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I am at a loss to make a decision.  I am between a rock, and a hard spot. 

Two weeks ago, I replaced the front-end coils/ shocks/ upper strut mounts/ & alignment, and the front oil cooler.  Everything was working great, and I was loving driving the car-- which was handling great.  The car has ALWAYS been garaged, and lives in Phoenix

Condition of the car is very good.  Then... BAM!  The engine starts knocking...  after a $500 to inspect and diagnose to eliminate the other possibilities (not the timing chain tensioners), by process of elimination, it's probably the crankshaft bearings.

At my Jaguar shop's retail rate ($125/hr) , it wouldn't be worthwhile for me to spend the $$ to pull the engine, and either rebuild the lower-end bearings, or even to buy a replacement block.

The car would be worth around $10K running.  I'm not gonna spend the time, money and effort to make it my project... I've got too many others. This is perfect for someone with a trashed XKR with a good engine, or even just a shop that has the mechanical where-with-all to rebuild the bottom-end crank & bearings.

My loss can be someone's gain.