12 yr old with a Jaaaag!
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kamilb1998 said:
If I could do my test in it and get a manual licence, I would.
Top man, I applaud you. When I passed my test at 17 I immediately bought my brother's Rover SD1 3500 V8 which I "restored" with rattle cans and filler. Loved that car and still miss it. My advice is keep the Jag and drive it around while you can, these are the things you will tell your own children! 
Stuck a new fuel filter and belts on the car this morning and took it for a shakedown run
It got a quick run round the coast - 90 miles - only a few faults to attend so not bad at all
Doesn't register much temperature on the dash - heating works fine and the thermostat was done a couple of years ago but this didn't solve it so I'm assuming this will be a faulty temperature sender.
A slight rattle from the NSF which could be anything really, need to get it up in the air to take a good look at this. Wish one bushes looked perfect (top and bottom) so I'm presuming this will be an anti roll bar/ shock bush.
A rather annoying rattle developed from behind the dash over certain surfaces on the OSF, could be anything really so will investigate this at some point. There was also a high pitched vibration type noise from the drivers door at 80+ so this will want looking at in due course too.
It got a quick run round the coast - 90 miles - only a few faults to attend so not bad at all
Doesn't register much temperature on the dash - heating works fine and the thermostat was done a couple of years ago but this didn't solve it so I'm assuming this will be a faulty temperature sender.
A slight rattle from the NSF which could be anything really, need to get it up in the air to take a good look at this. Wish one bushes looked perfect (top and bottom) so I'm presuming this will be an anti roll bar/ shock bush.
A rather annoying rattle developed from behind the dash over certain surfaces on the OSF, could be anything really so will investigate this at some point. There was also a high pitched vibration type noise from the drivers door at 80+ so this will want looking at in due course too.
The purchase of a crappy 50s French moped called for a road trip and what better car to do it in than the Jag?
We were planning a day trip to France anyway before the new year but the purchase of the bike last week cancelled those plans, the outbound ferry was moved forwards by 24 hours, breakdown cover was extended and we left the house at 3am on Monday 29th.
A thankfully uneventful cruise down to Dover saw us there at 5:45am in time for the 6:30am boat, we were deposited at the other side by 9:30am, set the cruise and headed south. The only hiccup encountered on the journey down was the toll booths which started refusing all our cards having gone okay through the first. That was a slight issue as we had limited euros at the time and didn't speak a word of French! I approached the lady who eventually pulled up behind to ask for help, language was a barrier but she eventually gave us a few euros to get us through. She caught up with us in a shop in the next village and dad rewarded her kindness with a bottle of red wine. Several stops in picturesque villages and services for food saw us arrive at our destination, Chabrils, at around 5pm.
Took the wheels of the new purchase and it fitted in the boot. Result! We were offered a nights accommodation at the sellers B&B which was a rather nice gesture. Woke up to croissants on the table in the morning and we were back on the road by 10am. We withdrew enough euros to cover all the toll booths in the morning which was just as well as the toll booths still refused to take any of our cards, which was somewhat bizarre as they still worked fine in shops, restaurants and petrol stations. We made a slight detour on the way home via Boulogne-sur-Mer and drove along the coast as we had time to kill as we had arrived a little early for our crossing. No pictures unfortunately as it was getting dark by this time.
Pleased to say the big old Jag didn't miss a beat and got plenty of admiring glances just about everywhere. A little over 1000 miles covered and we averaged 27MPG and 50.2MPH according to the computer. I think it's certainly earned a reward in the form of money spending on the 'shabby' parts of the bodywork.
I should also perhaps mention I've managed to win the eBay auction for a NOS wing repeater. My offside one blew a bulb last week which proved impossible to remove so I found this NOS one just in time. I got it fitted early last week.
We were planning a day trip to France anyway before the new year but the purchase of the bike last week cancelled those plans, the outbound ferry was moved forwards by 24 hours, breakdown cover was extended and we left the house at 3am on Monday 29th.
A thankfully uneventful cruise down to Dover saw us there at 5:45am in time for the 6:30am boat, we were deposited at the other side by 9:30am, set the cruise and headed south. The only hiccup encountered on the journey down was the toll booths which started refusing all our cards having gone okay through the first. That was a slight issue as we had limited euros at the time and didn't speak a word of French! I approached the lady who eventually pulled up behind to ask for help, language was a barrier but she eventually gave us a few euros to get us through. She caught up with us in a shop in the next village and dad rewarded her kindness with a bottle of red wine. Several stops in picturesque villages and services for food saw us arrive at our destination, Chabrils, at around 5pm.
Took the wheels of the new purchase and it fitted in the boot. Result! We were offered a nights accommodation at the sellers B&B which was a rather nice gesture. Woke up to croissants on the table in the morning and we were back on the road by 10am. We withdrew enough euros to cover all the toll booths in the morning which was just as well as the toll booths still refused to take any of our cards, which was somewhat bizarre as they still worked fine in shops, restaurants and petrol stations. We made a slight detour on the way home via Boulogne-sur-Mer and drove along the coast as we had time to kill as we had arrived a little early for our crossing. No pictures unfortunately as it was getting dark by this time.
Pleased to say the big old Jag didn't miss a beat and got plenty of admiring glances just about everywhere. A little over 1000 miles covered and we averaged 27MPG and 50.2MPH according to the computer. I think it's certainly earned a reward in the form of money spending on the 'shabby' parts of the bodywork.
I should also perhaps mention I've managed to win the eBay auction for a NOS wing repeater. My offside one blew a bulb last week which proved impossible to remove so I found this NOS one just in time. I got it fitted early last week.
dbdb said:
Have you considered getting another Jag, Hooli?
No consideration about it, I will get another. Just not currently when every penny is going into the cottage.kamilb1998 said:
A slight rattle from the NSF which could be anything really, need to get it up in the air to take a good look at this. Wish one bushes looked perfect (top and bottom) so I'm presuming this will be an anti roll bar/ shock bush.
Shock top bushes I bet, very common.
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