hello all, i finally pulled the trigger on an 88 xj40 with 78k miles. shes racing green / tan base model 3.6l. she is a florida car and appears to be in stellar cosmetic shape with a few of the usual "glitches " to take care of such as brake accumulator. i am currently waiting for her to be wrenched from the sunny south and thrown onto a transport to chilly north NJ. a few years ago when i got married i had a 96 xjs conv celebration , and bought my wife a 2000 xj8. both have since been sold. my other venture into british motoring was a 74 tr-6. anyhow, i have already been reading posts nightly preparing for some maintenance activities, and looking forward to getting into it with you lot. hopefully i will meet some of you in the NYC area. ive been to britfest when moss motors was still here and brought the xjs. i hope there are still some gatherings like that , as well as the JAG group which i know has monthly breakfast criuses. will post some pics as soon as she gets here!

 

Welcome to the forum!

I sure do like the XJ40s especially in that color combo. The guys in the XJ40 section will help you to her running tip top.

Enjoy all the iste has to offer!

 

Welcome to the forum,

Can't get those Jags out of the blood can you?

post up the pics when you can.

 

Welcome to the forum.

Huh, you sold an XJ8 and the wife!

Good to have you with us.

 

Welcome

 

Hey there and welcome to the site, good to have you here with us here at Jaguarforums.com........Nice intro btw


You'll be made very welcome here

Please post pics of your ride when you can .....

Hope we can help with any issues / questions you may have

There are some great guys here, top techs, good info and more than a few laughs here n there, so jump in and enjoy......
I've manually upgraded you to full forum access so you can better view the site.......enjoy your time here

 

im sure its been attempted by somebody somewhere.....

 

Welcome back to Jag ownership. What's the ETA on the latest addition?

 

hopefully middle to end of next week. they use a transport that makes stops all the way up the coast from florida....

 

well, she showed up on the transport (the stork) this afternoon! in true ebay fashion , it was clear there were plenty more unmentioned dings and ships. im missing a trim filler on the driver side rain gutter near the top aft side of the rear window. antenna looks to be permanently stuck at half mast. the car seemed to have th unmistakable odor of a 90 year old person (nothing against the elderly , but you may know what i mean). glove box was extremely tough to open / very tight. front end of the headliner was pulled from the area where it meets the windscreen. whoever this car was handed down to did some real amatuer butcher repairs. they tried putting too big of a screw in to anchor the sunvisor clip and it actualy pushed out the roof metal! driving wise, i couldnt really take it out due to no plates / insurance, but the steering wheel needs to be centered and i heard something that may be slop in balljoints. i got a chance to do a wash and got all the road grime and bugs off her. put a quick coat of wax and did some leather cleaning. i will try to take some pics tomorrow but it may rain and she is under cover now. i hope if i show it love she will be good to me!! oh and i REALLY need to remove the purple-ish ghetto tint!