69 420G - restoration
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69 420G - restoration
Started the restoration on this vehicle which was set for wrecker.
Tested driveline, everything within specs
Currently stripped (other than driveline) exterior and interior (other than driveline)
Interior almost completed
Trim wood at a carpenter's shop being refinished
Body work started. Was not bad. The usual spots on the front floor next to the wheel wheel, rear lower under the gas tank area, and the front horizontal piece under the front grill.
Not doing a concourse restoration, rather a level 2 driver.
Will send out all trim, bumpers to be stripped and rechromed.
Quesition: I am missing the leaping cat on the front bonnet...trim was there but no jaguar. know where i can get an oem one?
I am hating this car already, but motivation is when it is done!
Tested driveline, everything within specs
Currently stripped (other than driveline) exterior and interior (other than driveline)
Interior almost completed
Trim wood at a carpenter's shop being refinished
Body work started. Was not bad. The usual spots on the front floor next to the wheel wheel, rear lower under the gas tank area, and the front horizontal piece under the front grill.
Not doing a concourse restoration, rather a level 2 driver.
Will send out all trim, bumpers to be stripped and rechromed.
Quesition: I am missing the leaping cat on the front bonnet...trim was there but no jaguar. know where i can get an oem one?
I am hating this car already, but motivation is when it is done!
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For a leaper, try these guys, they have a USA site and sell in $$$
SNG Barratt - The Ultimate Jaguar Parts Specialist
Leaper is surprisingly cheap !
SNG Barratt - The Ultimate Jaguar Parts Specialist
Leaper is surprisingly cheap !
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uras (04-21-2015)
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For a leaper, try these guys, they have a USA site and sell in $$$
SNG Barratt - The Ultimate Jaguar Parts Specialist
Leaper is surprisingly cheap !
SNG Barratt - The Ultimate Jaguar Parts Specialist
Leaper is surprisingly cheap !
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I dont envy you with all the sanding ahead of you, they are a huge car! I went thru serious amounts of primer and sandpaper before getting to top coat. But it will be all worth it, the G is a seriously impressive motorcar. It dwarfs everything else in my garage, even the sel merc looks dainty by comparison!
Last edited by jjd; 05-03-2015 at 02:29 PM.
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Shipping
if you are still having issues with shipping my brother is in Texas and set a shipping/ consolidation business 5 years ago to help me out with my aircraft business in Austraia. You ring him and he does everything, and I bet you can't move it for a better price or ease than he can quote. Email him on ausconshipping@gmail.com. His name is Richard and he is regularly moving parts to and from Canada
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just when I thought I was resolved to back exterior, like jjd had mentioned before, the black over silver was an option. I looked at it again, and now I am back to the starting block as don't know which lane I should be in.....the black over silver does look good and it has the same tannish interior colour. why is life so difficult!
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Black over silver lowers and lengthens the car making it very sleek, plus as it was an original colour option keeps the purists happy! If all comes to all its easy to paint the bottom half black again if you dont like it as the chrome waist line provides the perfect line to paint to. Only the sides get two tone treatment, not the bonnet or boot. Easy peasy!