jensenracing77

The 63 assembly manual says the manifolds, manifold to turbo and at least the top half of the pipe leaving the turbo are all aluminum. I don’t really have a document that says the 62 is the same way but I believe it was. Both of my pipes still had some aluminum paint left on them so I would think it was the same.

Blasted the manifolds and painted them with POR-15 exhaust manifold paint. I used this on our automatic car but used the manifold gray color. It has held up very well so decided to use it again. Just this time in aluminum color. When I done her car I didn’t know they were supposed to be aluminum color. I prefer the cast color myself. I am not a…[Read more]

Got my radiator and heater core back yesterday. I had them order the core without top and bottom rails so we could use the originals with the holes. I always have them do this but usually they have extra solder at the ends of the rails when I get them back. I told him this was going on a high end restoration so he decided to send the rails off to…[Read more]

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Thank you! I sure enjoy do it and maybe even more than driving them after it is done. One thing we are excited about after it is done is we plan to haul it down to the Smoky Mountains and drive all around the mountains in it. That will not be till 2021 though. We done this in the 70 442 W-30 I built and was a great time.

I got my chrome back Friday. I got home and found that the bumpers are going to have to go back. They are really smooth but the centers are cloudy. I called him this morning and sent him some pictures. He said that it was a major screw up on his part and knows how it got out like that. He said he will take full responsibility for it and fix them.…[Read more]

Got my headlight terminals in and finished the wire harness.

Looks like you have an A/C car! Does it have any other options? Under the A/C line that runs in front of the cowl tag should be another code. It will have ACC and then could have something after that. Can you see if there is something there. Finding that aluminum bezel is difficult to do and usually not cheap when you do. I have an extra for one…[Read more]

Thanks for the pictures. All 4 of the Jetfire that were exported were built in Lansing so it could be one of those 4 but no way to really confirm that. I see it has power steering also. Do you know of any other options it has?

I have watched those videos before. I even commented on one. I did not know the videos were from France till now. Do you know if this car was sold new in France? My records show that only 4 of the 62 Jetfire cars were exported when new. Would it be possible to get a picture of the cowl tag. It looks like this. It is great that you are restoring it…[Read more]

Welcome to the Jetfire forum. Would it be possible for you to post pictures of your car? We love pictures.

Very nice! When you get a chance and if you don’t mind, we would love to see more pictures and maybe one of the cowl tag. We started a collection of cowl tag information. Jim Noel, here on this site, rebuilds the turbo, carburetor and fluid injection setups for these cars if you find you need that.

I have enough material left that I may make another set just to put away. I am actually going to cut a couple wide strips and pinch between the tank and trunk pan also. Not original but it helps for sound deadening.

I will send you an email and some pictures. Can you tell us more about your car? Is it 62 or 63? Would love to see pictures of it. How long have you had it? Sounds like you have been into the model for a while.

I cut out new splash shields for the car. Two of the originals are still nice and soft. I may just clean those and reuse them. Either way. I have new ones now if I need them

Are you needing it for the Jetfire carburetor I assume? If so, I have some that are NOS from another model that I modify and work perfect in our cars. These are old NOS stock and are the good leather style. With me buying it and the time of modifying it I would need $55 shipped for it. I know it is expensive but I have time and money invested…[Read more]

They need to see the bottom side pictures after you cleaned it. This car is incredible guys!