Rolling Chassis Complete
This is quite a milestone for the project and couple of months late from where I planned it. Still we are here. Next stage is to take delivery of the […]
Author Archives: John Housego
Fuel line
I purchased the fuel line kit from Gerry. It includes the braided line, pump and regulator. As I don’t have the body on it is easy to run the line, […]
Handbrake
I was fortunate to receive a Hawk Chrome handbrake for my birthday! So once I had purchased the trunion, spring and washers I installed in the car. I was not […]
Rolling Chassis – last jobs
I finally managed to get the rear axle built and the car sitting on its wheels! It took a lot longer than expected as time has been at a premium […]
Steering rack
Having competed the front hubs and connected the brakes I tried to get the alignment about right on the steering rack! What a problem! Having screwed in the adjustment fully […]
Rear brake bleeder pipes
I have read in many blogs and on the T289R forum about how difficult the Jaguar rear brakes are to bleed. The recommendation is to run to the wheel arch […]
Brake lines run – rear
Given the delay with completing the hubs – mixture of work, spares parts and availability – I have worked on the brake lines. First decision was to buy the kit […]
Front Brake lines complete
I was undecided whether to run the front brake pipes until the body was back on but decided it would make it easier. I am glad I did as the […]
Installing the front suspension
With the bushes installed and with the LHS hub fully built I could install into the car. It is very simple to bolt together and once you have organised the […]
Installing the front suspension bushes
I took delivery from Gerry of the upgraded front suspension bushes to match the Hawk upgraded front suspension system I had already purchased. They are simple to install with the […]
Hawk 289 FIA AC Cobra Replica - St Piran 