G'day everyone, looking forward to spending some time in here!

I'm a Jag tragic…like you.

It all began in the early 70's when for reasons unknown to me then, I fell in love with a '66 3.8 S Type, bought it, and took it to the hostile far north of South Australia. Such a ridiculous thing to do I was told over and over, especially because I knew nothing about cars…and even now I still wouldn't attempt anything more major than tuning the carbs on the 3.8. Sad, I know.

Not once did this beautiful creature overheat like everybody told me it would…and this is living through 5 summers when it was not unusual to have a few bouts of 4 or 5 days in a row of over C40 degree heat.

Except for when the coil wire popped out, I seriously cannot remember any time when the S type let me down. Apart from my own stupidity of crossing a flooded creek and getting caught mid-stream and having to be towed out of the water, and the time I ran the sump over a rock that I was sure I would clear (cracked sump), I can, with all honesty, say that the S type was magnificent.

Since then I have owned; an 'xj6' series3 Daimler - sensational, A 4.0L S-type - unbelievably smooth and with amazing kick-down. And now I have recently acquired a 2010 XF 5.0 - stunning, and only yesterday, I sold my wife's much loved Porsche Boxster (no sense of humour - wives, when it comes to cars) and bought a beautiful, fully restored 1966 Daimler 2.5L V8.

So, that's me, well, my cars at least. I just wish that at some stage I could afford to by a brand spanking new Jag of some kind, but alas, that's just not going to happen. Cheers and beers all.

(I do hope this was posted in the New Member Area)

 

Yes, here you are indeed in the New Members Area!
*Personally* I think your wife got a Far better car for your wheeling and dealing. But maybe that's just me.
Welcome to the forums from ElinorB.
(';')

 

Ha ha thanks for the welcome. I agree with you, but I'm yet to convince my wife. I pick the car up in about 2 hrs time and I'm sure when she sees it she'll melt because she is a closet Mk2 adorer, so the Daimler won't take long to win her over.

 

Welcome to the forum and congratulations on the new purchase. Dont forget to go to whatever regional Oz forum suits your location and say gday.

Cheers

 

Good to have you with us,another Aussie to build the ranks. Thanks for the insight of some of your Jag history and hope you will share some of that knowledge

The S type confused me when I first saw one as my father had a MK 1&11 and looked to me that it had mated with a MK 10 = S type.

5 litre XF...nice,congratulations. Love to see a few pics if you get time.

Be good if you could add a location in Australia to give us a clue what state you live in and maybe add a name to your signature for that personal touch.

Welcome aboard and I hope you enjoy the forum,Neil.

 

+1 as to Neil's welcome.

Welcome to the forum

 

Welcome.

I luv another Jag adventurer with that classic FAITH.

Jags really do rule, and we all know that. Some just take longer to get that warm and fuzzy feeling.

The Dainmler 250, MAAAAAATE, that is an awesome car. I look after one in the fleet of an elderly (old actually) long time friend.

Wife will warm to it. Mine took a day or 3 to warm to the S Type that replaced her XJ-S she had for 16 years. Still has her moments about that V12, but its fading.

 

Welcome to the forum Aussiejag,

Good to have you with us at Jaguar forums and thanks for the great Intro.

Follow this link XF and XFR ( X250 ) - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum to the XF/XFR forum and this one MKI / MKII S type 240 340 & Daimler - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum to the MKI/MK2/S-Type forum for help, advice and information. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top is a good place to start for info on regular issues.

Please remember to add vehicle details to your Signature to help others to give relevant advice. Go to the User CP button on the left of the top menu bar, then Settings & Options under Your Control Panel. Select Edit Signature and enter the details.

You can also visit the Australia - South Region forum by following this link Australia - South / NT - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum to find other members in your region.

Enjoy the forums.

Graham

 

Welcome to the forum.

 

welcome to the forum - enjoy!

 

Welcome to Jaguar Forums Aussiejag,

Good to have you with us.
Enjoy the forum.

If you haven't done so already you should add your car details to your signature to help others to help you.
If you need help with getting around and using the forum follow this link for some help Forum Help

 

Thanks Neil. I'll get around to adding some pics and those other details for sure. As far as sharing my knowledge, I have very little to share ha ha. The most adventurous I've ever been mechanically, was to change the radiator hoses on the S Type. Thank you for the welcome.

 

Thank you for the welcome and the great links and advice. Much appreciated. I'll get on to adding some details to my account.

 

Perhaps someone could advise as to whether i need to quote posts to reply. I'm not sure how anyone would get return posts in answer to specific posts, if not for quoting.

 

The way you've replied to posts here is the logical way to do it.

I often trim a quote, as I've done here with yours, so it makes clear which post I'm responding to but doesn't take up space repeating the wiole text.

Graham

 

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