At age sixteen I purchased a well used 1958 Triumph TR10, left hand drive for the American market. It looked much like the Standards of that era. My father and I pulled the little head on the 958cc engine and had a valve job done. Drove it to high school and first two years of college. Would I have rather had a muscle car? Sure, but the gas mileage was fabulous. The car set me back only a hundred bucks plus the valve job. Many fond memories of my first car.
Richard, Firstly thanks for the shout out on the channel. I have the Viart book myself and it‘s invaluable but seeing it done is the cherry on the cake lol. My content must really suck as i‘m lucky if i get 300 views on my XK 150 roadster restoration videos, I‘m not good with computer so the editing suffers and i guess my content and the way i‘m shooting the footage is what work i am doing at the time. Some tips would be most welcome. Cheers Dave
Great work again,from UK. My 1957 FHC that i've owned since 1976 has original wiring with lots added on! It's all a bit of a hack but that's how I'm keeping it. Runs on a 3,8 Mk.10 engine that I pulled out of a breaker and rebuilt. I once lowered the metal dash too low and caused a terrible short melting the ammeter,beware. I'm still +ve earth with a 35 Amp/Hr.Lucas dynamo out of an old Princess 4 Litre R, less power steering pump. I have a big 12v battery in LH/NS wing. I have also added a Lucas Master switch inside by rerouting the power supply to solenoid. That way I always isolate the battery when not used. I have a fused trickle charge connection under the bonnet for easy access. I recently added a 500 amp inline fuse just after the battery supply just incase. The starter draws 420 Amp. I keep the car on the road economily which is part of the fun. (Bit like your 'junk E Type')
I'm hooked (again - the 'scrap' E-type did the same, and BTW I commented at the time that the motor was likely to be a lovely smooth thing with the original crank journals and pistons, was hoping to see and hear more of it!). This is an exceptionally nice 150 in every sense, the body/chassis was in great shape anyway and with your uncompromising ethic it's going to be a stunner.
Firstly Mike, you are a very good mechanic and restorer. Very. On a different note just look at the relatively little plastic and so on they used back in the day compared to the huge amounts of not recyclable items used in just one vehicle today. We have enormous engine covers, faux woods and carbon fibre panels, insulation material extra aero dynamic panels and more. The good thing about modern cars and trucks is that we now use water based paints , but that is about as far as we go. Love the loom work BTW.
Hi Richard, U.K. viewer here just saying how much i have enjoyed the restoration. You make great videos, you have an easy voice filled with passion about what you do and even i as a non mechanic can just relax and enjoy the process filled with explanations that even i can understand. Please do not stop what you are doing i am hooked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes Richard that older white jag seriously underpowered {in the day fine} yes gangster car through and through ! By the way that paint job is immaculate, goes for your meticulous detailed work......wires switches immaculate............its all about detail Sir............Thanks to you and your Dad
The headliner looks like what we used to call Bristol/Union cloth. Any ripples, bubbles or sags can be steamed out using a kettle of boiling water. As it dries out the material “shrinks” back & tightens up. Impressive job Jeff/Geoff, 👍👍👍 from the U.K. 🇬🇧
Superb job , great content Richard as always .I am restoring a 1937 Austin 18/6 and can confirm what a great firm Autosparks are with their cotton- braided harness manufacture and incorporating ' modern ' upgrades for the likes of direction indicators , brake lights.Always look forward to your videos showing the impeccable standards you achieve.
Loved the '48, nice to see survivors of rare cars. As usual Mr. Owen's, your auto artistry is inspirational. Thanks for taking the time to share with your viewers. Take care!
Hi RMO, NZ viewer here. Loving this. If I was the owner of this car, I would have a full video documentary of my restoration. It’s going to add even more value to the car when it’s finished. I’ve no idea how much this is going to cost when it’s all complete, but it’ll be worth every cent. And I will be following this every step of the way, can’t get enough.
You could try sailboat rigging tape to wrap the wiring into a unit. It would protect the wires, keep the strays from snagging, and it only sticks to itself so it's easy to remove after with no residue.
