Jaguar E-Type Series I

Well, Christmas is just one day away and as per my word that I would do a few write-ups on some rare and interesting automobiles this month, here is another. I started off this month with an ultra-rare 1926 Rolls-Royce Twenty Tourer and so here is another rare beauty and back to the topic of my beloved Jaguars of course, the Jaguar E-Type. It’s actually been overdue for some time for me to write an article on this car but my initial plan was to write to write about the E-Type Series 1, 2 and 3 in one article but unfortunately I haven’t got any good shots of the Series 2 and the Series 3 yet hence, I’ve decided to just split the articles into the three different ones.

The History of Lamborghini

Ferruccio Lamborghini (pic below) was born in Italy in 1916. He was fascinated with engines from an early age. During World War II he joined the army and was stationed on the island of Rhodes. Fortunately there was little going on there during the war.  The island was essentially isolated from the rest of the world. Any cars, trucks or motorcycles that broke down had to be repaired on the spot with reused parts.  Lamborghini became known as a wizard at mechanical improvisation and became very much in demand at fixing engines.
 

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1926 Rolls-Royce Twenty Tourer

December is certainly a month many of us look forward to. One is because it’s the holiday season and the other is naturally because it’s Christmas and I celebrate Christmas. And here at Your Dream Auto, we are also going to be giving you interesting articles of very rare and interesting cars for you to look forward to, so sit back and keep coming back to follow our updates. And here it is, for our first post for the month of December, an ultra rare 1926 Rolls-Royce Twenty Tourer of which we have a fine example right here in Malaysia.

At one glance, the Rolls-Royce Twenty Tourer will look like a typical automobile from it’s era but once you get closer to it you will realise that a Rolls-Royce will always be a Rolls-Royce (enthusiasts will know what I mean). And also do bear in mind that this particular car was built before Rolls-Royce acquired Bentley (check out our earlier write-up on ‘The difference between a classic Rolls-Royce and a classic Bentley’) so which means that they were not sharing DNAs yet.

This particular Rolls-Royce was one of only three lightweight tourers ever built by the Connaught Coachbuilders. As with most vintage cars during this time, only the chassis was built by the manufacturer in this case Rolls-Royce and the body was made and fitted by coachbuilders. The engine was a 3.1 litre (3,127 cc to be exact), Rolls-Royce inline 6 cylinder mated with a four-speed gearbox. Just in case you were wondering what the ‘Twenty’ means in the name of the car, it’s simply means it’s a 20horsepower engine and depending on the weight and size of the body put on it’s chassis, some cars were said to be able to go up to almost 100 km/h. But what makes this particular Rolls-Royce Twenty Tourer more interesting is the fact that the current owner has got most of it’s history intact which even includes when the car was shipped to Malaysia.

To give a brief history, this particular car was shipped to West Malaysia (then known as Malaya) in June 1926. It was then used in a rubber estate in one of the states and even survived World War II. The current owner then acquired this piece of history back in 1981 and did a full restoration which was completed in 1983. Since then the owner has decided to keep the car around Malaysia and Singapore to preserve it’s history and this Rolls-Royce Twenty Tourer is currently believed to be the oldest surviving Rolls-Royce in good condition  in this part of the world. So do enjoy the shots I took below though I must admit that the car looks way better in real life rather than in the photos.

Classic Jaguar Wedding Rental

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Restoration - Mercedes-Benz W108 280S (part 3)

The part 3 of this series of articles on the Mercedes-Benz W108 restoration is certainly overdue and it’s finally time to do it. If you guys have been following the part 1 and part 2, this article will not be difficult to understand. Hahaha.. Well, this is the last bit of this restoration project that I took on last year. Carrying on from part 2 where I mentioned that the car was painted, the part 3 will reflect it’s final touches in getting the car ready which includes getting all the small bits polished and ensuring that the car will be a complete one once ready.

Car in for some carburettor tuning

There were a number of mechanical items to be sorted out which included fine tuning the refurbished original Zenith carburettors, sending the fuel tank for a full clean up, getting new clutch master and slave cylinders and a few more (I’ve only mentioned what I would consider the major ones). Once all the above were sorted out, it then came to the final cosmetic detailing which included a full interior clean up and also a brand new set of tyres and to accompany the tyres were a set of white walls and it’s sparkling colour coded chrome wheel caps.

It still had a few more interior fittings to do before the car was sent to a motor show for display and below are some of the shots of the car once completed. Some of the photos may make the colour look a little different as they were taken from different cameras but the first picture above is the most accurate one just in case you were wondering what the actual colour looked like. All in all, I must say it was quite a challenging time restoring this car especially when it came to sourcing parts but it was well worth it. Now time to move one to another project which may be another Mercedes or a Jaguar or perhaps, an American? Hhhmmmm... Well, let’s see what time has in store...

MG MGB

MGB Roadster

Whenever most people think about a small British sports car, the name MG is probably one the most common makes that comes to mind. The MG Car Company founded in 1924 produced some of the finest sports cars during it’s glory days. As a follow up to our earlier article on the MG TD 1950, here is another iconic MG known as the MGB.

The MGB was produced from the years of 1962 right up to 1980 and it was the replacement of the equally famous MGA, which I will do a write-up later on. The MGB appeared in two different variations, namely the roadster (convertible) and the coupe (hard top) which was also known as the MGB GT. The MGBs came with a 1.8 litre 4 cylinder engine. All in all, close to 400,000 units of the roadsters and about 125,000 coupes were built. There were some cosmetic changes done to the front and rear bumpers during it’s final years to adhere to certain regulations but they were changes which personally I think killed the car’s good looks.

MGB GT

There was also a very rare MGC model which had a 3 litre inline six cylinder engine and during it’s two year production period only abut 9,000 units were built. And finally during it’s final years, a 3.5 litre V8 Rover engine was put into a MGB GT body and this has to be the rarest of all with slightly more than 2,500 units built.

The pictures below are those of what is probably the best restored and kept MGB in Malaysia. This particular car is owned by a very passionate owner who took his time to restore it by sourcing for parts all over the world and finally to what it is today. This particular car has won numerous awards in the Malaysian classic auto-show scene. It may not be what I’m portraying in the pictures but it’s definitely a stunner in real. Do enjoy the pics below and the attached short video documentary.