Brakes Broken

The old brake drum

So before we could trailer the Jag to British Sports Cars, Dale first needed to check the brakes on the car. He found that the brakes were binding and the car wouldn’t move. As the car had to be rolled up onto the trailer by hand the brakes had to be free. Dale found that he needed to remove the drums, so that the brake shoes would not bind on the drums, enabling the car to move freely.

Drum is off

In order to remove each drum Dale pried and wiggled each drum back and forth. The drums on the rear wheels came off easily but the 2 front wheels were somewhat of a struggle. After lots of prying finally the front drums came off.

Dale reattached the wheels on the car without the drums. Of course then we didn’t want to roll the car downhill as it would crash without any breaks.

After 40 years we can expect these things.

The Jag Will Run Again

So for now back to our Jaguar saga:

Getting ready for the inspection

This past January month a facebook friend, Rafe Saber, connected us with British Sports Cars. Rafe thought that it would be a great idea to get our car running; an old Jag on the road is worth more than many just sitting in disrepair.

We worked with Justin Jurgens from British Sports Cars, who would start the car if possible, in our garage. We scheduled the meeting on January 27^th.  

Justin stopped by our house to inspect the car and gave us lots of pointers on how to proceed but he really preferred to start the car at his shop in order to actually drive the car and access the motor. We did not set a date as we needed to check the brakes, tires and other items.

Justin Jurgens checking her out

Rafe really wanted to get this project underway so he worked with Justin to set a date for us to trailer the Jag to British Sports Cars where they would work to start it. This was most exciting but made us very nervous at the same time.

We had lots to do in a very short amount of time.