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 JagTips Photo Album "A"

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JagTips Photo Album "A"

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NOEL ANNETT'S PAGE

 

SAMUEL ALSHAGER'S PAGE

 

Noel Annett's 1968 2+2 at Canberra "Terribly British Day" November 1997. (Dianne's Old English White Daimler Sovereign (420) is next to it)

 

Samuel Alshager's 1963 OTS

Here is my humble contribution to the photo album, a recent picture of my '63 OTS in its new home town of Bergen, Norway. I apologise for the lack of polar bears, they tend to avoid direct sunlight on hot summer days. ;-)

About the car: S1 OTS LHD #879727, a 20-footer if ever there was one, arrived in Norway in November 97, after 34 years in the U.S.A. Its original op. dark blue/light blue colour combination has been changed to all black, but I have plans... The engine has matching numbers, but gearbox and brakes have been uprated to 4.2-spec.

I was looking for a solid, rust-free, running car with plenty of room for improvement. Well, what I got was a car that actually seems to be almost rust-free (at least I haven't found any rust yet), but that seems to need a lot of attention before it could be called a "solid driver".

JagTips is absolutely great, I hope that you'll keep it going forever!

 

Noel Annett and Family

(SEE BELOW FOR RESTORATION PHOTOS)

The car is a Carmen Red/black leather 4.2 Litre Series 1.5, 2+2, 4 speed manual, running 195x75x15 tyres on CWWs, triple 2"SUs ("Ramflo" air filters) sports exhaust and 3.07 diff ratio. Running gear and interior are original.

Bought in May 1980 as an insurance write-off with 90,000 miles on the clock, it was in a pretty bad state when I first saw it. It had been stolen in Sydney, thrashed until the engine blew up, then pushed over a cliff and finished its life with the bonnet firmly embedded in the underbrush. The sump, head, bearings, carburettors and most of the exhaust were stashed in the rear hatch.

With some assistance from other enthusiasts, I rebuilt the engine and front and rear suspension and brakes and fabricated and fitted a new bonnet and picture-frame. I painted the car in 1982.. Thus one of these special and precious cars was saved from "parting out" and put it back on the road where it was mean to be. I have driven the car 30,000 miles since purchase in 1980.

Numbers are: Car: 1E51299 Engine: 7E54999-9 G/Box: KJS400.

 

 

The engine bay sans head, sump etc, May 1980

 

 

Boy does the Engine look differnt now!

 

 

The damaged bonnet removed, May 1980

 

 

The new bonnet fitted and ready to paint March 1981

 

 

As it was driven to display day needing paint March 1981

 

 

 

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