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Looks pretty cool Don. My neighbor and I went around town looking at different cars for a future project idea. He can get his hands on a Jag straight six with dual overhead cams, complete engine with transmission for free and was contiplating a open front roadster much like this one but track style. There is a similar style one here locally sort of what J Robinson's track style build looks like that I thought would be cool. The biggest problem for my neighbor(Mike) is the length of that Jag engine.
Anyway it's great to see the puple passion ride again under new colors!

That Jag would sure look different, and sound great I bet. But you are right about the length thing. Even the sbf I have is a couple inches longer than a sbc and those inches make a lot of difference. But your buddy should go for it, the wow factor would be worth the work.

And you are right about the color change........I like it a whole lot more in black this time.

Don

Originally Posted by stovens

Looks pretty cool Don. My neighbor and I went around town looking at different cars for a future project idea. He can get his hands on a Jag straight six with dual overhead cams, complete engine with transmission for free and was contiplating a open front roadster much like this one but track style. There is a similar style one here locally sort of what J Robinson's track style build looks like that I thought would be cool. The biggest problem for my neighbor(Mike) is the length of that Jag engine.
Anyway it's great to see the puple passion ride again under new colors!

If he's building from scratch like J is, he can always lengthen the wheelbase to accommodate the longer engine. Just remember, though, that Jag engines are very expensive to repair so that "free" engine might cost a bundle by the time he gets it on the road. I used to own an XK140 coupe and that thing kept me in the poor-house.