E-Type with twin CATs installed.

Classicfabs continues to be the number one choice worldwide for quality exhaust manifolds and systems for E-Types, XKs, MK2s and other Classic Jaguars. We are also finding more enquiries from U.S. and other countries that are only just finding us through internet searching and ‘word 'of mouth’ and we say thanks to them all.

We are also finding that more customers are requesting the fitting of our Classic Car Catalytic converters that as well as reducing Toxic emissions they also make the driving experience, especially in open top cars more enjoyable due the reduction in fumes and smell.

Classicfabs can now offer full CNC Machining and laser scanning of parts.

Spring of 2024 should see Classicfabs offering our new Dansk Porsche 911 manifolds with our Classic Car Catalytic converters fitted. These will also be test proven by our U.S. agent in Denver.

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Welcome to a late update on news from Classicfabs.

The last couple of years has been difficult for all of us and here at Classicfabs we have had our share of issues being caused by the pandemic, but minor compared with lots of other people. Our wish to all our customers and their families and friends is that they stay safe.

Following almost two years of no Jaguar events to go to we were all grateful to Philip Porter and his team at the E-Type magazine for organising a great event for E-Type 60 at Shelsley Walsh in the summer of 2021.

Jimmy also had the bonus of driving a customers D Type up the hill. We had just completed an exhaust system build on the car the previous week.

Projects: 

 Over the last eighteen months we have been developing our systems to be fitted with Classic Car Catalytic converters. All the details and test results you will find on all sections of our web site.

These Catalytic Converters we see as the way forward for Classic Cars in the future.

More and more of our customers are seeing the benefit of these components along with non-visual effect they have on emissions.

They are available as options on all our Jaguar systems and as ‘made up’ assemblies for various classic cars. Contact us for details.

Some new designs that we have been working on include:

A) A re-engineered design of the SSI manifold for Porsche 911s which include our Catalytic Converters.

B) A new design of Long Manifold for the Aston Martin DB5 / 6 along with a new design of exhaust system fitted with our Catalytic Converters. We will also have the same exhaust system but compatible with standard Cast Manifolds.

C) A new design of complete exhaust system for the Jaguar XJ6 in big bore to fit to our Long XJ6 manifold and includes our own design of silencers for a more improved sound performance for those with performance engines.

D) For our Formula Ford 2000 race car, a new Long Manifold design to include our Catalytic Converter.

The car will be on display and being driven by Jimmy at various Historic Racing events throughout 2022.

E) Our own design of manifold for Jaguar C Types with options on style of silencers and with the option of fitting our Catalytic Converters. (Photo coming).

F) Classicfabs now have a new design of silencer for our four pipe Series 3 V12 E-Type that included four small Catalytic Converters fitted internally in the silencer. These silencers with CATs are also a direct replacement for any of our current systems that customers have. 

The Jaguar D Type that Jimmy had the pleasure of driving up the hill at Shelsley Walsh during E-Type 60, fitted with our new exhaust and our Catalytic Converters. Thanks to Art Foley in the U.S.

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All the best from Jimmy, Rhona, and the team at Classicfabs and thank you for your continued support.

The one bit of news that is on everyone’s mind at this time is Covid 19, therefore we hope that all our customers and their relations are well and continue to keep safe in these turbulent times.

We would like to thank our customers for their understanding in that they have had to wait much longer for their systems due to Classicfabs having to close for three months during the summer following Scottish Government Covid guidelines.

We are almost back to our six – eight week delivery times for all systems. Thanks for bearing with us.

On the technical front from our last newsletter, has been the amount of orders we have received for our Series 3 V12 E-Type four pipe systems combined with our new V12 tubular manifold, this combination has proved popular and we continue to export all our systems to every continent including South America.

The main project we have been working on for the last eleven months is a Catalytic Converter that will form part of all our systems.

We hope to make these a standard supply in 2021 and have had nothing but positive feedback from customers that we have spoken to.

They will also be available to Retro fit to your current system.

This design of CAT is exclusive to Classicfabs and will be available on the majority of our systems from December 2020.

Classicfabs see this as a product that could become a requirement on Classic cars in the future. Our system is a ‘patented’ design and Classicfabs own the ‘Worldwide rights’ to these systems and assemblies for Classic / Historic cars which have no Catalytic converters as standard.

View in more detail the link on our home page and contact us for more detail

We would like to thank Angus Moss of Moss Jaguar www.mossjaguar.com  in Letchworth for the use of his own E-Type for testing.

Ed Watson of  www.edward-watson.co.uk  for the use of major engine components to get the design correct.

Not least of all our partners in the development and testing of these components Geoff Taylor of Taylor Automotive Engineering www.taylor-automotive.co.uk