Job # 1955 (DS) - Jaguar XK140 C Type (DS)
Cylinder head rebuild and custom leather trimmed XK140 bucket seats


 
 

Update report - October 28, 2010

Custom bucket seats for your XK 140 almost completed...

 
   


I am pleased to report that your cylinder head rebuild is almost complete and will be shipping out in the next few days.

 
   

 

 
   


The following sequence of photos show Carlos constructing your custom bucket seats....

 
Beautiful red hide supplied by Eric Suffolk
Marking the pleats

 

 

 
 Carlos stitching the pleats
 

 

 

 
Darrell fabricated your seat frames for you
 

 

 

 
   

 


Align honing cylinder head camshafts saddles and caps...

 
   


After assessing the condition of this cylinder head, it was decided that it was beyond economical repair. Fortunately, matching numbers not being an issue, we were able to replace the head with a genuine C Type core that will be rebuilt in its place.

 
 
Lots of corrosion in combustion chambers 

 

 

 
 Exhaust runners in extremely poor shape
Cam saddles have been modified and are not straight 

 

 

 
 
 A genuine C Type head will be rebuilt instead

 
 

 

 
 
 

 
 

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