Here's my XJ6 with fresh paint.
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Mine wasn't a kit, it was built at the factory. Most Cobra's (at least the quality ones) use the same seats. The dash is also covered in leather and is not plywood, but not a "soft" leather like the Backdraft Racing Cobra. Unique builds an extremely high quality car, and it's said their body is closest to the original body specs. Mine has no windows or soft top, many of the ERA's and Superformance (2 of the more popular and expensive) cars have the soft tops, but most never use them. They say they're a hassle and they leak. Unique also offers them, but I'm not paying $2600 for one. Mine was very well built, the engine bored and built by Southern Automotive using a '62 1/2 406 (bored to 427) NASCAR block with side bolted mains, a close ratio Toploader and a XK-6 Jag rear. It's a blast to drive!
Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.
Here's my XJ6 with fresh paint.
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In my teens when I thought it was cool to go fast in a straight line. I had a 57 Chevy 327 dual AFB carbs on a ram induction manifold with a 254 degree 355 lift 3/4 race cam. I could do a 1/4 mile in 12 seconds. that is slow by todays standards but fast in the 60's.
My 57 came with a 283 but the previous owner replaced it with a 327. I worked odd jobs to earn the money to hop it up. I had pictures of me getting the left front tire up but I could never do a true wheelie. Alas in all the moves all my old drag racing pictures are gone.
Big Daddy Don Garlits speed shop set up my carb linkage so I could go 2, 4, 6, or all eight barrels. Really helped on the street mileage.
Yesterday I changed out the spark plugs on my wife's 2011 328xi. I was dreading it because the back of the I6 seems to be buried under the dash. Take off the big panel at the rear of the engine bay though and it was a breeze. Muck easier than my '12 Jeep with the Pentastar. For that I had to split the intake manifold.
MAGA MAN (07-05-2019)
Those old cars and trucks were easy to work on. I had a 66 Chevy truck with a 250 straight 6. I kept for 17 years it had almost 400K on it 3 engines and normal brake tire stuff. The amazing thing was in the entire time I owned that truck I never had to have the front end aligned. It didn't wear tire and let go of the wheel it went straight.
I have a plan to install a low-rise lift at my cabin when I retire. The ceiling height is only 8'-4" so it won't accommodate a full-height to allow a second vehicle storage underneath. But the mid-rise will allow me to work under a car using an old office chair with caster wheels.
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