When I first spotted this XJ-S at some distance, I thought maybe it was a low-rider kind of thing. I’ve seen some incredibly splayed wheels, but more typically at the front. The closer I got to it, the more I doubted my first impression. Knowing (roughly) how a Jag irs works, ever since my brother put together an XK-E model in 1963, there was just no way to make it do that, on purpose. By accident? Let’s see:
Sure enough; a broken axle. Good thing it didn’t happen at high speed.
OOPS yep way too much camber for something not to be wrong, Some Triumph models have a huge amount of camber movement but not these glad its tnot mine parts for Jags have horrendous price tags though oddly enough my doctor and his son are independant Jaguar restoration and service specialists they rebuild Jags and sell them all over the world he has the best waiting room magazines of any doc Ive visited.
Yes, there was way too much camber for that car to be moving. I’m pretty sure the top of the rear tire would have been scraping the wheel well on this car.
I do like the later XJ-S coupes. If I had the bux for one, I would pop in a fresh SBC and TH700 and call it good.
Pish tosh, nothing can go worng-
http://www.web-cars.com/e-type/irs.html
There are people in Japan who favor the “VIP” look-
I’ll bet that made a bad noise when it happened.
It would ve been hard to ignore
Hmmmmmmmmm I wonder what’s under the hood? I’ve heard of a few guys breaking Jag axles because they decide to put something crazy like a built 454 under the hood.
And with those aftermarket rims that really don’t go with the car, who knows what happened.
Maybe that trailer hitch had something to do with it.
Seen similar wheel problems but the best was 4 mini spares on a ’95 Caddie.