Classic Car Performance website update !!

Fuel related problems, we had several this year and all of them are related to the fact that most Classic car owners don’t know that you can’t use regular fuel in your classic car. Premium, Non-Ethanol is the fuel that has to be used.  Ethanol attracts moister in the fuel, and the result is that all metal parts in the fuel system will start to rust, the fuel itself will gel, especially when the car is parked for long periods of time. The result of all this will be a very rough running engine, or not running at all. You could get the engine...

What goes on inside your old Lucas starter.(The Non-Technical explanation) First, the cars battery provides electrical energy to the starter through the main battery cable.  When you turn the key all the way forward to the start position, the solenoid moves the starter gear into contact with the flywheel gear and then, and only then, the starter motor begins to spin. Since the starter gear and flywheel gear have meshed together, this spinning motion is transferred to the flywheel which is attached to the crank shaft. The starter spins the engine until it begins to run on its own.  When you...

That classic you’ve been restoring is just about done, and you just placed an order with us for some new chrome wire wheels.  Now your attention turns to tires, because the last time this car had new tires, Neil Armstrong had just stepped on the moon.  Not a problem.  Today's tire sizes can be a bit confusing, as the size designations changed a lot over the years.  As we get orders for our wire wheels, customers typically ask for suggestions on the proper tire size to match their new wheels. So you wipe the dust off and look for the P number that...

1955 Jaguar XK140 Special Equipment Coupé ProjectCoachwork by Giovanni Michelotti Chassis no. S814286 Engine no. E1016-8 • Delivered new to France• Unique Michelotti aluminium coachwork and believed one of his first designs• Ultra-rare C-Type engine, originally fitted to chassis 'XKC016'• Previously owned by French Jaguar Drivers' Club President, Roland Urban Chassis number 'S814286' was built on 25th May 1955 as a left-hand drive XK140 SE Coupé with normal factory coachwork. The Jaguar was delivered new in France via the French distributor, Charles Delecroix, to its first lady owner, Mme Jeanne Gaymard in Paris. It is the 286th left-hand drive coupé...

Land Rover has grown from little more than a sketched outline of a vehicle on a beach, to a global brand selling hundreds of thousands of vehicles. It’s been a journey filled with adventure, courage, engineering excellence and, above all, many thousands of content and loyal Land Rover Owners. Below, we trace just some of the highlights that have made Land Rover great. 1947 – The Birth of a Legend The Land Rover brand that you have come to know and love was born in a sketch made in the sand on a Welsh beach in 1947. While using a...