I like very much the way you restore this car. It's a perfect job, done with love and passion. The new wiring harness is a pleasure to look at, done as they were in the past with fabric instead of plastic. Also, for the gauge and counter illumination, I like very much the idea to replace original incandescent light bulbs by new ones with the LED technique. They will not only last for long but also, they will deliver a true white light which is not the case with old incandescent lamps. These produce rather a yellowish color. As I saw, gauges and counters have a blue filter for the illumination. With these LED's, you will get a very nice blue light. May be you'll show us how it looks like during night driving. Thank you for your extremely interesting and high quality videos.
@@RichardMichaelOwen All the pleasure is for me. As a former mechanic, I'm able to judge high quality work as yours. I hope to see soon the continuation of this admirable restoration. Thank you Richard, you make us dream, you teach us how everything that has to be done deserves to be well done. You are a master.
Superb headliner there. A trick to get the wiring harness trough the narrow hole is household stretch film, wrap all the ends into a single bundle which is easier to thread trough the holes as you're not struggling to get all the single cables trough the second hole. The film can be removed easy and doesn't leave glue marks as tape would do on the cloth mantle.
That's a great tip! A plumber mate taught me that when joining rubber hoses for washing machines and dishwashers and so on you often have to make different size hoses fit together, so a smear of silicone sealant is often required to ensure a leak free join. If you then wrap that join in cling wrap it allows you to feed the hose into its home without having to wait for the silicone to set, otherwise the fresh silicone will want to smear itself all over everything it touches as you feed it through. It also allows the hoseclamps to run smoothly through and not snag. Of course that same trick works on cars as well with the rubber hoses, but I'd never thought of using it on wiring harnesses. Brilliant.
Loving this restoration. As a kid in the 60’s this was my favourite car and I remember when you could pick one up for less than £500. Add 2 noughts and treble that today.
So many beautiful cars in your shop, the mK4 jag is stunning, a tiny 4 cylinder engine tho, v.suprising, so that was actually a Standard car company engine as they later became Triumph.
My Dad had a 1949 Jag MkV 3.5L in Niagara Falls. He belonged to a British Car Racing Club and they used to race it on local tracks in the summer and on frozen lakes up north in the winter. I'm pretty sure he drove it until it rotted out in the late 50's
I like all the Post-War Jaguars with modern touches. Not into the Gangsta-car. Drivability is important to me. I’m a hobby machinist now. I can turn those little tools in a hour on the lathe/ Bridgeport.Never had that option 30 years ago.lol
Hi Richard, Once again, a great presentation of the XK150 rebuild. I have exsperianced the same problem with the rear light plinth rubber gaskets on both the XK and the E-Type, either the mould is too small or some serious shrinkage takes place. The boot (trunk) lid gasket I think is the wrong way round, it should have the longer side set into the corner, so having the shorter edge over the drip channel when closed. A brilliant job you are doing.
@MichaelKingsfordGray "Bulkhead" is definitely used in the UK as the whole assembly. I agree that individual panels were referred to as "firewall" or "cowl" panels. Many Jaguars were exported to the USA so not surprising that a mix of terminology has been used.
My Father owned a Jaguar 1 1/2 litre in his younger days - I believe it was the car my Mother learned to drive in. (I've only ever seen it in photographs.) His assessment - in a nutshell, was "nice car, crap engine". I'm sure he, like me, would love to own one now, though...
Boy thst 48 jag brought back my young days as a kid. Rememder two parked up in approx 1957. Played in them , put bricks through windows,nicked the head lamps, eventualy set them on fire to see fire brigade turn out. Regret it to this day . (Boys will be boys).
My gran mother had an XK150 FHC british racing green with chrome wire wheels, nice car, worth a fortune today! My gran father had a Mk4 Jaguar, red think it had wire wheels unsure of what engine it had. Personally i would keep the cars ORIGINAL!!!! Because when people are buying such a car, it being Original is what they look for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
" XK150 FHC british racing green with chrome wire wheels" ! My dream car just after an E Type FHC in BRG and biscuit interior ! Followed by Mk 2. I'd need a bigger garage for a TR 6 and an MGB GT too. Again BRG on black... Oh well... 🙄
I would make a cover for that fuse & wire block to keep the crud out. Would preserve wire colors and the hardware from corrosion. You'd be way ahead on that deal. Todays cars have way more wiring than this. Very cool MKIV. Those LEDs are way too bright for me. This Jag is going to be a winner. Keep the videos coming. Love this stuff and you learn things. Thanks guys. P.S. The dash board. I would've had it metal turned. For this classic, I think it would really set it off.
