Jaguar Lister XJ12 Coupe info
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The car is now back from sandblasting which has identified a multitude of nasties to cut out, patch repair or replace. Namely the roof which will be cut off and replaced altogether as it looks like it had a webasto sunroof fitted back in the day when it was originally a XJ4.2C.
Edited by Jag53c on Saturday 4th May 15:27
Jag53c said:
Your body shell has similar placed rot as mine. I used stainless steel for the under rear seat repair. Under the rear seat area on the chassis is a fibre glass heat shield to protect from exhaust, this acts as a sponge for moisture. RobXjcoupe noted and I agree with you. I think the difference restoring a Lister XJC v’s XJS is that in the late 80’s the bodyshell was already 15 years old and past it’s British Leyland design life. Fortunately I like a challenge? You will note the front wings in the car are NOS but were sand blasted as they still potentially contain moisture. I will post the car when it’s cut to bits in the next week or so as I have many panels that require incorporating. I was hoping to salvage the rear wings, but they need cutting off and starting afresh. Ditto the roof (not something I was expecting?), but while the car is stripped back to basics easier to weld in a replacement roof panel than work with the one currently on the car. So much filler was involved the sand blaster was instructed not to bother blasting the roof further as the roof will be replaced. In many ways a E-Type, MG or Triumph TR would be easier to restore because the parts are so readily available. Anyway as I said I like a challenge and this car will be rebuilt better than when first done or I have failed badly? Please keep watching.
Jag53c said:
RobXjcoupe noted and I agree with you. I think the difference restoring a Lister XJC v’s XJS is that in the late 80’s the bodyshell was already 15 years old and past it’s British Leyland design life. Fortunately I like a challenge? You will note the front wings in the car are NOS but were sand blasted as they still potentially contain moisture. I will post the car when it’s cut to bits in the next week or so as I have many panels that require incorporating. I was hoping to salvage the rear wings, but they need cutting off and starting afresh. Ditto the roof (not something I was expecting?), but while the car is stripped back to basics easier to weld in a replacement roof panel than work with the one currently on the car. So much filler was involved the sand blaster was instructed not to bother blasting the roof further as the roof will be replaced. In many ways a E-Type, MG or Triumph TR would be easier to restore because the parts are so readily available. Anyway as I said I like a challenge and this car will be rebuilt better than when first done or I have failed badly? Please keep watching.
I’ve had a replacement driver floor pan fitted and that was a lwb version lovingly modified to fit. Personally I’m not bothered with original replacement panels, it’s more to do with the finished fit and as you know you can’t simply bolt a 70’s car together even with original panels and expect perfect shut lines. I’ve just had the rotten rear seat panels replaced with stainless and as much of the large suspension components galvanised. Never could see the point in powder coating bare steel. Looking good, were the seats originally from an Xjs ?
Any more pics of the bodywork / fabrication ?
I've just been fitting a new floor to my Xj12c, nearly done now but I've got some more fab' work to do yet, any professional pointers would be a help.
You've got a fantastic project going there, keep up with good work
Any more pics of the bodywork / fabrication ?
I've just been fitting a new floor to my Xj12c, nearly done now but I've got some more fab' work to do yet, any professional pointers would be a help.
You've got a fantastic project going there, keep up with good work
XJC. Thank you, although I take no credit personally as the bodywork restoration is being done by others as I don’t have the necessary skill set to do this myself. Yes the seats I believe are of XJS origin. They are a very low seating position in an XJC. I mentioned in correspondence above that some body parts are unavailable so this seat fixing box section crossmember has been re-fabricated especially in this instance to recreate the original part.
Jag53c said:
XJC. Thank you, although I take no credit personally as the bodywork restoration is being done by others as I don’t have the necessary skill set to do this myself. Yes the seats I believe are of XJS origin. They are a very low seating position in an XJC. I mentioned in correspondence above that some body parts are unavailable so this seat fixing box section crossmember has been re-fabricated especially in this instance to recreate the original part.
Those underseat box sections help stop the floor flexing. Wouldn’t go a miss if you had those seam welded to the floor inner sill and transmission tunnel instead of the few original spot welds Gassing Station | Jaguar | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff