My new toy... Jag content inside

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After owning one at the age of 19, I've always been a fan of these cars.

had the opportunity to buy a '93 4.0 sovereign in Flamenco Red metallic, so took the chance.

here she is in all her glory (before being washed!):





Low mileage with s/history and MOTs to back it up.

A few wee tweaks to be done then she'll be a nice little smoker.

full details of the collection epic can be found on my blog at

https://fuguttycars.wordpress.com/2014/12/21/i-cou...

Hope you like the car?!

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Ray Luxury-Yacht said:

Of COURSE we like the car, don't be ridiculous, ahahaha!

Cars like this are what PH is all about. Congratulations on your new toy my friend.

Please do keep us up to date with your ownership, ok?

Cheers

Will do!

Plenty of work and shenanigry planned..

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Impasse said:

From the blog: "and the car cut out when you switched the sidelights on."

Top shedding!

Yeah that was a "touch and go" moment..having charged the battery fully it is all ok now;)

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LewG said:

Very nice! My best mate has just bought a 1990 Sovereign to replace his Mondeo temporarily as it's got valve trouble. 395 quid handed over for it and even though it's done intergalactic mileage seems to be a lovely car, so far!

I imagine the mondeo may stay off the road-a big barge like this is really one of the finest ways to travel!

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DrDeAtH said:

Nice car, but put the twin headlights on it... Looks better

Thanks- it'll be keeping the sov headlights, not a big fan of the circular ones. Have plenty circular lights on my e30s

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Ecurie Ecosse said:

Love it, OP. Is that piping on the seats I spy through the window?

Keep the correct Sovereign lights too.

Thanks! I'm enjoying it more each time I see it

Yes it has red piping on the seats-lovely place to be cocooned in

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Ecurie Ecosse said:

For sure.

It's the little touches, like the ashtrays in the rear doors and adjustable rear reading lights that make it. And the leather strap grab handles in the rear.

Yep,a few little touches make all the difference

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LewG said:

Too right, I had a go up the road in it and couldn't believe how comfortable it is compared to my XJS, lovely cars!
Here it is:

Not perfect by a long stretch and on poverty spec wheels, but still an awful lot of motor for that money.

Looks good-my first one was that colour

Wheeltrims rock too!

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dbdb said:

Such a handsome car! I love the colour combination of your Jag - it's one of the best.

I love mine. They drive so well - a lot of people on Piston Heads don't realise just how good the XJ40 is. It seemed to get swept away with the "British cars are rubbish" thing, though that seems to be changing now.

I look forward to reading about your exploits as they unfold - hopefully not too many of them rust related...

Yeah, 'raspberry red' jag has been on the wishlist for a while-the interior just makes it

I'll keep this thread and blog upto date.

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JagXJR said:

+1

Cheers

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So far no movement on this, other than interssting developments for my brother...

Hoping to get something done at the weekend if possible.

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Got a bit of time to play on this today- and got the brakes sorted- so its edging closer to being used

full details in the blog below!

https://fuguttycars.wordpress.com/2015/01/10/stopp...

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I appear to have had a knock on affect on my Brother..

Read all about his big barge Daimler collection here:

https://fuguttycars.wordpress.com/2015/01/14/355/

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jimmymidnight said:

Love it! I had a 2.9 Sov a few years ago and always wanted the 4.0, I ended up going the wrong way into a tree and I never properly got over it. I loved that car!

That is a lovely looking old bus

They are a lot of fun!

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Pothole said:

OP, I'm liking your word invention; " shenanigry " in particular

Thanks- sometimes it is a bit difficult to stick to actual words to describe the situations we find ourselves in..

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Pothole said:

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Pothole said:

OP, I'm liking your word invention; " shenanigry " in particular

Thanks- sometimes it is a bit difficult to stick to actual words to describe the situations we find ourselves in..

I agree, I recently invented earbrows (sideburns)

I have them in stock

Sizing up a pipe and flat cap as we speak

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y2blade said:

I'm liking this, all the best with it.

Following with interest

Thanks-hopefully both the daimler and the jaaag will be about for a while yet

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Steve_W said:

Nice car OP. Also like your blog - had to LOL at the phrase "we were bored and had a hacksaw" re the Polo filter.

You know how it goes..

• looks at filter*
• looks at hacksaw*
• looks at filter*

"Aaah fuggit, whats the worst that could happen?"

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Dalto123 said:

I have a hankering for one of these, badly, but the potentially high running costs are off sadly off putting!

However, my favourite quote from the blog had to be:

Something else was an approximation- the brakes were notable by their absence. This is obviously not an issue on an 1800kg 4.0l car. Not at all.

The way to look at it is that you can buy one outright for about the same as a month's repayment on a new one..

Then either learn how to fix em, or get a tame mechanic and off you go.

A mondeo tdci can throw a 1k bill no problem;)

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JagXJR said:

Most of the reliability problems seem to stem from neglect (certainly the case on my low mileage X-type anyway) or normal wear and tear (brakes and tyres need replacing on any car) so even when things go wrong you still pay less than running a newer -insert model of boring box here-

That is essentially the reasoning behind my whole fleet..