Thread: What have I done...

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Had one of these for 2 years..was a great car to drive and the wife loved it..drove it to school everyday. Being much younger I tested out it's handling and was amazed how good a drift car it was☺

Used to belong to a UK business and was chauffeur driven so I was told. The jag also prepared me well for LRs with many issues I could not afford to manage..so it had to go to a better home..ending up with a tech entrepreneur who spend a small fortune on it!

It even won a concours de elegance with my first home respray ..British racing green of course!

I miss that car soooo much😐

Originally Posted by Homestar

Now I just need a set of leather driving gloves, flat cap and a tweed jacket with elbow patches...

And a bucket of used teabags you can throw at the less fortunate, as you cruise past them in cosseted comfort, with a bellowed "Get away from my Jag, you teabagger!"

Had a series II v12 in my earlier years. Drank unbelievably. So decided to drop in the mild (mmm) 350 sbc and t400 tranny. Left everything else stock hub caps , exhaust tips etc. But boy did it up a smile on my dial when I'd leave my follow motorists at the lights.

Originally Posted by jagrov

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Very nice! Thanks for posting these. Welcome to the forum. 👍😊

Not sure where in Vic you are but if you’re close enough maybe we could take the Jags out for a run together one fine day...

Originally Posted by Scottish_lion

That is beautiful. The colour is amazing!
Looks in great condition, definitely one to have jumped on. I can’t deal with the whitewalls, but that’s just my taste.

Yeah, the white walls wouldn’t have been my first choice either, but I don’t hate them. Given that they are brand new, I’ll have to live with them for a while yet.

Originally Posted by theelms66

Had a series II v12 in my earlier years. Drank unbelievably. So decided to drop in the mild (mmm) 350 sbc and t400 tranny. Left everything else stock hub caps , exhaust tips etc. But boy did it up a smile on my dial when I'd leave my follow motorists at the lights.

There are still a lot out there with the 350 Chevy in them - It was a common conversion back in the day like a Holden red motor is to a series. I test drove one and it went very well, but the overall condition wasn’t close to this one.

Havent even looked to see what fuel consumption figures are on the 4.2 - I’m guessing not great, but I run 2 V8 Land Rovers as well so fuel usage wasn’t high on my list of priorities. 😁

I’ll do what I do with the 101 - fill it up and enjoy driving it until I need to find another servo. 👍

Hey. Homestar as for your left fuel tank not working. Mine were a PITA they run left and right SU fuel pumps and the contacts burn out .u thump with your fist usually gets them ticking away.