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    Excellent work. The Jag is lovely.
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    What have I done...

    Another trip today - this time up to GG's 'Country Estate'. A good day out with mates just shootin' the breeze about all things automotive. What have I done...
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    Did a calc on fuel use after last weekends run (all highway) and it turned in 14 LP 100KM which I'm
    Pretty impressed by. What have I done...
    If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.

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    Somehow I'd missed this thread altogether. Congratulations Gav on the beautiful Jag, I've loved them as long as I can remember. Nearly bought one years ago, maybe one day....
    There was a brilliant scene in the series 'Mad Men' where one of the partners in the ad agency, who has a complimentary V12 E-type as part of a deal with the company, decides to end it all, he spends ages with his Jag, setting up a hose from the exhaust into the cab, wet towels to seal up all the gaps etc..then the thing won't start. An ironic dig from the yanks at the pommy cars of the era.

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    What have I done...

    Another sunny Sunday, another outing in the Jag - although today only as transport to help a mate get an engine back in a Kenworth. No point passing up an opportunity to cruise the highways and to keep things well lubricated and circulating. What have I done...

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    Well I finally got the Jag back in the garage on the weekend where it deserves to live. Went to put the window down and the switch fell apart in my hand and springs and contacts leapt out all over the place! Closer inspection showed the plastic pivots on the switch are gone so not really repairable. Given the window was half way down, I thought I would be smart and use the passenger side switch - pulled it out and connected it up and pressed the up button - and this one fell apart too... (Insert expletive here about Lucas switches...)

    So had to hotwire it to get the window up and now on the hunt for replacements...

    British Car Components has been contacted and is looking for some as we speak.
    If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.

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    Are the switches common with any other breed ?
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    A rite of passage...

    Ian Warden, a Canberra Times columnist, once said something like
    "owning an aging Jaguar is something like a rite of passage"
    As a former Jaguar owner, I endorse this ... Those times when everything works perfectly, the drive in the country, the zoom from the lights... seem to make it worthwhile.
    I'm sure there's some sort of pun in here about virginity loss and holding babies?
    But my bottom-of-the-range Freelander 2 TD4 is equally comfy, more reliable by bucketloads (after 9 years), faster off the lights, has almost twice the towing capacity, and uses half the fuel...

    But... do enjoy, do enjoy. The thing with Jaguars is one thinks of it not as driving, but motoring. Grace and pace definitely!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Homestar View Post
    Well I finally got the Jag back in the garage on the weekend where it deserves to live. Went to put the window down and the switch fell apart in my hand and springs and contacts leapt out all over the place! Closer inspection showed the plastic pivots on the switch are gone so not really repairable. Given the window was half way down, I thought I would be smart and use the passenger side switch - pulled it out and connected it up and pressed the up button - and this one fell apart too... (Insert expletive here about Lucas switches...)

    So had to hotwire it to get the window up and now on the hunt for replacements...

    British Car Components has been contacted and is looking for some as we speak.
    Just wait until you old an old french car ...... or 10
    Proper cars--
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    Quote Originally Posted by justinc View Post
    I regret selling on the 2 Rover P6B 3500S rovers I had.. one still had the 10.25:1 engine.. a 1972 and a 1975.
    I gave mine away!! He was going to restore it ( not much needed ) and SWIUTHTO insisted..... He never brought it back for me to see, come to think of it.
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    What you have done, Gav, is exercise your democratic right to be a romantic fool. There should be more of it IMO. And XJs were/are drop dead gorgeous. I once had a SII. Wish I still did. Sure, it had issues. But what a place to be....

    But don't listen to me FFS. I still have, in a shed, a 1969 FIAT 124 AC Sport. Speaking of romantic fools.
    ​JayTee

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