does any one make the coombs style rear wheel arches in metal

 

I bought a pair from XKs Unlimited a little over a year ago. Not sure where they were sourced from, but they appear to be high quality. I have not fit them to the car yet.

Lin

 

How about this ?

Martin Robey

 

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All of these are an improvement over the OEM spats IMHO...but...I'd love to see some which taper slightly at the forward termination (which the OEM spats do). Thereby not following the circle more than halfway round. These fail to do it:



With the slimmer spats you have less material to play with, of course (are these even spats?):



See how the original-style spats follow only 180 degrees of the arch then taper?



Well, I may be tilting at windmills. I do that a bit.

 

I have the metal Coombs-style spats on my 1966 Mk 2 - but the restoration shop had to spend 1.5 days cutting them and rewelding and fitting them to make them conform to the body (which they do, perfectly). I much prefer the look of the Mk 2 with these slimmer spats - the car has an altogether more modern and lighter appearance.

 

Hi. I am new to the fourum. My name is jeremy. I would love to know the colour of the jaguar with the sports spats on. The jag in yellow. Kind regards. Jeremy.

 

Primrose

 

That is my car, and the colour is the original Pale Primrose, introduced in 1964. The "Coombs" spats are metal, not the fibreglass type.
The car is a 1966 Mk 2 3.8 automatic with just 23,000 original miles on it.

 

Thank you both for the information of colour for jag. Do you know if it was done in a cellulose or clear over base. Jeremy.

 

The paint is clear over base, BASF brand, code BASF DO 10889 and it is Pale Primrose, the exact colour of the original finish, applied to a bare- metal body.

 

Thanks ever so much again. Car looks fantastic. If you have photos of inside car that would be great. Jeremy.

 

Here are interior shots: again, the car is a 1966 Mk 2 3.8. The interior is original except for the headliner, which was soiled. The AC unit is the original one, dealer-installed in 1966

 

Hi. Thanks for photos. I've have chosen same colour as your jag for the finish on mine. Hope it looks as good as your when finished. Thanks once again. Jeremy.

 

Such a beautiful example. The colour is exquisite.

 

do you drive it?

I ask because you've been saying the car has 23,000 original miles for the last 10 years.

 

Funny...I drive the car a lot (2000 miles in the last year, I think - my odometer reports are approximate - I think today it has 23,800 miles) -, and every time I drive it it goes on the highway. I use it to buy groceries, go to the bank - anything. I park it carefully, and before it goes into the garage it has a highway run for 20 kms or so (Canada switched from Imperial to metric measure after this car was made!). It is absolutely as it left the factory except that it has a Pertronix ignition and an SU electronic pump (which looks identical to the points pump and which clicks in the same way. The only thing is that it does not fail!). I bought this car when it had just 16,000 documented miles on it. It still has the original brake discs and pads. The engine and transmission were removed, engine needed nothing, transmission needed new seals. The brake system was entirely redone (using the original discs and pads, all suspension rubbers, shocks etc replaced. The interior is original except for the headliner, which was soiled. The carpets are as new. The clock works. It runs beautifully...but when it was built in January 1966 regular grade gasoline cost the equivalent of $0.07 per litre. It is now $1.02 per litre - and I use premium unleaded...I can virtually watch the fuel gauge needle move.
The detail photos show aspects of the car before restoration - look at the brake disc - no ridge to the edge of it at all. And the electrical items - they only needed to have dust removed. The other photos show the car as it was last summer (and is now) and the final photo shows the car as it was when I bought it and before any restoration work was started.

 

just kiddin' Gregory, just kiddin. Hope everything is well.