RE: PH Heroes: Jaguar XJR-S

[urquattro]

I bought a standard V12, identical to the colour scheme of the photo in this article, with very good manual gearbox conversion, genuine TWR wheels, TWR steering wheel, full certified lpg conversion, very good body and interior plus MoT and tax, just under £2k, it now being refurbished but went really well and did not have any really bad points.
Needed floor repair and tidy up only, the downside was lpg kit had needed to remove the air con to fit it all in.
Car is so good that the lpg kit will be ditched, air con refitted and colour scheme redone etc.

[LuS1fer]

johnxjsc1985 said:

bobfrance said:

I had a 6L facelift XJR-S for about five years. IMHO it was the best car I ever owned. I used it every day and it never let me down even once.

I sold it and bought a Boxster - bad move!
I'd probably buy it back if I could. Has anyone seen it?

I maybe biased but I dont get why the car is so despised from a design point of view. What is wrong with the car in this picture its stunning.

The facelift was a big improvement over the iriginal in terms of the main bugbears - the rer side window and the rear lights. Meanwhile, black is flattering but it highlights the rear overhang.

[johnxjsc1985]

Lot sof people still prefer the pre facelift cars but I have both and can see both sides.Not sure about the point on the overhang it doesn't appear exessive and the boot space in regards depth isnt huge.

[deadslow]

I also swither between liking the (70s) purity of the original, or the softness of the facelift cars. Definitely not much to beat the late 6.0l cars. Just a GREAT place to be.

The overhangs don't bother me either. I actually find modern cars, with a (massive) wheel stuck right in each corner to be rather cartoonish.

[sanguinary]

Turbocharger said:

Saw this last year, at a steam fair of all places. Definitely an XJS floorpan, but that's a Rover(?) tailgate and the pillars look professional, if not factory finish. Anyone know any more?

How utterly bizaare. Has to be a one off surely.

To me the back end looks like it's come froma Xantia.

[joz8968]

urquattro said:

joz8968 said:

vixen1700 said:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1979-JAGUAR-XJS-AUTO-WHITE-V...

WTF is that!

A body kit by Paul Banham, his view of what any XJS should be - dont think they made or sold many, enough said.

Looks like a REAAALLY BAD kit car of an E-Type!

Edited by joz8968 on Wednesday 8th June 15:07

[deadslow]

joz8968 said:

urquattro said:

joz8968 said:

vixen1700 said:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1979-JAGUAR-XJS-AUTO-WHITE-V...

WTF is that!

A body kit by Paul Banham, his view of what any XJS should be - dont think they made or sold many, enough said.

Looks like a REAAALLY BAD kit car of an E-Type!

Edited by joz8968 on Wednesday 8th June 15:07

P Banham used to do a hardtop for the XJS convertible, which, imho, looked the mutz.

[johnxjsc1985]

If the Banham car was any good it owuld have sold by now but thats been around for ages.YUK.

[urquattro]

Here is the cabin of our manual V12 that I posted details of earlier, this is a nice tidy car and worth removing the lpg kit.








see the piece of gaffer tape to keep the glove box shut, its all faults when you buy a low cost XJS V12 manual;)

[LuS1fer]

joz8968 said:

urquattro said:

joz8968 said:

vixen1700 said:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1979-JAGUAR-XJS-AUTO-WHITE-V...

WTF is that!

A body kit by Paul Banham, his view of what any XJS should be - dont think they made or sold many, enough said.

Looks like a REAAALLY BAD kit car of an E-Type!

I forgive Jaguar everything. That is stomach-churningly horrific - like someone crashed a Corsa into a TVR Griffith and pulled and stretched it to look like Pilsbury dough. Some mug has bought that for £1700. that's technically a robbery...

[urquattro]

LuS1fer said:

I forgive Jaguar everything. That is stomach-churningly horrific - like someone crashed a Corsa into a TVR Griffith and pulled and stretched it to look like Pilsbury dough. Some mug has bought that for 1700. that's technically a robbery...

You are forgiven for making this statement - somebody must like it BUT WHO !!

[johnxjsc1985]

urquattro said:

Here is the cabin of our manual V12 that I posted details of earlier, this is a nice tidy car and worth removing the lpg kit.








see the piece of gaffer tape to keep the glove box shut, its all faults when you buy a low cost XJS V12 manual;)

all the niggly bits can be sorted with a bit of patience and a bit morepatience.

[Jimmyarm]

My Dad had an XJS, lovely car until the headgasket(s) went

This is at the showroom in front of work atm, it is literally showroom condition inside and out. I got to drive it a small distance too

http://legenda.co/jag3page.html

[300bhp/ton]

Jimmyarm said:

My Dad had an XJS, lovely car until the headgasket(s) went

This is at the showroom in front of work atm, it is literally showroom condition inside and out. I got to drive it a small distance too

http://legenda.co/jag3page.html

Quite a familiar colour there. This was my 82, not perfect but ran very well and was quite tidy and honest.

[XJSJohn]

urquattro said:

Here is the cabin of our manual V12 that I posted details of earlier, this is a nice tidy car and worth removing the lpg kit.








see the piece of gaffer tape to keep the glove box shut, its all faults when you buy a low cost XJS V12 manual;)

brings back memories - you also have to select 2nd or 4th gear to eject the CD mine was the same!!!

[johnxjsc1985]

I'm going to look at an 82 5.3 in petrol blue today.No MOT been off the road for a short while but reportedly only done 50k and had a head gasket gone but the bodywork looks fantastic.NOooooo somebody stop me.

[derestrictor]

300bhp/ton said:

Oh, I like that.

[XJSJohn]

derestrictor said:

300bhp/ton said:

Oh, I like that.

i don't ... reminds me too much of my old one, and if i could afford the road tax here i would be looking at over GBP7k a year!!!!

there are a few plus sides to the UK.

eta - yes i do want - but would have to go back to that bloke in Dorking for another manual conversion ....

[XJSJohn]

johnxjsc1985 said:

I'm going to look at an 82 5.3 in petrol blue today.No MOT been off the road for a short while but reportedly only done 50k and had a head gasket gone but the bodywork looks fantastic.NOooooo somebody stop me.

leaky ones are better in this situation, they will have "self waxol'ed" !!

edit - petrol blue - the most ironically accurate colour for one of these!!

[derestrictor]

You want an 'S' and a profane enough chuck of disposable with which to carelessly bid au revoir by direction to this mob -

http://www.kwecars.com/