Can You Daily Drive a V12 Jaguar XJS... Let's find out!
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Part One. After all, what could go wrong? These cars have a long history of great reliability. Honestly not completely sure what I'm going to end up doing with this but here we are.
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Thanks to all the comments and emails on the freevalve video, sorry I'm so behind on replying, I’m glad everyone enjoyed it. The Cad files are up now, the code video is going to take me a few more days to work out- sorry about the delay. There’s still a lot of bugs I’m fixing.
Take your time, my dude!
Thank you Wesley! I have a couple things in mind for the pneumatic valvetrain!
freevalve xjs pls
You actually can for a few days... lol... or you can toss your wallet out the window and save yourself a lot of time..
You should do a free valve bike for Bonneville
As someone who works on these for a living I highly recommend doing the injector hoses and fuel lines. As when they leak they tend to spray on to the dizzy and light.
How much naturally aspirated horsepower can you build out of the v12 5.3?
Excellent advice.
@@theghosttiger1446 depending on the money you spend the same as from a GM V8 smallblock (around 450 HP with 10.5:1 compression using Shells hyperfuel and hot cams) better use a Turbo kit
@@Schlipperschlopper Can they be bored and stroked? Id imagine a fully forged built jag v12 motor with a turbo would be murder on the streets.
@@theghosttiger1446 Arden and Lister did that decades ago but that tuning was so expensive that you could buy an entire Ferrari for that work
Hahahahahahaha. Mile counter turns when starting.....hahahahhahahahaha. This is becoming one of my favorite channels. All around great content. Wesley is what happens when Vice Grip Garage goes to MIT.
Thanks so much! haha.
Does the odo turn too if you crank for over a mile?
At least it doesn´t go backwards, then you´d have a Christine!
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Wow, 1 year ago , basically new,
This car would look good in British racing green.
Do you still have it ? How did you fix the engine so fast ? Or , it needed a water pump ? How did you fix all that? It runs well in video !!
I really appreciate and respect the variety of content. Not to put words in your mouth or misrepresent your situation but I feel like it could be easy to let the internet confine you to “the homemade freevalve guy” and end up being somewhat stuck doing that. But you’re still doing stuff with projects from before it and taking on new stuff! Really glad I found this channel
ITBs and Manual swap would be awesome to see, excited to see this project regardless!
Lsx
@@therightnuke That's for the "Notoriously boring swaps" series. Seriously though, it would make the car a LOT more reliable and perform the way it should have been in the first place, but I don't think it's in the spirit of this kind of project.
ITBs are really difficult on this car due to the lack of clearance between the bonnet (er, hood) and the engine. Jaguar had to effectively fold the intake over, so it lies across the top of the cylinder heads (conveniently pre-warming the intake air, y'know, for the comfort of the engine or something), in order to make them fit. Mind you, they then fitted the airbox with the *tiniest* inlet size (it's maybe inch and a quarter, without going to measure one). As configured, the V12 is good for about 250bhp, but properly set up with decent FI, ITBs, proper headers and a bit of gas flowing, it should be good for 500bhp at least. Oh, and 8krpm, if you replace the stock main bearing caps... (edit: That would be with a pre-HE engine, with the flat heads. Much less scope for HP improvement on the HE head due to the exhaust valve placement)
@@christop672 check out the car wizzard channel, he is stuffing a Jag V12 into a Chevelle. And he is ditching the OEM Lucas efi and replacing it with a 2x 4barrell aftermarket efi (Holley?) setup including new intake manifolds.
@@theelectricmonk3909 absolutely, but a similar configuration could be adopted (the folded over intake) with ITBs using side draft style motorcycle throttle bodies on a modified stock intake plenum or mandril bent tubing if hood clearance was to be maintained. Alternatively cutting a big hole in the hood is also pretty effective for solving clearance like the “Black Pearl XJS” here on RUclips.
The wood trim looks great. The XJS is a fantastic car, shame people don't look after them better.
Thank you! It is quite comfortable and quiet.
@@WesleyKagan The engines are very strong, they are capable of 600+ hp. Look up the Lister cars, some of them where bored out to 7.0 and featured twin superchargers.
@@WesleyKagan Used to be very fast too. I remember being picked up one evening by a mate in one and us both rapidly motoring pub-wards. At 135 the sweeping curves of the unlit A1(M) south of Stevenage turned into right-angle bends and one got the impression of falling down a well on the straighter sections. I think this was due to the headlights being inadequate - One simply didn’t have time to focus on what was close enough to see. It was comfortable and quiet though! LOL
Have you noticed the fart button BTW?
@@WesleyKagan Don't worry about the little gremlins....these are actually very reliable. You' ll be fine after sorting out the main issues. But the injector hoses are the only real weakness. I picked up one of these in Chicago many years ago, drove it back home to the east coast, picked up the family for a test drive....and it burned down just 1 mile away from home. Turned out that the previous owner had installed the wrong injector hoses with standards clamps on them. I bought another one right away and that never developed any real mechanical problems. I think these are just great cruisers that can go fast...if you want to.
@@andylewis7360 fart button?
Yeah I can see why this car would need "Won't get fooled again" by the Who :D
at sheperton studios/1978...pretty specific for this bri'ish car.
Are you planning a freevalve V12 lol
It'd be interesting if Wesley was to go this route. I'd love to see it, but the amount of work to do that and keep the car in one piece is probably overwhelming.
For now, we'll just have to wait and find out how many times the Jag breaks down!
All I know is that Freevalve is the only way we can make our ICE into the 21 century.
@@hamster9135 probably not worth it since the block and pistons most likely would be unable to take this much power
@@D3nn1s Freevalve-ing in itself doesn't make any power if you're running stock valve timing and lift
@@DJDiarrhea yes obviously but you dont usually install such a tech for lulz (miata might be an example just to prove that he could make it work). But wuy install it and have a ton of work for no reason?
Okey this was sick! This is absolutely everything that TV lacks, its real, funny as hell, no bullshit.. If I got to choose I would love to see more of this V12 behimeth! Not necessarily performance mods or things like that, but seeing how you did the wood was super cool, something that's always looked like witchcraft made simple! I appreciate all the effort you put into this.
Thanks for the kind words! I find woodwork very relaxing because it's a very easy material to work with.
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Hmm so this car had that bad water pump. Amazing that electrical was still working in it.
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I want this car !!! Once you get rid of it !!!
Those look like harbor freight jack stands. if you haven’t already, check to see if they are the recalled ones, being crushed by a v12 would suck.
They are, luckily they aren’t the dangerous ones.
Only way I’d like to go out 😂
"A few chicken-fried steaks short of a Cracker Barrell..." Holy Fuck LOL XD
5 speed, e-fan, replace the nasty fuel injection system with something a bit more modern, and replace the nasty hand-crimped glass fuse fuse box and you'll end up with a fairly reliable car.
Yup.
That's kinda my plan going forward I think.
This car is easy to modernize and Megasquirt. I have done most of the research into this already if you would like any detailed information.
@@Kamwi_003 would be curious to hear more!
I like your wood unshiny / unlaquered front panels too, looks real nice! Well a lot nicer then the previous shiny stuff that sold on the car originally.. also love to be able to be so relaxed as you seem to be when doing mechanical car works, Bravo! You must have a lot of experience in this type of work!
Car Wizard has fixed an XJS V-12 and has some excellent tips on sourcing replacement parts
Car wizard is a hack
PLEASEE MAKE MORE VIDEOS WITH ITT. THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH VIDEOS ON FIXING REPAIRS FOR XJSs!!
Lovee this channel!
Great job on the interior parts and thank for the ending meme =)
Thank you!
I had a '84 XJS V12 for about 10 years and the only problem I had was the powe steering pump and the auto trans, and they were both made by General Motors.
Yeah most of the stuff on this car accessories wise is AC delco
Wesley, you of all people would benefit from a lift. It was one of the best investments I ever made 25 years ago. Just picked up another 2 post lift, locally here in SoCal last month, for $1500 in excellent condition.
I really would, I need shop space something fierce. It's hopefully coming soon, I miss a lift.
I got a Volvo twin turbo inline 6 from an xc90 that really needs to go in a jag.
Oh damn. That would be interesting!!
After your initial goals are met, twin turbos and track time are in order.
Most underrated car channel! Love it when you are nerding out.
These V12 Jag's with 'Lucas' electrics scare the daylites outta me
Makes me wonder what they might have been like if the original build quality was way better
Glad to see someone else taking the chance
Gr8 videos
The longer you keep it the more i will watch your channel, "Deal"
Always wondered if you could stick a manual in it and have a V12 manual on the cheap
You can and it's very tempting.
@@WesleyKagan *inserts Shia Leboeuf meme of DO IT*
But seriously, a manual and... maybe an intake mod of some sorts to let the V12 sing? Doesn't need to go freevalve especially since it's a daily, but some sorts of ITBs or a more resonant intake. Just wondering about all the awesome stupid stuff that could be done with that! I've been following for about a year since I saw you build the Porsche powered formula car. Loving the content so far!
Easy to do. The engine itself is problematic
@@PaulChoix55 Although it sounds tempting, the heads were a SOHC design, most specifically for emissions purposes. It would sound better and run a bit better, but a 327 Chebby small block and a 4 BBl carb would make more power with stock heads- both are the same displacement, the Chebby is two hundred pounds lighter. And getting rid of the zillion hoses of the emissions control system that came with air leaks from new would help too! Call John's Jaguars in Dallas , Texas, for a small block/manual swap kit! An LS 7 and a T6060 would be the boss- better engine set back, lighter and much moar powah! FR
@@fredericrike5974 The SOHC was a compromise - the original design was DOHC, but it was much too big on top to fit in the E-type (which is what it was designed for), the SOHC was a compromise. The V12 was never designed with emissions in mind, which is why it ended up being strangled by emissions equipment. The HE ("High Efficiency") engine was designed to increase MPG, which it did with remarkably little loss of power, but it does massively limit tuning options, as the exhaust valve is buried in a pocket, which hurts gas flow something chronic (by gas I mean exhaust gasses, not fuel). A lightly fettled V12 will give more than 300bhp, a heavily fettled one over 400bhp, and for a seriously modified one, 600+. You can increase the 5.3ltr displacement to over 9ltr by adding a 3/4" spacer block, a stroked crank & 4 new links in the timing chain...
Flawless car. There are no visible flaws that i can see on that underbody. That surface rust TOTALLY isnt all the way through
There will be blood.... Big cats take big bites out of your wallet parts alone. Can't say I wasn't warned. "Never send to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee!" Subscribed!
Kirby Palms XJS manual is a must for this car. The best riding worst engineered car ever made. 100 mph almost no wind noise and a slight hum of the transmission.
I had a 1986 XJS in 2003-05. It was a POS. I miss it
5sp, ITBs, and a real exhaust system. A Jaguar V12 uncorked with a manual is just amazing. They sound so awesome. Fit euro headlights on it and do a home brew front spoiler. Done. Love your channel!
YES! This.. I just rescued a craigslist 88 V12 for exactly the above (5 speed, ITB’s, etc) and would love to see somebody with this guys abilities take that on as a cautionary tale...
euro headlights?! What? I always find it crazy that we want the american styled headlights, and you guys want the euros. The quad rounds look infinitely better in my opnion.
Euro headlights look sleeker and have more than double the output of the sealed beam USA spec lights, in conjunction with a superior beam pattern. And you get European city lights, which are dead sexy. Yes you can retrofit H4s and keep the quad lamp appearance, but I prefer the flush glass euro lights as opposed to even the [foggy] composite later USA 9004 units. It’s a matter of preference I suppose. To each his own 👍
"oh no, the cat is about to fall off" XD funny how that happens
Of course, it has to be named Christine. Don't forget to make a sacrifice to appease Lucas, The Lord Of Darkness.
This guy is an expert HE GETS this thing running !!!! From that filled corroded water pump !!
Glad to see another XJS being saved from the trash heap. Gonna do a manual swap on mine pretty soon here when work slows down. Didn't know that you lived near by me hehe time to host an XJS meet in the area.