Foot note to head lamp saga , pluged one in to house socket 240 v uk. Clicked the switch ,(FLASH ..... BANG..... SMOKE woe did not play with lecy in house after that). Plus sore arse of my old man when he got home.
My dad is about to chop in an Austin Healey 3000 for an Alvis saloon... I’d prefer to see him in that Mark IV, but he’s already got a Mark II... so I think the Alvis is maybe a good choice!
Very nice work Richard. And Geoff has made a great job of the headlining but l don't think l can afford to fly him out to England ! Please pass on my apologises ! 😂😂 That flew by ! Thanks Richard .
I am going to sleep tonight with a much more positive feeling about humanity in general and Lucas in particular, knowing that out of thousands of parts they at least made one good one! My only question is, was it an accident or intent?
Great job on that wiring job, Richard Michael ! Did a swap like that on much modern car (1984) 20 years ago. Oh the headaches ! 😰 That XK 150 is awesome. So classy ! What will be the interior color ?
Was this car originally a positive earth (ground) and did you have to convert to negative earth when converting from dynamo to alternator? Is it a tricky job?
The conversion to negative ground typically involves only polarizing the generator (dynamo), but if you change to a modern alternator then the regulator can be deleted, I will go over this in a future episode.
Hello Richard, Great work! I have a 1957 xk150 drophead. It needs a full resto. do you have an email address where people can contact you about restos? I couldn't find any email contact for you?
At age sixteen I purchased a well used 1958 Triumph TR10, left hand drive for the American market. It looked much like the Standards of that era. My father and I pulled the little head on the 958cc engine and had a valve job done. Drove it to high school and first two years of college. Would I have rather had a muscle car? Sure, but the gas mileage was fabulous. The car set me back only a hundred bucks plus the valve job. Many fond memories of my first car.
Richard, Firstly thanks for the shout out on the channel. I have the Viart book myself and it‘s invaluable but seeing it done is the cherry on the cake lol. My content must really suck as i‘m lucky if i get 300 views on my XK 150 roadster restoration videos, I‘m not good with computer so the editing suffers and i guess my content and the way i‘m shooting the footage is what work i am doing at the time. Some tips would be most welcome. Cheers Dave
UK viewer here, looking fabulous, thank you so much 👏
Great work again,from UK.
My 1957 FHC that i've owned since 1976 has original wiring with lots added on! It's all a bit of a hack but that's how I'm keeping it. Runs on a 3,8 Mk.10 engine that I pulled out of a breaker and rebuilt. I once lowered the metal dash too low and caused a terrible short melting the ammeter,beware. I'm still +ve earth with a 35 Amp/Hr.Lucas dynamo out of an old Princess 4 Litre R, less power steering pump. I have a big 12v battery in LH/NS wing. I have also added a Lucas Master switch inside by rerouting the power supply to solenoid. That way I always isolate the battery when not used. I have a fused trickle charge connection under the bonnet for easy access. I recently added a 500 amp inline fuse just after the battery supply just incase. The starter draws 420 Amp. I keep the car on the road economily which is part of the fun. (Bit like your 'junk E Type')
I'm hooked (again - the 'scrap' E-type did the same, and BTW I commented at the time that the motor was likely to be a lovely smooth thing with the original crank journals and pistons, was hoping to see and hear more of it!). This is an exceptionally nice 150 in every sense, the body/chassis was in great shape anyway and with your uncompromising ethic it's going to be a stunner.
Grand plaisir á voir cette rénovation avancer par un grand spécialiste de Jaguar ...
Firstly Mike, you are a very good mechanic and restorer. Very. On a different note just look at the relatively little plastic and so on they used back in the day compared to the huge amounts of not recyclable items used in just one vehicle today. We have enormous engine covers, faux woods and carbon fibre panels, insulation material extra aero dynamic panels and more. The good thing about modern cars and trucks is that we now use water based paints , but that is about as far as we go. Love the loom work BTW.
Boy that was a fast 26 minutes, can't wait for the next update.
Hi Richard, U.K. viewer here just saying how much i have enjoyed the restoration. You make great videos, you have an easy voice filled with passion about what you do and even i as a non mechanic can just relax and enjoy the process filled with explanations that even i can understand. Please do not stop what you are doing i am hooked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes Richard that older white jag seriously underpowered {in the day fine} yes gangster car through and through ! By the way that paint job is immaculate, goes for your meticulous detailed work......wires switches immaculate............its all about detail Sir............Thanks to you and your Dad
That headliner - what superb work.
The headliner looks like what we used to call Bristol/Union cloth. Any ripples, bubbles or sags can be steamed out using a kettle of boiling water. As it dries out the material “shrinks” back & tightens up. Impressive job Jeff/Geoff, 👍👍👍 from the U.K. 🇬🇧
@@geofo60 nonsense, I've never heard of any blokes in the UK having a kettle around to generate steam,,,,, lol
Superb job , great content Richard as always .I am restoring a 1937 Austin 18/6 and can confirm what a great firm Autosparks are with their cotton- braided harness manufacture and incorporating ' modern ' upgrades for the likes of direction indicators , brake lights.Always look forward to your videos showing the impeccable standards you achieve.
Oh boy, you have the best job in the world!
Great restoration, really enjoying the videos.
Loved the '48, nice to see survivors of rare cars. As usual Mr. Owen's, your auto artistry is inspirational. Thanks for taking the time to share with your viewers. Take care!
Really nice wiring harness. Sure makes the job easier. That ‘48 Jag is gorgeous! I’ve never seen one of those before!😘😘😘
What an agreeable looking loom - nice and easy for the future.
Well north of 100k
Hi RMO, NZ viewer here. Loving this.
If I was the owner of this car, I would have a full video documentary of my restoration. It’s going to add even more value to the car when it’s finished. I’ve no idea how much this is going to cost when it’s all complete, but it’ll be worth every cent. And I will be following this every step of the way, can’t get enough.
You could try sailboat rigging tape to wrap the wiring into a unit. It would protect the wires, keep the strays from snagging, and it only sticks to itself so it's easy to remove after with no residue.
I like very much the way you restore this car. It's a perfect job, done with love and passion. The new wiring harness is a pleasure to look at, done as they were in the past with fabric instead of plastic. Also, for the gauge and counter illumination, I like very much the idea to replace original incandescent light bulbs by new ones with the LED technique. They will not only last for long but also, they will deliver a true white light which is not the case with old incandescent lamps. These produce rather a yellowish color. As I saw, gauges and counters have a blue filter for the illumination. With these LED's, you will get a very nice blue light. May be you'll show us how it looks like during night driving. Thank you for your extremely interesting and high quality videos.
Thanks Lauren, great to have you along
@@RichardMichaelOwen All the pleasure is for me. As a former mechanic, I'm able to judge high quality work as yours. I hope to see soon the continuation of this admirable restoration. Thank you Richard, you make us dream, you teach us how everything that has to be done deserves to be well done. You are a master.
Thanks Richard for again a beautiful episode on restoring this magnificent car!
Richard your video quality is getting much better . Jag build rocks too !
Love your work Richard always look forward to your videos, the detail you are putting into that XK150 is awesome 👏
Superb headliner there.
A trick to get the wiring harness trough the narrow hole is household stretch film, wrap all the ends into a single bundle which is easier to thread trough the holes as you're not struggling to get all the single cables trough the second hole.
The film can be removed easy and doesn't leave glue marks as tape would do on the cloth mantle.
That's a great tip!
A plumber mate taught me that when joining rubber hoses for washing machines and dishwashers and so on you often have to make different size hoses fit together, so a smear of silicone sealant is often required to ensure a leak free join. If you then wrap that join in cling wrap it allows you to feed the hose into its home without having to wait for the silicone to set, otherwise the fresh silicone will want to smear itself all over everything it touches as you feed it through. It also allows the hoseclamps to run smoothly through and not snag. Of course that same trick works on cars as well with the rubber hoses, but I'd never thought of using it on wiring harnesses. Brilliant.
Some great progress on her, Richard.
That wiring harness is stunning. I'm really enjoying the progress on this excellent resto.
That was fantastic. The Jag is going to be beautiful when it’s finished.
Gr8 job! This car is becoming a real jewel
Loving this restoration. As a kid in the 60’s this was my favourite car and I remember when you could pick one up for less than £500. Add 2 noughts and treble that today.
