That’s it – I finally succeeded in stripping off all the bits I need and putting them into a big pile. Now, more or less, the Jag can go off to the crusher – although a friend of mine wants to come over at the weekend and pull the engine & box, so.. not quite… Read More


I know, an update every day. What’s going on? Another afternoon in the garage today and I managed to get the rear end broken down almost all the way – I was stopped by, yet again, the large pivot bolts. This time it’s the ones that go through the rear wishbones and attach them to… Read More


Ah-ha! Success! I was able to drill the remains of the bolt out of the front wishbone using various sizes of drill bit and then, when only the thinnest of slivers of bolt remained on one side, drive a small screwdriver down and ‘peel’ the remains of the bolt off the inside of the hole.… Read More


Well, it’s finally happened – all the parts I actually need off the Jag are off the Jag and sitting in the garage in a heap organised pile. Took a while as the last lower wishbone wanted to put up a proper fight with me – in the end it took the purchase of an air… Read More