To everyone on his ass about the free valve: There is one key thing you fail to realize: it would only last you a few months if you drove it regularly. I cannot blame you for not imagining this as Wesley has not been too descriptive with the project in general, but I will clarify why. The pistons, and more importantly the valves that Wesley is using, are “soft sealing” aka they rely on rubber O-rings. These fail after around 20 million cycles. You can do the math yourself. All of you worshipping him as the “second nikola tesla” for “bringing freevalve tech to the average enthusiast”, is very misguided. He is doing this for a simple proof of concept as a base for further development. Unless you want to be doing a thousand dollar rebuild 2-3 times a year this is not a good idea for DIY. Where it stands right now, it is just a cool little novelty. (Also why he built a separate head and kept a stock one). Cheers
Right. With further development, which I may do a bit of myself, I think it could be made viable. Everything starts somewhere.
Yeah he was very clear in his videos this was prototyping and proof of concept, largely because the necessary components to make it reliable are hard to source and very expensive.
If someone can build pistons that last millions of miles (diesel trucks), I'm sure someone can make stronger/metal/teflon O-rings. I think you underestimate how far we have come technologically.
I had two XJS’s, one good and one didn’t last a week. When running they are one of the best cruise cars, only wish it had an overdrive. Love what you did with the wood, daily project idea, keep going!!
as a former v12 xjs owner you have my deepest sympathies
Sweet idea to do veneer in the interior. Idk if I would use 3M90 for that, but if it holds up, great! I was a little taken-a-back at the remark on lacquer. As a cabinet maker, that was a little rough. Lol. You can get all kinds of lacquers for different purposes and sheens. Lenmar makes a dead flat for a 'dry' look.
Yeah, I knew my laquer comment would ruffle some feathers. It has a place and I've used it tons of times, but I much prefer a matte oil or such. Brings out the color a lot more.
@@WesleyKagan Experimenting more with waxes and oils in guitar making, I totally agree. Some coffee pour over stands that I made with AA tiger maple and sepele were hit with what I believe was teak oil. It really created a rich, warm orange that contrasted with a vibrant, milky maple tone.
Daily driver stay auto, it's a cool car and getting it to the reliable status as in turn the key it kicks over and runs, is what you want. Making it any more then that is just silly unless you have money, you did a great job with the wood panels, so cut and polish it and just make it purrrr. Alternatively, if the engine is a case of could be great as it's original but would cost to much take it out sell it and go electric, just for something different, but as a project to get it going it could just look sweet as a daily.
Nice, I did a similar thing with an old e28 that I pulled out of the woods and spent too much money on. I currently drive it somewhat daily, and have had to 3d print some things I wish I didn't have to. Like the lock cylinder.
I have a sweet spot for old Jag's. Love the channel!
your work with the wood makes you a legend of restoration alone.
I’m doing a LS swap on a 1986 XJS-C this summer 🤜🏼
I have always wanted to see someone build an xj
This might be the perfect candidate.
Keep up the needlessly good content Wesley
A manual swap would be brilliant. These Jag V12 have a relatively short stroke and like to rev once the mushy torque converter is removed.
Great video 👍 That is some project as a english man I have the greatest respect for your effort.
Thank you! It’s been fun so far!
Yes I did for two years, classic car insured a bit of maintenance, cost of petrol is the down side , put LPG GAS on and your laughing .
Much love from England (where we mostly buy German and Japanese cars...).
Yeah even the Rovers are starting to go downhill after Ford started putting their Axles on the Discovery.
Outstanding job on the wood work! It now the nicest part of the car!!
Thank you very much! You're not wrong!
Great video.
I would keep most of it close to "original" has possible, including the auto transmission.
Would love to see how it "behaves" over time.
Thanks.
I was the second owner of a 1986 XJS, British Racing Green with Biscuit interior. Absolutely beautiful car, and drove smooth, quite and comfortable. It had decent power but nothing eye watering, but these engines are smooth, no vibration. The big letdown is the 3speed transmission.
Only drove the car on weekends and couldn’t imagine using it as a daily driver. The engine is strong but leaks oil like a sieve. The rest of the car will fall apart. All the rubber bits are trash by now. But if you can get it back to running again, it will be a great car. Good luck.
I really want to paint this car BRG but don’t want to go through the trouble of door jams and engine bay.
Restore it, fine example that deserves a good treat
Yes. My god mother has one brand new and that was her daily driver. She didn’t do much more than go to the grocery store or visit people, but it was her regular car.
Awesome work with the wood trim! Subtle and elegant. And hell YES this needs a 5-speed!! And ITBs! Because V12.
ITBs are great for race cars, but I’d be worried about the drivability for this one. It would clean it up a lot
My 88XJS was a great driver for 20 years make sure you check your fuel lines because they will burn up the whole car if they leak other than that bad ass ride
I did in my '89 roadster for ten years. The brits never got into the electronics industry cuz they couldn't figure out how to get flat screens to leak oil and rust out.
Get a 4 speed automatic with overdrive and torque converter lockup. Save some fuel.
I think from about 1992 on they had the 4 speed.
Daily driving unreliable cars that shouldn’t be daily driven is a blast.
Sincerely, a dude who daily drives a 200k mile Mazda RX-7.
Long time XJS owner here... don’t change to mega squirt, it ends up very expensive. Just replace everything made out of rubber. Starting with the fuel lines, radiator hoses, and upper control arms. Judging by palm trees you don’t live anywhere near me ... but how about starting a cross country drive and we’ll play break down bingo guessing what state you abandon the car?
Beatifull keep going with the restoration
The v12 was developed as a race engine so....it oughta be fine...🤑
There's just something that seems appropriate about having a fire extinguisher nearby at all stages of working on an old Jaguar... even interior disassembly.
Also, ITBs, and a firmer/less roll-y suspension would be cool.
I've had these cars catch on fire on me. I'm taking no chances.
Those things were scary complex (in a WTF way). Two ECU's running two separate i-6 motors sharing a crank and sump if memory serves. Step one? Replace that ECU with a mega squirt or haltech or something. Put a loud exhaust and rip around round frightening small children.
The weird part is is that it's really that difficult it's just... odd. Like my 928 from the same era was just as complex but everything was absolutely perfectly engineered and there were special tools and perfect organization and all of the bolts had to the decimal place in precision of torque specs. The Jag water pump bolts are 17-23NM.
Ah, the British car experience.
"Ah you gotta be kidding me!"
"I don't have a good history with British cars..."
"I don't think that's supposed to happen."
"Oh! Oh no. Oh no... That was a mistake."
You are better off spending your hard-earned cash, going to one of those S&M places and getting your backside beaten blue than maintaining a British car. I am going to hazard a guess that it would probably be more fun.
@@timsmith854 Or you could try educating yourself till you know what you are doing instead of spouting random crap that you’ve heard someone else say...
Wes..Check out the Lister lemans version of the xjs..6 litre V12..twin turbo👍👍also Harry Metcalf (Harry's garage) has a manual converted V12 xjc..loves it
Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in EU :-( In Germany the Green party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing petrol stations to only one petrol station per city or county. :-(
My Brother in Law had the first ? 6 litre V12 off the production line. It was delivered to him on the Thursday. He and his wife drove it to us in Bath for the weekend. On monday the car would not start. RAC and then Jaguar were phoned. By Lunchtime Jaguar arrived with a low loaded and covers so no one could see the car when they took it away leaving a Saloon car for them to drive the 120 miles home. The car had done 170 miles before it stopped, Is this a record????
Jag is a car that if it is used frequently.. It will be reliable.. Issues come from too much "sitting" (I have a 90 Rouge ED- upgrade trim/wheels).. Drivers are best- do not "baby them". You will learn to tolerate issues.. The V-12 is a tank.. Things around the car tend to give trouble! Frank
Equal length headers! I bet this guy could make it sound like effspot's "$12,000 exhaust" for $12!
I don't know, but there's just something about an old Jag. That puts a smile on someone's face when they start driving it.
Can you - yes
Should you - no
The inevitable will occur for every Jaguar V12; the owner will be in tears. Consider even Harry from Harry's garage as his XJC goes through body metal work and a color change: with the engine out he has discovered several awaiting disasters. One of which is a rear main seal failure, which unfortunately will lead to engine disassembly. I think Harry was not pleased.
Yes more. This is what I have been looking for. A perfect car is not to interesting. There is an xjsc he at a junk yard that is for sale for not much. The more green slime on it the more I want it. I already have two old BMW’s so my wife would not go for it. Love your car. More driving videos.
Needs more power, I've never seen a proper performance build of one of these
There are cars which you can restore rebuild rework and there are some trash you MUST TO throw to the car dump.
It is important to remember that automobile is mechanism and it is complicate and dangerous machine. If you are trying to drive badrestoring crap you can kill people.
According to Babvvo and Tebbvo laws, sadly soon All Gas cars will be forbidden!
That water pump was the most ridiculous thing ive ever seen lol
And that new trim looks great
why would you do this to yourself and buy an XJS? You must enjoy suffering.
Nicest exhaust sound I ever heard was a race prepped XJS with Super Trapp pipes revving at the lights in front of me. Oh lordy.
This car would be well cool to modify like a resto mod, so make it reliable and faster with the original motor and some slight body mods to update the styling and make it look really nice, the wood work was on point BTW!
Needs equal length headers!
Some dude who works for a Starbucks in my area does this exact thing some how
it needs a diy freevalve upgrade job
Best segment title ever. This man even does woodworking! There was an episode of Wheeler Dealers where they had a shop restore a very similar if not the same wood interior. Same basic process. Nice work man! The Who song as a needed repair is interesting. I'd say drive it as is because a trans swap for example would add so much time. At least you actually get stuff done crazy fast though! Overall would like to see it reviewed after the month them move on to another car though.
Wes: "a bit of corrosion"
Water Pump Internals: _[Is practically made of rust, white stuff, __-cursed mud from the holy grail-__ and what looked like copper oxide. Well, at least at first glance]_
You did good on the wood trim, that was nice, and, you know, getting it to run. I love the XJS, its a beautiful car and has a nice engine (when it works of course XD)
I've seen worse. this one moved so that's an improvement. But yeah it's not perfect.
@@WesleyKagan Probably caused by the wrong coolant ratio, which should be 50/50. The fuel lines also need replacing though out the car otherwise you are in dire risk of one of them bursting and causing a fire. I'll be re-installing the rear sub frame after a major overhaul on my V12 convertable in the next couple of days.
I have a friend that daily drives. He has a second xjs for parts.
Rainbow music and unicorn tears..great....🙄
People who think risk is fun are the best
My mother had a 88 Vanden Plas when I was in high school. My father and I used to joke that when driving it, you should always keep one eye on the mirrors just incase any parts/pieces fall off....
Always wanted to pick up one of these
T he jag is only unrealible due to lack of mantance no coolant big no no
“It’s a Jaaaaaaaaag” -Jeremy Clarkson
you should just hop around trying to daily all the most unreliable cars possible and sort them out as the video and then sell them on and get another wildly unreliable but cool car. never leave home without a camera though because every breakdown is another scene and another lil fix. that way getting stranded doing chores just becomes surprise video filming time.
Absolutely continue working with this car, I love the style and the stellar pallet of video content the car has to offer (issues that need to be fixed). Throw a five speed in it if that’s your fancy, that sounds interesting. When fixing problems or doing more modifications, it would be nice to see more of your thought process and how you do things, even if that means you’re googling items and solutions- even using your own knowledge. I’m a new subscriber all because of this video!
ITB and a manual swap, obviously!
love the woodwork in the interior that you did -- inspiring!
Please please please check the tubing from the fuel rail to the injectors, they are notorious for going bad and starting a huge fire. Along with the fuel injector wiring harness down in the v. Other than that have fun with it, and I sure hope it doesn't lose its exhaust system and has to be driven that way!
Yep, I already pulled and replaced the rubber lines, 928’s have the same issue.
I think the XJS is the best Jag of all time.
What a brilliant transformation making those wood pieces was! Thats the kind of stuff I love to see.
I like what you did with the wood. Would be nice to see what you could do to the plastic
Thank you! Yeah It cleaned up nice in my opinion.
@@WesleyKagan I agree!.you should watch the car wizrd episode, where he put dual carbs on one of those engines
I was considering doing one of these... and if there were factory manual transmissions I probably would. I've got a > 8 cylinder plan that sounds like less heart break and more performance. Kinda makes you wonder what happened that they ended up with straight water in it though? Surely didn't corrode like that with Antifreeze?
First of all, what a fantastically down to earth presentation!
The manual 'box from the six cylinder model fits nicely. I wouldn't otherwise bother doing much more than just good basic refurbishment and tune up rather than chasing additional performance especially with that rather tricky engine. With lots of TLC for the brakes and suspension components, that car will feel like you're riding on air. Outstanding woodwork!