1975 Jaguar XJ Coupe 6.0 V12
Discussion
craigjm said:
Shakermaker said:
I'm really enjoying this thread. I am mildly envious, of course, not just of the car, but seemingly, of all the knowledge and vision you have of how it will all fit together in advance.
Cheers, please join in with your thoughts. My vision may yet fall flat on its face. Lets see when we start to put it back together after its painted in a couple of weeks time. I just think metallic black with lots of chrome, matching black wheels and an interior of red and black leather with piano black wood cant go wrong. We will see. craigjm said:
Cheers, please join in with your thoughts. My vision may yet fall flat on its face. Lets see when we start to put it back together after its painted in a couple of weeks time. I just think metallic black with lots of chrome, matching black wheels and an interior of red and black leather with piano black wood cant go wrong. We will see.
I don't really know enough about Jags but I feel I'm the kind of person who should be a jag owner 
P5BNij said:
For what it's worth Craig, each time I come back to the thread, either to catch up or throw in a line or two, I'm always enthused by the project again and again, with the added bonus that the same enthusiasm tips over and back into my own cars / thoughts / ideas, for which many thanks.
Thanks mate for the kind words. I have to say I'm amazed at the interest the car is getting on here and on facebook. If this car doesn't ruin me I would like to do a resto-mod on a 420G or a MK9 but I also have a hankering to get an early 50s US pickup and paint it bright purple and put an LS3 v8 in it 
steve-5snwi said:
I might have missed the final colour choice but something like Jaguar Italian Racing red would look good or The metallic Alfa red ? Audi Black Cherry can also look very nice.
Hi Steve, it's going to be Mercedes Obsidian Black because I wanted a metallic black (I did look at black cherry) but I wanted the metallic fleck to not look too modern. The jaguar Metallics have red gold and blue flecks whereas the MB colour is silver fleck only so doesn't really look metallic just looks very shiny.I also like the knowledge of pissing off the purists by dressing it in a German suit
craigjm said:
Thanks mate for the kind words. I have to say I'm amazed at the interest the car is getting on here and on facebook. If this car doesn't ruin me I would like to do a resto-mod on a 420G or a MK9 but I also have a hankering to get an early 50s US pickup and paint it bright purple and put an LS3 v8 in it
Yep, I 'did' the XJC a few years ago, but the 420G is the only other 'old' Jag I'd want. My parents bought one when I was about 5 years old, from an auction, for £450, a fortune to them back then. They'd only gone to buy a Maxi. 
It was so wide they had to knock down the front garden wall pillars to get it on the drive. It was two tone brown and simply the greatest car I'd ever see, huge, huge thing. My father took it to work and the only space in the works carpark big enough to fit it actually belonged to the MD. It lasted an hour in there before my father was told to move it.
They didn't have it long, the fuel bills were ruinous to a young family on 'normal' money , but it hooked me on Jaaaags ever since.
P5BNij said:
For what it's worth Craig, each time I come back to the thread, either to catch up or throw in a line or two, I'm always enthused by the project again and again, with the added bonus that the same enthusiasm tips over and back into my own cars / thoughts / ideas, for which many thanks. If circumstances or funds ever allowed I'd love to do something along similar lines using a S1 or S2 XJ as my starting point... or maybe even a Mk2 / S-Type / 420 / 420G etc. Not so long ago JD Classics in Essex made a real effort with a customer's early Mk2 and have since built several others, all bespoke from top to bottom. They really went to town on the first one though with some surprisingly subtle upgrades and mods, the result was a £500k monster of a car, with just the right balance of old school gentle / hooligan about it.
True, but it was a horrible pale green.CharlesdeGaulle said:
I'm currently rather tempted by a Daimler 250 V8, but I'm not sure the motoring pleasure vs domestic harmony equation is likely to work in my favour right now!
They are far from brisk in the context of modern traffic but the engine is one of the loveliest ever made, beautifaully designed and built, and definitely one of the best-sounding V8s ever despite its diminutive capacity. I'd much rather have one of those than a low-powered XJ-engined Mark II.bob-lad said:
P5BNij said:
For what it's worth Craig, each time I come back to the thread, either to catch up or throw in a line or two, I'm always enthused by the project again and again, with the added bonus that the same enthusiasm tips over and back into my own cars / thoughts / ideas, for which many thanks. If circumstances or funds ever allowed I'd love to do something along similar lines using a S1 or S2 XJ as my starting point... or maybe even a Mk2 / S-Type / 420 / 420G etc. Not so long ago JD Classics in Essex made a real effort with a customer's early Mk2 and have since built several others, all bespoke from top to bottom. They really went to town on the first one though with some surprisingly subtle upgrades and mods, the result was a £500k monster of a car, with just the right balance of old school gentle / hooligan about it.
True, but it was a horrible pale green.I am at the classic show at excel and pilkington glass are here. I asked them about the quote for the heated screen at a shockingly shockingly cheap £350 and they said yes that's right and showed me one! You can even have one with antennas embedded for same price. Bargain so have ordered one. 7. Week wait
craigjm said:
I am at the classic show at excel and pilkington glass are here. I asked them about the quote for the heated screen at a shockingly shockingly cheap £350 and they said yes that's right and showed me one! You can even have one with antennas embedded for same price. Bargain so have ordered one. 7. Week wait
That is a good price. craigjm said:
Shakermaker said:
well I am now looking at XJ12s on eBay. Thanks Craig. I can't afford one of those unless I can somehow get work to keep paying me the same money but drop the car allowance age rules...
Don't do it.... step away from the light craigjm said:
Yep so definitely having one of those and wire it up to run with the rear heated screen.
On another note I've seen a few sets of hallibrand wheels at the show and I don't like them in real life and don't think they suit the XJ. Back to the drawing board on the wheels then
If the screen works like anything like the factory Ford ones, I would have wired separately. In my experience they clear far faster that the rear, usually 20 to 30 seconds or so. On another note I've seen a few sets of hallibrand wheels at the show and I don't like them in real life and don't think they suit the XJ. Back to the drawing board on the wheels then
LanceRS said:
If the screen works like anything like the factory Ford ones, I would have wired separately. In my experience they clear far faster that the rear, usually 20 to 30 seconds or so.
I would wire it separately really and yes they use the same tech as quickclear. Total bargain for £100 more than a standard screen. Friend who was with me when I checked has a 635CSI and he has ordered one too. Same price Gassing Station | Readers' Cars | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff