RE: Jaguar XJ-S V12 | The Brave Pill
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UK prices now seem to be such that all those cars owned by people who either don't understand how systems work and/or can't afford to have someone else maintain it for them haven't survived.
When I first wanted a V12 XJ-S 10-15 years ago you could pick up a decent one for around £5k and a basket case was sub-£500. As classics they appear to be coming of age and they're being owned by people who don't expect them to be daily drivers or run without issue between services. The surviving cars now seem to be cherished more and are being maintained for their own sake rather than as a cheap choice of transport.
When I first wanted a V12 XJ-S 10-15 years ago you could pick up a decent one for around £5k and a basket case was sub-£500. As classics they appear to be coming of age and they're being owned by people who don't expect them to be daily drivers or run without issue between services. The surviving cars now seem to be cherished more and are being maintained for their own sake rather than as a cheap choice of transport.
A1VDY said:
I had a gold 5.3 V12.
British Leyland build quality meant being on a par with the rest of the BL range. I remember the old Allegro I also had at the time had better paint quality.
The Jag had wet footwells and numerous oil leaks. It really wasn't worth spending on it. It got broken for parts and the rest went in the masher..
I've worked on probably hundreds of Leyland era Jaguars during my time on the spanners.British Leyland build quality meant being on a par with the rest of the BL range. I remember the old Allegro I also had at the time had better paint quality.
The Jag had wet footwells and numerous oil leaks. It really wasn't worth spending on it. It got broken for parts and the rest went in the masher..
That wasn't always through choice though because whenever any of the other spanner monkeys walked into reception to pick the next job card off the top of the pile and saw it was for an older Jaguar they'd quickly tuck that one back in and take another instead...
alabbasi said:
This was before the LS motors and regular SBC motors with carbs and mechanical fuel pumps can get dropped in with relative ease.
Still a thriving industry dropping Chevy V8s into old Jags...http://www.brokenkitty.com/xj/xjv8.htm
spreadsheet monkey said:
That place is very close to where I live. John seems to make pretty good conversions but he's very quirky to deal with. He also owns a railroad. I don't think that it's as popular as it was for the simple reason that these cars are not worth the money it would take to do a conversion. I have a Jensen Interceptor that I'm working on right now. I'm debating stuffing an LS motor and 4l60E in place of the old 440. Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff