Mike Hawthorne in a jag around LeMans 1956

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May 11, 2014 | 10:04 AM

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onehundred80

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Mike Hawthorne in a jag around LeMans 1956

People are still using the road as he runs around them.

You just have to love the lightweight audio and video gear. LOL

May 11, 2014 | 10:11 AM

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Re: Mike Hawthorne in a jag around LeMans 1956

Nice Dave. At the Indy track yesterday, there was a car show. Many historic cars and a lot of Jag's from the racing era.

May 11, 2014 | 10:18 AM

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Re: Mike Hawthorne in a jag around LeMans 1956

He kept mentioning "first gear corners" and that was because the D-Type had a "completely new gearbox with bottom-gear synchromesh for the first time". Production cars including the E-type prior to the 1965 model has the Moss gearbox with non-synchro 1st and Whitworth fasteners. I usted to be able to get into 1st at 25 mph by doubleclutching.

BTW the D-type is a example of how a six should sound.