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Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Tuesday 21st June 2022
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M4SER said:
Not so. The £100k XJ-C I mentioned that's up for sale currently had a near £200k restoration carried out on it a few years ago.
That's a relief. Insanity is restored. smile

Pistom

4,916 posts

158 months

Tuesday 21st June 2022
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We have to remember that if there weren't people who threw money at these cars in the past, they wouldn't be here for us to enjoy.

I met someone who spent £40K on a Muira restoration in the 80s and he was called crazy. The car was rotted to the core but it survived and the money is long forgotten.


Olivera

7,068 posts

238 months

Tuesday 21st June 2022
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Doofus said:
That's a relief. Insanity is restored. smile
It's insanity when the resto is more than what the vehicle is worth, but also insanity when the vehicle is now worth more with with resto? Make your mind up.

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Tuesday 21st June 2022
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Olivera said:
Doofus said:
That's a relief. Insanity is restored. smile
It's insanity when the resto is more than what the vehicle is worth, but also insanity when the vehicle is now worth more with with resto? Make your mind up.
Read what I've written and then try again.

Or just let it go.

and31

2,996 posts

126 months

Friday 24th June 2022
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The XJ-C is sublime-absolutely love it.id love another XJ,but the rot in this put me off just a bit..
I’d quite like an XJ12 saloon done to a similar spec!

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

197 months

Friday 24th June 2022
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and31 said:
The XJ-C is sublime-absolutely love it.id love another XJ,but the rot in this put me off just a bit..
I’d quite like an XJ12 saloon done to a similar spec!
XJS V12 lister Or any of the XJS V12’s
Or
Rover SD1 V8 vitesse

Both under the radar and rather cool

castex

4,935 posts

272 months

Friday 24th June 2022
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Caddyshack said:
FYI...M4SER IS Harry....you are talking to the God himself.
Wow. Have you considered any extra-curricular activities? Ping-pong is fun.

Caddyshack

10,605 posts

205 months

Saturday 25th June 2022
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castex said:
Caddyshack said:
FYI...M4SER IS Harry....you are talking to the God himself.
Wow. Have you considered any extra-curricular activities? Ping-pong is fun.
Have you ever heard a joke before?…they can be funny, you do need a sense of humour though.

RichB

51,433 posts

283 months

Saturday 25th June 2022
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Caddyshack said:
castex said:
Caddyshack said:
FYI...M4SER IS Harry....you are talking to the God himself.
Wow. Have you considered any extra-curricular activities? Ping-pong is fun.
Have you ever heard a joke before?…they can be funny, you do need a sense of humour though.
The joke thread is this way >>> https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

.... you may have to improve your gags though. biggrin

Caddyshack

10,605 posts

205 months

Saturday 25th June 2022
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RichB said:
Caddyshack said:
castex said:
Caddyshack said:
FYI...M4SER IS Harry....you are talking to the God himself.
Wow. Have you considered any extra-curricular activities? Ping-pong is fun.
Have you ever heard a joke before?…they can be funny, you do need a sense of humour though.
The joke thread is this way >>> https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

.... you may have to improve your gags though. biggrin
Any links to the ping pong thread? I tried to find it but ended up watching vids on talented ladies from Thailand.

castex

4,935 posts

272 months

Saturday 25th June 2022
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Caddyshack said:
RichB said:
Caddyshack said:
castex said:
Caddyshack said:
FYI...M4SER IS Harry....you are talking to the God himself.
Wow. Have you considered any extra-curricular activities? Ping-pong is fun.
Have you ever heard a joke before?…they can be funny, you do need a sense of humour though.
The joke thread is this way >>> https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

.... you may have to improve your gags though. biggrin
Any links to the ping pong thread? I tried to find it but ended up watching vids on talented ladies from Thailand.
Yah, not much for pongers on PH I'm afraid. Pongfinity on Youtube's decent. There's also TableTennisSpot for learning that killer new serve; good stuff!

Blue62

8,746 posts

151 months

Sunday 26th June 2022
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Pistom said:
More evidence that the world has gone bad. The XJ-C was a compromised low budget bodge back in the day and has Harry has demonstrated, even when 5 figure sums are thrown at them, you still have a structurally compromised vehicle with engineering flaws that the factory built into them.

The 2 door look never worked for me but would live with it if prices were less "emperor's new clothes".

Considering that £30K buys you a far superior XJS which which is a better (if still flawed) proposition, clearly, my opinion is not the common view.

I love Harry's car and am delighted that he's made such a good example out of what was a bit of a dog.

This latest video is fabulous and am looking forward to the next Fulvia instalment.
I go along with most of that, but in defence of the XJ-C I would say that it's a beautiful design and part of it's charm is that it is so compromised, I like to think that somebody said 'yeah it's inherently flawed but look at those tits, gotta have it!'

I am with you on the Zagatto, it's the one car I crave amongst all the lovely machinery on display and it's been a frustrating wait for the new video (which Harry alluded to a week or so back), but part of the fun is the anticipation I guess. Come on, come on, hurry up Harry come on.

Pistom

4,916 posts

158 months

Sunday 26th June 2022
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Blue62 said:
I go along with most of that, but in defence of the XJ-C I would say that it's a beautiful design and part of it's charm is that it is so compromised, I like to think that somebody said 'yeah it's inherently flawed but look at those tits, gotta have it!'

I am with you on the Zagatto, it's the one car I crave amongst all the lovely machinery on display and it's been a frustrating wait for the new video (which Harry alluded to a week or so back), but part of the fun is the anticipation I guess. Come on, come on, hurry up Harry come on.
Good point about the XJC. I'd really not looked at it like that. I wouldn't for a moment suggest that the XJS isn't flawed but I see that as a replacement to the XJC than was touted at the time as a replacement for the E-type.

So it looks like a really good XJC is now closer to £100K and that's what my mind struggles with when a similar S is a third of the price and I still recall the days when you'd see XJCs on Arther Dailey type car lots for £500.

The thing is, there's still loads if XJSs and not many have any love for them.

Dr Interceptor

7,743 posts

195 months

Sunday 26th June 2022
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Went to Goodwood today and sat in the Emira, and ordered one.

Useable, not stupid levels of power, cabin space like you wouldn’t believe. So utterly impressed with it!

SydneyBridge

8,500 posts

157 months

Sunday 26th June 2022
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Dr Interceptor said:
Went to Goodwood today and sat in the Emira, and ordered one.

Useable, not stupid levels of power, cabin space like you wouldn’t believe. So utterly impressed with it!
What decade is delivery?

Dr Interceptor

7,743 posts

195 months

Sunday 26th June 2022
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SydneyBridge said:
Dr Interceptor said:
Went to Goodwood today and sat in the Emira, and ordered one.

Useable, not stupid levels of power, cabin space like you wouldn’t believe. So utterly impressed with it!
What decade is delivery?
60 weeks, so end of August 2023. And that was from someone at the factory, so they ought to know.

Might be a bit optimistic, but will be nice whenever it arrives.

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Sunday 26th June 2022
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Pistom said:
Good point about the XJC. I'd really not looked at it like that. I wouldn't for a moment suggest that the XJS isn't flawed but I see that as a replacement to the XJC than was touted at the time as a replacement for the E-type.

So it looks like a really good XJC is now closer to £100K and that's what my mind struggles with when a similar S is a third of the price and I still recall the days when you'd see XJCs on Arther Dailey type car lots for £500.

The thing is, there's still loads if XJSs and not many have any love for them.
The XJS isn't flawed, as an object. The E-type was always under-tracked, and by the SIII it wasn't exactly svelte either. The XJS was, and is spectacular.

A bonnet that low, with a V12 beneath it? A proper longnosed GT. The buttresses are sublime (and no, for all the ignorami, they're not 'flying' butresses). The engineering shortcomings were the result of who built it, but the design is one of the greats.

Truckosaurus

11,183 posts

283 months

Sunday 26th June 2022
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I've always liked the XJS, but then I'm of an age where they were contemporary with my childhood/student days and the E-type was always a rare/old car by the time I was old enough to car spot.

I related news, I've been watching 'The Return of The Saint' on Sky this week.

Blue62

8,746 posts

151 months

Sunday 26th June 2022
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Doofus said:
The XJS isn't flawed, as an object. The E-type was always under-tracked, and by the SIII it wasn't exactly svelte either. The XJS was, and is spectacular.

A bonnet that low, with a V12 beneath it? A proper longnosed GT. The buttresses are sublime (and no, for all the ignorami, they're not 'flying' butresses). The engineering shortcomings were the result of who built it, but the design is one of the greats.
I’d like to know what makes a buttress fly, but I can’t see the XJS ever achieving love status but you never know. It was another excellent near miss in my view, what might have been with the U.K. car industry with better management and better trade Union relations?

thegreenhell

15,115 posts

218 months

Sunday 26th June 2022
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Blue62 said:
I’d like to know what makes a buttress fly
It just needs a gap under it to fly. The buttresses on the XJS are solid.

This is an example of a flying buttress on a car: