Historic Rally Driving In an E type Jaguar

The Mad Dog rally team (Olivia Morrow/John Morrow) competing on the NW Classic Rally, Oregon, August 8th 2009. The car is a 1967 Series 1 Jaguar XKE coupé. This is Olivia's first rally and the car's first outing after a 10 year hibernation. It performed flawlessly. I'm training Olivia in pacenote instructions that are not particularly accurate but you get the picture...

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Historic rallying
• TSD
• regularity
• Jaguar

[jerrymouton]

Hi, John,

Made me wish the previous run of this rally would have worked out. Looks and sounds great!

[wjwmorrow]

@jerrymouton Hi Jerry. Hope all is well. I'd like to have another go at the rally but my co-driver (daughter) has taken off for Italy and anyway the E type needs some attention. Maybe I'll think about the Mille Miglia for another year...

[lsprime]

Very nice, sounds good too!!.

Is that a smaller steering wheel than the original?

[wjwmorrow]

Thanks for your comments. The sporty sound is due to the fact that I've replaced the standard exhaust manifold with ceramic-coated headers and the center exhaust box has been replaced with glass packs. The overall effect is louder than standard and after a day's rallying I'm reaching for the ibuprofen but I think this is a small price to pay.

[wjwmorrow]

Well spotted with the steering wheel: it's 1" smaller in diameter than standard -it makes the steering a bit heavier (especially with wider 6" rim wheels) but again I feel the trade off is worth it. The original wheel is like something out of the QE2...!

[watkinbg]

Nice E...sounds great. What year?

[wjwmorrow]

1967

[kirkconway]

E type coupe series One,

has been my favoite and always will be,

dark blue matching interior,