1975 Jaguar XJ Coupe 6.0 V12

[bomma220]

Breadvan72 said:

http://viz.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/003_vi...

Great to see you're an aficionado of the publication, BV! May I ask sir, do you happen to like Private Eye & 'Derek & Clive' too?

[AMGSee55]

How about American Racing Vectors?? - General Lee's in other words - period correct (more or less)

[craigjm]

ndtman said:

How about some Pontiac Snowflakes? Now available in larger sizes http://snowflakewheels.com/

I think they would look quite good on a black car with the accents painted in black not gold

[anonymous-user]

Here you go

Exterior paint (remember no vinyl roof) - metallic black
Interior carpets - dark red
Interior seats and door cards - cream leather with black piping
Interior upper doors / dashboard / centre console - dark red
Headlining - grey
Dashboard veneer - piano black.

Anthracite Dunlop wheels!

Job done :-)

[jwwbowe]

Awesome thread. Love the classic Jags. BBS wheels always look great on these:
Singer use awesome Recaro seats, love the weave and the retro competition feel to these, maybe something similar is worth investing in as a retro sympathetic mod in a different more Jag hue?
Really whatever you chose to do we salute you, what a cool car! 👍

[P5BNij]

Jim AK said:

Just wow, so love these some serious envy issue here right now!

I was about 15 when I used to clean peoples cars for a few £££s. One chap I used to do this for had the Daimler version of this PYU 252R in a rather horrid brown colour, don't remember the interior colour.

One weekend it got stolen & for a while I had no Daimler to clean until he got an old english white Jaguar 4.2C with red interior & your favourite black vynil roof SJU 293R I so loved sitting in it imagining driving it!

No idea why I can remember the registration numbers when I cant remember any of my previous cars except my first Triumph & I can also remember him arriving at the office after `lunch with his secretary` for me to clean it playing Earth Wind & Fire very loud on the mad stereo he put in it........ Happy days.

Can anyone confirm that Jaguar ceased building these because they couldn't stop the wind noise from the door seals?

Ive no suggestions for what you should do but I'm sure what you do will be right for it OP.

I think one of the reasons for the demise of the XJC could have been that the short wheelbase platform was being phased out anyway, the SWB saloons were replaced by the LWB altogether by about September '74. The XJC was supposed to have been on sale from late '73-ish but didn't arrive in the showrooms until 1975, partly because the Browns Lane boffins had endless trouble trying to seal the side windows properly. By the time the last XJC was sold I'd imagine the S3 saloon was already on the drawing board and waiting ot go, making the S2 based Coupe a bit passe from the management's point of view.

Of all the XJs though, the Coupe has to be the most elegant.

[diluculophile]

I'm a big fan of Jag Burgundy, that's what I'd go for.
Probably with the interior in black or cream. Cream would go well, black more sensible.
Replica Halibrands sound perfect - those wheels don't quite fit with the style at present.

Great project, I'll be interested to see how it pans out.
I'm sure it'll work out well.

[Alfa Pete]

Have you seen this Ardern version? http://www.arden.de/en/jaguar-xj-12-c/

[johnxjsc1985]

keep as close as you can to original because it was and still is a stunning looking Car

[rtz62]

craigjm said:

rtz62 said:

consider a wiper motor that clears the screen at a decent rate and when parked doesn't leave the wipers looking like a Crane or other wading bird is trying to disappear headfirst into the scuttle.

Would love to do this it annoys the crap out of me! Any ideas how?

Not sure, I'd have thought something like a Range Rover wiper motor would be the first port of call, being from the same stable
I'm sure that the JDOC would have this covered in one of their forums, I had the same issue with my TVR Chimera which had wipers like the XJ, didn't clear the screen well and parked badly; I think the subsequent owner retro fitted a wiper motor and armature from a Ford (???)

[craigjm]

Jim AK said:

Can anyone confirm that Jaguar ceased building these because they couldn't stop the wind noise from the door seals?

Ive no suggestions for what you should do but I'm sure what you do will be right for it OP.

There was supposed to be a coupe in the series 1 and there is a prototype in existence now I'm Australia. They couldn't get the windows to work so it was delayed and by the time it arrived in 1975 the XJS was pretty much ready and that's what killed it off

[Escort3500]

What a cracking looking car OP. The updates will only make it even better. As you say, the wheels are gash and the vinyl roof should go, but otherwise it's spot on. Love the colour too. Bookmarked

[Fermit The Krog]

Escort3500 said:

What a cracking looking car OP. The updates will only make it even better. As you say, the wheels are gash and the vinyl roof should go, but otherwise it's spot on. Love the colour too. Bookmarked

OK, now I'm going to sound a prat.... read your post and thought likewise, I'd like to follow this one.... the question is, where do bookmarked threads show?

[Escort3500]

Fermit The Krog said:

Escort3500 said:

What a cracking looking car OP. The updates will only make it even better. As you say, the wheels are gash and the vinyl roof should go, but otherwise it's spot on. Love the colour too. Bookmarked

OK, now I'm going to sound a prat.... read your post and thought likewise, I'd like to follow this one.... the question is, where do bookmarked threads show?

Go to 'my stuff' and 'my bookmarks' at the top of the page

[ess]

Fantastic project OP, bookmarked.
Was toying with visiting XJ Restorations at some point for some tinkering on my XJR.
Will you be using them for future work ?

Good call on the Dunlops. My favourite wheel of all time.
They look so purposeful.

For some strange reason I originally thought these (DB7 ?) wheels looked compelling on this XJ40.
Not so sure now though.
Wouldn't work on the '75 I don't think. Too modern.

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[anonymous-user]

bomma220 said:

Great to see you're an aficionado of the publication, BV! May I ask sir, do you happen to like Private Eye & 'Derek & Clive' too?

I remember Viz when it was still funny! Derek and Clive v fine. Private Eye variable.

[anonymous-user]

jwwbowe said:

Awesome thread. Love the classic Jags. BBS wheels always look great on these:

Errrmmm, all that I can say about that is that tastes, er, vary!

[anonymous-user]

ess said:

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For some strange reason I originally thought these (DB7 ?) wheels looked compelling on this XJ40.
Not so sure now though.
Wouldn't work on the '75 I don't think. Too modern.

I encourage your doubts! I think that combination of wheels and low profile tyres looks awful on that car. I can't think of many cars on which spray on uber low profiles look good, and most Jags look better, I think, with taller tyres. They also waft better with more rubber, and a Jag saloon or coupe should be all about sporty waftage.

[ess]

Breadvan72 said:

I encourage your doubts! I think that combination of wheels and low profile tyres looks awful on that car. I can't think of many cars on which spray on uber low profiles look good, and most Jags look better, I think, with taller tyres. They also waft better with more rubber, and a Jag saloon or coupe should be all about sporty waftage.

Roger that.
I quite like the wheel design though, but much too large and not enough rubber 'fat' for an XJ.
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[anonymous-user]

I confess that multi thin spoke patterns are never my favourite kind of alloy wheel, but I agree that those ones look OK on, say, a DB7 (which is a quasi Jag anyway). My E39 Bimmer has multi spokes, but I am not complaining because I got the car for nothing.