Just bought my first barge...
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For less than the cost of a set of tyres for my A8
Bought it on Saturday 100 miles from home and without an MOT, booked it into my usual MOT station called my insurance company and drove straight to the garage where it received a fresh ticket for a year
This was the arrival at the house
So after a day of cleaning it up it now looks like this
Insurance certificate arrived in the post on Tuesday so I now have road tax and all legal. Had to take it out for a drive, managed to use Sport mode and OMG what a difference that makes.
Bought it on Saturday 100 miles from home and without an MOT, booked it into my usual MOT station called my insurance company and drove straight to the garage where it received a fresh ticket for a year
This was the arrival at the house
So after a day of cleaning it up it now looks like this
Insurance certificate arrived in the post on Tuesday so I now have road tax and all legal. Had to take it out for a drive, managed to use Sport mode and OMG what a difference that makes.
k me what a lovely looking, honest old thing! Looks to have been a cracking buy, nicely done op Loving this barging stuff.
Went to a scrap yard yesterday and bought a door seal, full set of genuine Jaguar Rubber mats, rubber seal for under the bonnet, leather service wallet, two brand new Jaguar 12v cigarette lighters and a couple of odds and sods all for a tenner
The driver mat was worn through so I removed the carpet piece and cut a new carpet for it
Some interior pictures. Slight bit of Jaguar bolster wear on the driver's seat but no shine on the leather anywhere.
All I have done is vacuum the interior and give the leather a light wipe with some APC.
The boot is also like new
I have done nothing in here, it also looks like it's had an easy life
Went to a scrap yard yesterday and bought a door seal, full set of genuine Jaguar Rubber mats, rubber seal for under the bonnet, leather service wallet, two brand new Jaguar 12v cigarette lighters and a couple of odds and sods all for a tenner
The driver mat was worn through so I removed the carpet piece and cut a new carpet for it
Some interior pictures. Slight bit of Jaguar bolster wear on the driver's seat but no shine on the leather anywhere.
All I have done is vacuum the interior and give the leather a light wipe with some APC.
The boot is also like new
I have done nothing in here, it also looks like it's had an easy life
Thanks guys, apart from giving the paintwork a polish all it has needed so far was to lubricate the aerial mast (but there is still one section sticking), un-seize the boot key-lock (in case of a flat battery) and reattach a vent blade for the rear passenger area. All sorted now and running like a dream.
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