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Rear end from the gto?

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"Classic Hotrodder's Trick"??? I'm guessing a Jaguar IRS... Maybe an old F**d 9"

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Irs!!

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Section the body down, drive it!!

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Ding ding ding we have a winner! Well, two winners.. Jag IRS it is, and since we have the whole car, we are going to throw a Jag IFS under there too. The Jag IRS traces its design back to 1961 and the Jaguar E type. Many improvements over the years lead to the last hurrah, the 1994-1996 Jaguar XJ-S. Both our '57 Buick and '94 XJ-S tip the scales at an almost identical 4,200 pounds, so the factory spring-breaks should be perfect just as designed. One of the reasons the Jag IRS was so popular with hotrodders is that it bolted onto the frame with 6 simple mounting points, making it easily adaptable to many different cars, and also came with disc brakes.
In the front, our '57 Buick has a one-year-only front suspension design that no parts are available for, sloppy recirculating ball steering, and crummy drum brakes. It should be a drastic transformation from a ride and handling standpoint.
We are 30 minutes away, so pictures shall be coming soon.

:mmmk:

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Hello again. My dad forgot to pack the card reader for our camera, so we have not been able to post the pictures promised. :whine: I, however, took a picture on my phone, as we are driving down the road, and shall post it for y'all now.Attachment 1341610
TADAAAAAAAAA! One of us will post more pictures once we get home in about 6.5/7 hours. So long until then.

:mmmk:

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At least youre not parting out a pretty Jag ,one of the old classics .Even though it would be worth it for this worthy cause .

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Right on Drew the jag front and rear work well in those cars there is a guy on the HAMB that did a 57 Buick he is from north carolina goes buy the name zman on that board. :metal::metal::metal::metal:

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Yes, I have read his blog on the HAMB and another one about a 57 Oldsmobile proving to me that it is possible to pull off. Unfortunately they don't go into much detail and a lot of the pictures posted won't load now, but I'm sure we can figure it out.

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yes it's very doable have you gone into his profile and looked threw his album on that car there may be some pics and info there. But I have full confidence you can get it done can't wait to see the magic happen :metal:have a safe and Happy New Year

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here is when the tread started may help your search Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by zman, Aug 4, 2004 there are a lot of pictures

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Happy New Years

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Happy New Year!!!

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I know for my 1950 Chevy I can use the 1974-1985 XJ6 because the track width and the mounting points were right.

Heres one 1957 Buick-
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/t....739171/page-6

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On the road photos from moonlit Connecticut.

94 XJ-S with the V-12 engine, 42,000 miles, zero damage or issues, just hasn't run since 1998!

It seems that the original owner went to jail and stored it in his parents backyard. Somehow he never came back for it and recently the city made them clean up the back yard. It popped up on Craigslist a few weeks back for $1500, and I figure surely I can part it out and possibly break even.

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^^^ good buy!

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Drew, do you use a different site to search Craigslist near and far?

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Biz looks super excited standing with the Jag ,I cant wait to see more .

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YES !!! Searchtempest.com is a nationwide Craigslist search aggregator. It works incredibly well, it would be impossible to search each city manually.

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Drew I see all these pics of your cool trips with a u-haul trailer?
I thought you would own your own trailer.
What's the inside scoop?
Unlimited U-haul gift card? Ha.

Seriously,... this is a COOL project!!!

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I really have no room to store a trailer, plus the Uhaul trailers are so over engineered and robust.

Thanks for loving the Bride!

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I have found that owning a trailer is more trouble than they are worth unless you use it a lot . I sold mine and dont regret it .

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The Jag thinks he's died and gone to heaven being inside my warm and dry garage. Jokes on him though when we cut his arms and legs off to suspend our Buick!!!!!

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Leaking driveshaft, well thats got to go.

Front cap is off

Surprisingly no rust under all this junk that fell through the cowl.

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A rare sighting in the garage, the Mrs. at work on the Buick - look at that pile of dirt from the passenger cowl vent!Attachment 1345323

Fakhry tearing down the Jag.Attachment 1345324