Jaguar Lister XJ12 Coupe info

[RobXjcoupe]

clouder said:

RobXjcoupe said:

I remember mine being a stripped bare shell full of holes. If it’s ok to ask what budget do you have? Just thinking if the xjc can wear 9.5jx18’s why fit wider lister wheel arches? Sitting low on standard shaped wheel arches suits the xjc perfectly

Hi RobXjcoupe, the shell isn’t too terrible, but saying that, I bought the car in about 1987 with 47k miles and even by then it had new outer sills, fibreglass front wings and welded in rear arches, but after another 3 years of daily use most of the bottom six inches of the car were gone. as for the budget umm, many thousands to replace the rusted panels before any other progress…

The records of my own xjc shows a restoration in 86/87. Then I had a few body repairs in early 2000’s. Once I committed to another restoration I had all those old repairs removed as the quality was not up to today’s standards.
I’m still looking for better condition parts after 5 years. Most allusive are good chrome reverse light housings and a new old stock front radiator grille. I’m still looking for those parts.
If you need complete new door skins order now as there is roughly a 6 month wait for those. Floor pans are only available as long versions so you need to shorten those. Lots of finesse is needed fitting as they all need work to get the panel gaps correct.

[clouder]

Hi Rob, is yours a Daimler or Jaguar?
If it’s a Daimler, I do have a NOS grill shell.

[RobXjcoupe]

clouder said:

Hi Rob, is yours a Daimler or Jaguar?
If it’s a Daimler, I do have a NOS grill shell.

Funny I did consider fitting Daimler trim because the Daimler grille is brass and can easily be rechromed. I even thought fit a Jag badge into the Daimler grille and really confuse people as later xj’s did wear Daimler trim with a Jaguar badge as American spec.
I do have a nice Daimler grille and bonnet centre chrome ready to fit. Would it look odd with a Daimler grille up front and a Jaguar badge on the boot?

[clouder]

Shell returned from the team at www.envirostripgbltd.com and looks great, considering it’s a 1970s Built car. Rust in the usual areas but not too bad.

Time to get it onto the Celette jig and check alignment before chopping out the rusted panels.

[RobXjcoupe]

clouder said:

Shell returned from the team at www.envirostripgbltd.com and looks great, considering it’s a 1970s Built car. Rust in the usual areas but not too bad.

Time to get it onto the Celette jig and check alignment before chopping out the rusted panels.

I think because the car is a bare shell the rust is far easier to get to and repair hence it doesn’t look as bad as imagined.
Are you going full lister wide arch or modified original shape arches like that Australian built xjc?

[clouder]

Hi Rob,
Yes, as you say, the rust is so much easier to deal with with the shell being bare and dipped. I have been planning this build for quite a few years and have managed to collect a set of Jaguar NOS panels to remove the rusted panels and replace with new. The shell will be braced and rebuilt on a dedicated Celette body jig to ensure zero distortion of the shell.
As for the build the idea is to replicate one of the original wide-bodied Lister cars.

[Jag53c]

This Lister XJC is now looking superb.

https://www.dclass.co.uk/jaguar-lister-xjc

[deadslow]

Jag53c said:

This Lister XJC is now looking superb.

https://www.dclass.co.uk/jaguar-lister-xjc

gorgeous and evil in equal measure. Not unlike Mrs Deadslow.

[clouder]

A truly stunning car. If I can get my replica close to this I will be over the moon! When the car Jag53c is restoring is complete, they’ll make an eye-wateringly gorgeous pair….

[clouder]

Body of coupe bolted down to the jig for the first (and last) time. All panel gaps checked using bolt on panels to ensure we have no errors. Now we can start the slow process of removing the rusted panels with NOS panels. Once this little job is out of the way, we think about widening the wings and quarter panels.

[a8hex]

Sorry, horribly off topic but it is a Lister V12.
For those days when taking it out to 7l isn't enough and you feel it could so with supercharging as well

https://www.iconicauctioneers.com/1990-jaguar-xj-s...

[V12 Migaloo]

clouder, we need updates..... how's it going?

[clouder]

Oops, sorry been a bit slow on updates, so here we go.
The chaps at RestoShack have been busy. Once the car was bolted down to the build jig to hold all the datum’s correctly, the removal of the rusty panels started. The first job to tackle was to replace the drivers side rear chassis leg assembly. First the rear quarter panel needed to come off:

[clouder]

[clouder]

There was plenty of it to get rid of:





Including the boot floor:

[clouder]

Ready to cut the old chassis leg out:

[clouder]

And in with the new chassis leg assembly:

[V12 Migaloo]

FK me.... wow that's a lot of work, but suppose you half expected that... but great to see it being done, will be one of the best on the round when its done.. keep going mate...

[Jag53c]

Nice work Clouder.

This Broadspeed John Steed XJC replica looks like it could be worth following.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8j6nOldPJM

[clouder]

Hi Jag53c,
Thanks for the comment. We’ve made further progress now and have the passenger side built to the same stage as the drivers side. I will attempt to post images when I can. The next stage will be to rebuild the boot floor, rear valance/fuel tank areas and build the rear wheel tubs.
The YouTube video is a good find. We did some work to see if we could get the Jag V8 in, but concluded that there were too many compromises. It looks a great project, but I would be concerned over the engine placement which appears quite forward? But, it may be no issue when on the road.
Hopefully your project is OK.