A happy man indeed....XJS all fresh from mechanic :)

A happy man indeed....XJS all fresh from mechanic :)

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robodonkey2005

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311 posts

207 months

Sunday 10th February 2008
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Just thought I'd share pics of my pride and joy with you all!

http://picasaweb.google.com/shine.greg/JagXJS53V12...

a8hex

5,830 posts

224 months

Sunday 10th February 2008
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Very nice
Enjoy

Jimbeaux

33,791 posts

232 months

Monday 11th February 2008
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robodonkey2005 said:
Just thought I'd share pics of my pride and joy with you all!

http://picasaweb.google.com/shine.greg/JagXJS53V12...
Very excellent! Were there any items from the fix up that might benefit any of us? Mine is a 1995 XJS (AJ16).

Edited by Jimbeaux on Monday 11th February 10:47

robodonkey2005

Original Poster:

311 posts

207 months

Monday 11th February 2008
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Purely cosmetic stuff apart from the full service - although if you are in need of a reasonably priced mechanic in the Republic of Ireland I would happily recommend the chap who did the work - Derek Dickenson (he's got shedloads of parts too).

Jimbeaux

33,791 posts

232 months

Monday 11th February 2008
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robodonkey2005 said:
Purely cosmetic stuff apart from the full service - although if you are in need of a reasonably priced mechanic in the Republic of Ireland I would happily recommend the chap who did the work - Derek Dickenson (he's got shedloads of parts too).
A little too far for even a good mechanic; thanks though! smile

GEP

459 posts

217 months

Monday 11th February 2008
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Stunning, love the quad headlights!

Has it had a respray... it looks to have either had an absolute belting job or been sitting in a garage all its life!?

Well jealous.







Edited by GEP on Monday 11th February 12:45

robodonkey2005

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311 posts

207 months

Monday 11th February 2008
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Lived in a garage in Jersey and then 2 years ago was brought to the UK - that's original paint and there's not a pick of rust anywhere on the car!!

mccrackenj

2,041 posts

227 months

Tuesday 12th February 2008
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That's absolutely lovely Greg. Best of luck with it!




robodonkey2005

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311 posts

207 months

Thursday 14th February 2008
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Cheers John - I'd be interested to see pics of the XJ40 with the leather all cleaned up btw!

mccrackenj

2,041 posts

227 months

Friday 15th February 2008
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No probs Greg - now that the weather may be picking up.

The leather will not look any different from before in photos though, as there was hardly any dirt in the seats anyway. All they needed was a good wipe with a damp soapy cloth and a good dollop of Liquid Leather. They're smelling lovely now.

I've replaced both the headlights and put 2 tyres on the back, and tried 3 different 2nd hand dim/dip modules in an effort to get the passenger side dim-dip function to work - aah the joys of old Jags!

Apart from that all I've done is give the whole car a good claying, polishing, sealing and waxing. The paintwork is really good - there's a hell of a lot if it though, I had 2 very sore arms that day!

I'll try to get some photos soon - and then figure out how to post them here.