@MichaelKingsfordGray Well that would only be £10 per week. I think my dad got around £18 per week when he left the mines in 1961.
Yea nice car's to drive .Well made car's allround .Nice restoration nice.
Very nice attention to detail. Harness looks great. The headliner was beautiful.
Looks Great really professional work! thanks RMO!
That MK IV 1.5 litre small motor is a turn off. I'd install a 6 personally. Your Jag work is beautiful Richard !!! LOVE it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So many beautiful cars in your shop, the mK4 jag is stunning, a tiny 4 cylinder engine tho, v.suprising, so that was actually a Standard car company engine as they later became Triumph.
There's a guy on YT putting in a rear Tesla drive unit in one. Should make it move pretty well.
I'm glad to see the progress
I did one of these back in 1970. I pity you, but youv'e got guts!! Put 3 webers on it, it will be worth it!
Looks Fantastic! Amazing work!
Stunning work
My Dad had a 1949 Jag MkV 3.5L in Niagara Falls.
He belonged to a British Car Racing Club and they used to race it on local tracks in the summer and on frozen lakes up north in the winter.
I'm pretty sure he drove it until it rotted out in the late 50's
Beautiful restoration!
Beautiful wire harness
I like all the Post-War Jaguars with modern touches. Not into the Gangsta-car. Drivability is important to me. I’m a hobby machinist now. I can turn those little tools in a hour on the lathe/ Bridgeport.Never had that option 30 years ago.lol
Great video for a complex job
Been reading Geoff's website for ages, cool to see him doing his thing! Nice work Richard, I'm going to pick up some walnut shells ASAP.
Excellent work and vid as usual Richard, thx so much 👏👏. Watching your content is always very enjoyable; you explain & present everything so well 👍.
Hi Richard, Once again, a great presentation of the XK150 rebuild. I have exsperianced the same problem with the rear light plinth rubber gaskets on both the XK and the E-Type, either the mould is too small or some serious shrinkage takes place. The boot (trunk) lid gasket I think is the wrong way round, it should have the longer side set into the corner, so having the shorter edge over the drip channel when closed. A brilliant job you are doing.
I remember those rear lights used o nLondon Taxi's and many period British sports cars.
Looking very nice.
Is funny how you chaps say "firewall" but here in the UK it is "bulkhead"! Great video though Richard!
@MichaelKingsfordGray "Bulkhead" is definitely used in the UK as the whole assembly. I agree that individual panels were referred to as "firewall" or "cowl" panels. Many Jaguars were exported to the USA so not surprising that a mix of terminology has been used.
Great documentation.
I wish there was a book like that for my car.
And the color wiring makes all the difference!!
My Father owned a Jaguar 1 1/2 litre in his younger days - I believe it was the car my Mother learned to drive in. (I've only ever seen it in photographs.) His assessment - in a nutshell, was "nice car, crap engine". I'm sure he, like me, would love to own one now, though...
Love the 1948 Jag
Never seen a Mk IV before. Super interesting.
Absolutely gorgeous!! Waiting for the next video.
Great job with the headliner.
the paint came out great love this look
Super job!
Great work!
Boy thst 48 jag brought back my young days as a kid.
Rememder two parked up in approx 1957.
Played in them , put bricks through windows,nicked the head lamps, eventualy set them on fire to see fire brigade turn out.
Regret it to this day . (Boys will be boys).
My gran mother had an XK150 FHC british racing green with chrome wire wheels, nice car, worth a fortune today!
My gran father had a Mk4 Jaguar, red think it had wire wheels unsure of what engine it had.
Personally i would keep the cars ORIGINAL!!!! Because when people are buying such a car, it being Original is what they look for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
" XK150 FHC british racing green with chrome wire wheels" ! My dream car just after an E Type FHC in BRG and biscuit interior ! Followed by Mk 2.
I'd need a bigger garage for a TR 6 and an MGB GT too. Again BRG on black...
Oh well... 🙄
@@marcryvon such a car is now $250 000 ++, and the price will only go one way, UP!!!!
Beautiful work. It would be very satisfying to take a car to bare metal and re-assemble with renewed/new parts like that.
