RE: Jaguar XJ12 Coupe: PH Heroes
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Zygot said:
Always loved this era of Jag as a couple of family friends had the saloons. I also love the elegance of a pillarless coupe. As an ownership proposition, I think that a Merc SEC might be the "head" choice, but a 4.2 Jag with some of the mods in the thread would be fantastic.
I've never seen the race car photos before, but that is just pure automobile porn.
I've never seen the race car photos before, but that is just pure automobile porn.
Triples, big valve head, injection cams and Hayward Scott exhaust manifold.
Argybargy said:
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Lotusgone said:
julianm said:
My memory tells me it was the rather radical CAR magazine which drove it to Eastern europe, broke it (gearbox) but still declared it the best car in the world.
I am astonished to find I have remembered something & you can read the entire article here!
https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/features/car-culture...
Thanks for the link - a very interesting article, and not just regarding the car either. If I can find the corresponding article in Motor, in one of the boxes in the garage rafters, I'll try to upload it. (a search in ebay uncovers that it was the 30 April 1977 edition)I am astonished to find I have remembered something & you can read the entire article here!
https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/features/car-culture...
Edited by Lotusgone on Tuesday 7th August 11:53
Being starved of any motoring related media and possessing schoolboy powers of data absorption, I would memorise all the vital statistics of every car they Road tested and all the rivals (for what purpose I am not sure). Nowadays I can barely remember my own birthday...
My Dad worked for BL throughout the 1970's and we occasionally joined him on trips to London when he had meetings at Leyland House. There was a basement car park there and I can still recall the thrill when Dad parked our Maxi next door to a Daimler Double Six (which had a phone!). Happy days.
[quote=Article]The model was mechanically very similar to its saloon counterpart, making use as it did of the short wheelbase floorpan from the original Series 1 saloon[/Article]
It seems people have forgotten that there was a SWB Series II XJ6 saloon. My dad had one - NRU 392M - in Lavender with a Biscuit interior. The early XJ6s LWB were badged as XJ6L. I preferred the SWB saloon as the rear doors look better proportioned. I thought the XJS was a channeled XJ6 SWB floorpan too.
It seems people have forgotten that there was a SWB Series II XJ6 saloon. My dad had one - NRU 392M - in Lavender with a Biscuit interior. The early XJ6s LWB were badged as XJ6L. I preferred the SWB saloon as the rear doors look better proportioned. I thought the XJS was a channeled XJ6 SWB floorpan too.
mr_spock said:
Article said:
The model was mechanically very similar to its saloon counterpart, making use as it did of the short wheelbase floorpan from the original Series 1 saloon[/Article]
It seems people have forgotten that there was a SWB Series II XJ6 saloon. My dad had one - NRU 392M - in Lavender with a Biscuit interior. The early XJ6s LWB were badged as XJ6L. I preferred the SWB saloon as the rear doors look better proportioned. I thought the XJS was a channeled XJ6 SWB floorpan too.
Thats right there was but it was only sold for about the first year of series 2 production and phased out in 1974It seems people have forgotten that there was a SWB Series II XJ6 saloon. My dad had one - NRU 392M - in Lavender with a Biscuit interior. The early XJ6s LWB were badged as XJ6L. I preferred the SWB saloon as the rear doors look better proportioned. I thought the XJS was a channeled XJ6 SWB floorpan too.
mr_spock]rticle said:
The model was mechanically very similar to its saloon counterpart, making use as it did of the short wheelbase floorpan from the original Series 1 saloon[/Article]
It seems people have forgotten that there was a SWB Series II XJ6 saloon. My dad had one - NRU 392M - in Lavender with a Biscuit interior. The early XJ6s LWB were badged as XJ6L. I preferred the SWB saloon as the rear doors look better proportioned. I thought the XJS was a channeled XJ6 SWB floorpan too.
Indeed there was, my dads SWB XJ6 series 2 was also lavender, Reg OHP17M. The SWB S2 was only made for a very short time.It seems people have forgotten that there was a SWB Series II XJ6 saloon. My dad had one - NRU 392M - in Lavender with a Biscuit interior. The early XJ6s LWB were badged as XJ6L. I preferred the SWB saloon as the rear doors look better proportioned. I thought the XJS was a channeled XJ6 SWB floorpan too.
P5BNij said:
Decent price if it truly is rust free (I don’t believe that) needs a repaint so to do that correctly is a good 8k. craigjm said:
P5BNij said:
Decent price if it truly is rust free (I don’t believe that) needs a repaint so to do that correctly is a good 8k. 
RobXjcoupe said:
craigjm said:
P5BNij said:
Decent price if it truly is rust free (I don’t believe that) needs a repaint so to do that correctly is a good 8k. 
P5BNij said:
Have to admit I like this particular colour combo, but then it takes all sorts. I keep looking at the front seats wondering if they'll squeeze into my 'Radfordesque' Mini project, I saw a Mk3 Cooper S with XJS seats in many years ago but the Daimler seats look more on the plump side.
My coupe front seats are for sale if you want them although they do need a rebuild and recover Cold said:
I don’t like them at all. The roof is all wrong when down and up and the unique style of the coupe is in the roof craigjm said:
P5BNij said:
Have to admit I like this particular colour combo, but then it takes all sorts. I keep looking at the front seats wondering if they'll squeeze into my 'Radfordesque' Mini project, I saw a Mk3 Cooper S with XJS seats in many years ago but the Daimler seats look more on the plump side.
My coupe front seats are for sale if you want them although they do need a rebuild and recover P5BNij said:
craigjm said:
P5BNij said:
Have to admit I like this particular colour combo, but then it takes all sorts. I keep looking at the front seats wondering if they'll squeeze into my 'Radfordesque' Mini project, I saw a Mk3 Cooper S with XJS seats in many years ago but the Daimler seats look more on the plump side.
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