Practically Classics Forum

Last time I came onto this forum it told me I was banned :( Happily it seems that was a server glitch and I'm not really :D As I'm now allowed back on, I thought I'd tell the story of my latest classic........ For the last couple of years I'd been thinking about selling my Jaguar...... it was an awe...

I've got that Amazon one... bought it to pull the codes out of my XJR and reset the engine management light..... used it for a few years now and wouldn't be without it.... it came with a booklet of generic codes and then I downloaded the codes for the 2001 XJR and printed them off to refer to. It wo...

Considering that some brave souls extracted North of 300bhp from the 5's hemi-headed version of the good old Cleon engine (a specific output rarely seen even now and now only in track cars that would toil to get close to 5,000 miles from each engine, never mind 50,000), I reckon they weren't too sh...

A very clever and entertaining advert from back in the day...... how to make a low spec rep mobile seem appealing.... I like the way they emphasise the fact that it comes with a radio cassette.... these days we take it for granted that a car comes with a decent stereo, back then, it was very hit and...

Gents, I can add a bit to this having bought and used both a Mechmate motorpit and more recently, a 2 post lift About 11 years ago, I built a garage/bedroom extension on the side of my house and bought one of these pits. The delivery costs were very high but I contacted Chris, the owner of Mech-mate...

loads of info on the Elford turbo and Elford's, Bournemouth here...

http://www.rx7fb.com/viewforum.php?f=21 ... b8e9f01937

Thanks guys.... they are a rare car these days, the Elford turbo particularly so. That Elford turbo powered Viva belongs to Alex in New Zealand....his work on the car is awe-inspiring! The car that Alexs' engine came from is this one which is a good example of how rare the Elfords are..... http://i5...

Good evening guys, My names Ian, I'm from Staffordshire and have been reading PC magazine for 25 years + and have also followed Neils projects in the magazine for years too so I'm glad to be a part of this forum. I'll put up a post in the introductions thread but I'm thought I'd post up some pics of...

Hiya Alex...... we have to stop meeting like this! The designer of the orginal Elford setup was Malcolm Cole,an ex-Janspeed development engineer of AutoMarine Turbochargers in Christchurch, Dorset. Everything I know about Elfords engineering is here.... http://www.rx7fb.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=35 .