I have room for that 48' in my garage if you need someone to "keep" it for you :)
the otter switch in the thermostat housing is what turns on/off the auxiliary starting carburetor, aka electric choke, the one between both SU carbs.
Hello Richard, Outstanding work Sir & your passion for this Jaguar marque really shows through. I'm loving watching this particular restoration.
I would make a cover for that fuse & wire block to keep the crud out. Would preserve wire colors and the hardware from corrosion. You'd be way ahead on that deal. Todays cars have way more wiring than this. Very cool MKIV. Those LEDs are way too bright for me. This Jag is going to be a winner. Keep the videos coming. Love this stuff and you learn things. Thanks guys. P.S. The dash board. I would've had it metal turned. For this classic, I think it would really set it off.
You are welcome.
Foot note to head lamp saga , pluged one in to house socket 240 v uk.
Clicked the switch ,(FLASH ..... BANG..... SMOKE woe did not play with lecy in house after that).
Plus sore arse of my old man when he got home.
She is coming along and looking great. The mark 4 is a very nice car in my opinion the white walls don't look as good as just blacks (my opinion only)
The 1.5 is lovely but..... those tyres!
My dad is about to chop in an Austin Healey 3000 for an Alvis saloon... I’d prefer to see him in that Mark IV, but he’s already got a Mark II... so I think the Alvis is maybe a good choice!
Very nice work Richard. And Geoff has made a great job of the headlining but l don't think l can afford to fly him out to England ! Please pass on my apologises ! 😂😂 That flew by ! Thanks Richard .
Lovely!
What's with what looks like staining on the left side of the dash? Hope that's just dirt or grease!
I am going to sleep tonight with a much more positive feeling about humanity in general and Lucas in particular, knowing that out of thousands of parts they at least made one good one! My only question is, was it an accident or intent?
If it's a Jag, I want it!
Awesome
“ SIMPLE” Isn’t the correct word here! Was that a clock in the Tachometer? Awesome!
Great content 👌
Great job on that wiring job, Richard Michael ! Did a swap like that on much modern car (1984) 20 years ago. Oh the headaches ! 😰
That XK 150 is awesome. So classy ! What will be the interior color ?
I wonder how much a restoration like this costs. Great video
If sir has to ask.....
@@herme99 The owner probably didn't. I dare say he hasn't been in the shop. "Call me when it's ready."
What happened to the dash facia with the textured finish that you unboxed in one of the earlier episodes?
Excellent work. The dash looks great except for a mark on the left side. Will it polish out? 👍🏻🇬🇧🤓
It's going to get covered up
As always great video, but have to slap your wrist took me a few spellings to find Jeffry/Jeff/Geoffrey/Geoff Chrysler :).
Do you think it would be better to restore the tachometer to a modern electric pulse rather than have the old revolving troublesome cable ?
Where did you get that cool dashboard bezel removal tool? I want one.
Bud, under the tools section Moss Motors
Beetle seats in the 1.5L?
I'm curious with the two stalks or whatever they are sticking out the back of the dash? what are they?
Resets for trip odometer and clock, thanks for watching.
Was this car originally a positive earth (ground) and did you have to convert to negative earth when converting from dynamo to alternator? Is it a tricky job?
The conversion to negative ground typically involves only polarizing the generator (dynamo), but if you change to a modern alternator then the regulator can be deleted, I will go over this in a future episode.
Am I right in assuming those LED bulbs are for comic relief?
Hello Richard, Great work! I have a 1957 xk150 drophead. It needs a full resto. do you have an email address where people can contact you about restos? I couldn't find any email contact for you?
Eric, my e-mail is supercars@gmail.com thanks for watching
Hi Richard, would you post a link to Jeff’s UA-cam. I can not fine it.
ua-cam.com/channels/rynzHRfhqnbYAV3Mx9oThg.html
Thanks it was my English spelling of his name was the problem.
LED bulbs....who'd a thunk it?
what was the upholsters name please, or his UA-cam channel
Got it
Process has a short O you pronounce it with a long O.. Odd or Ode as you would have it...
As English people in England say it.
Where are episodes 9, 10, 11 etc?
Maybe if you had a crystal ball? I'm putting together the car right now
@@RichardMichaelOwen sorry didn't know I had caught up with your resto. Not a frequent you tube user. Facinating build!