12 AM, Jim Felder wrote:
>>>>> That's a Spitfire!
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 12:04 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Excellent ending!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But did he replace his fuel lines?    ;)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Neat. Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Neil.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Stuart MacMillan
>>>>>> <stuartmacm@gmail.com
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>   From one of my other lists. I need to train my WBX to do this:
>>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daVDrGsaDME
>>>>>>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daVDrGsaDME&feature=youtu.be>
>>>>>>> &feature=youtu.be
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Stuart
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Neil n
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly  http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp
>>>>>>
>>>>>> '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"  http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-
>>>>>> gas-engines
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