RE: Shed Of The Week

[Ecurie Ecosse]

I do like these.

[varsas]

About time! Best shed ever!

I brought one of these for £3k. I've had it three years, driven it to the LeMan 24h (there were three of us in the car, when we handed over 3 passports to customs they couldn't understand it until the guy in the back poked his head out between the seats) they are amazing cars for the money. Mine has cost me about £1500 in maintenance but even so it's a very cheap car.

Originally the saint had a volvo P1800 because Jaguar wouldn't give them an e-type. When it came back he got the car he was always supposed to have (sort of). The volvo was great though.

An XJ-S still holds the record for the fastest cannonball run of America, too. When the released it, only Ferrari Lamborghini and Jaguar made V12 cars.

Edited by varsas on Friday 22 February 10:35

[Kieran XJR]

I love these. Looks like someones already cut a lot of the rot out and undersealed it for the next owner, could be a good buy.

Definately worth while as a second car on classic insurance if your handy with the DIY, and keep it on the road with decent second hand parts, etc.

If you want one as a daily driver then your gonna need deep pockets!

[Mr MoJo]

Had one of these a few years back (BRG/Tan leather 5.3 V12), loved it, restored it, cost me a fortune, sold it after 2 years of ownership. Would I have another ? YES, do I regret selling it ? EVERY DAY !!

[Crook]

hirsty27 said:

I was really interested in this story until I heard the word 'Automatic'......

Edited by hirsty27 on Friday 22 February 08:56

There's a PHer who did the conversion to manual on his. I'm suprised he hasn't popped up yet.

[rallycross]

lovely old cars had one about 10 years ago, looking at those pictures I can still remember the smell of the lovely leather interior, even back then they were rusting, shame really about the rust great old cars, superb v12.

[TOENHEEL]

My dads friend had one of these for years, his had an aerokit on it with OZ wheels looked the biz. Unfortunately he hit a rabbit at 120mph and smashed the radiator to bits. Instead of fixing it it lay in his garage for 10 year and rotted, hes just scrapped it which i was most dissapointed about. He's got a 3.0 one as well which is in storage probably going to go the same way as the V12. I believe at one point it was the quickest auto in production?

[Snoggledog]

Crook said:

hirsty27 said:

I was really interested in this story until I heard the word 'Automatic'......

Edited by hirsty27 on Friday 22 February 08:56

There's a PHer who did the conversion to manual on his. I'm suprised he hasn't popped up yet.

Bit early or late in the day for him to pop up

ETA.. Stunning car though. But I just couldn't face the idea of some of the bills if it all went wrong.

Edited by Snoggledog on Friday 22 February 10:02

[Yugguy]

I would love one, but not if it was my only car. And TLC can mean a lot of things, from just needs a spruce-up and some new brake pads, to the entire box section has rotted and it's about to split in two.

[bob1179]

A few years ago I went out with a girl who's dad had a late model 6.0 XJS. It was a beautiful looking car, made an awesome noise and was very very cramped in the back.

Would I buy one though?





Of course!

[varsas]

bob1179 said:

very cramped in the back.

That's a good thing, isn't it? (depending on how pretty the girl is!)

[sniff petrol]

Quality gets better after the first few seconds so don't worry:

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=21708805...

[shouldbworking]

Egads....

Lets just revisit some normal jobs on these cars (from memory, may be iffy)-
Change the spark plugs - 1.5 hours, and unless you have child hands you will lose skin, and have to move the air con + cruise control
Change the rear brakes - 8 hours? have to drop the rear subframe anyway
Head gasket - ?? hours - depends how hard theyve corroded to the block

Itll also overheat, the wiring under the bonnet will be crisped from the temps under there, none of the toys will work, itll rust....

still, its a shed all right!

ps. drove one with a manual 5 speed conversion once. That one id buy!

[sniff petrol]

sniff petrol said:

Quality gets better after the first few seconds so don't worry:

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=21708805...

From about 6 minutes in.

[hairykrishna]

I nearly bought this one:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=190193700701&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=009 

before sanity kicked in. I'd love one but it'd have to have a manual box.

[sniff petrol]

IIRC there were less than 350 manuals made, wonder how many are left?

[Yugguy]

Does one really buy a Jag to change gears oneself?

[mgv8]

sniff petrol said:

sniff petrol said:

Quality gets better after the first few seconds so don't worry:

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=21708805...

From about 6 minutes in.

Posh Clacson

[Kieran XJR]

Yugguy said:

Does one really buy a Jag to change gears oneself?

It's so unseemly isn't it.

[Yugguy]

Kieran XJR said:

Yugguy said:

Does one really buy a Jag to change gears oneself?

It's so unseemly isn't it.

Indeed

Just looked at your profile, nice car. That must surprise a few people.