Greetings folks, I have an 83 xj6, had it for about 6 years now, had it all redone nicely, was a show winner, but the weather has not been good to it, so i will be redoing it again!!!

 

Welcome to our forum! We have a lot of skilled members that you will have an opportunity to interacting with, enjoy the forum!

 

Hey Darrenmb,

Welcome to the forum. Sounds like youve done lots of work to your kitty. Im sure we would like to see it, so post some photos as soon as you can post them.


Enjoy the site.


Queen

 

orlando heat and humidity does that. my trunk was pretty oxidized before i restored it and it came pretty much back in a month or two
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Welcome, enjoy your ride and your stay

 

Welcome to the forum Darren, hope that you get things fixed up.

Don't forget to post up some pics.

 

Welcome from another Orlando member

 

Apropos your paintwork, did you strip off the old paint? Reason I ask is because an '83 will have the TPA paint which was absolutely c**p. It need to all come off if any refinish is to last more than 18 months-2 years.

 

Car was sanded back to bare metal, however it was a buddy that resprayed it, paint was drop dead gorgeous until a few months ago, its actually the clear coat that's failing, you can see the lines it was applied in, The friend that sprayed the car has said the clear coat wasn't thick enough but has since had a stroke and can no longer work. No big deal though, I fixed up and sold my MG, now i have the room to garage the jag and start over, as i am also getting bubbles by the rear glass!, got a small rust spot on a door too, oh and a ladder fell on the drivers side door leaving a small dent! all small stuff, but enough little things to get on my nerves!!!!! Most of my questions on here will be mechanical ones like the real meaning of the green on the temp gauge.. etc...

thanks everyone for the warm welcome!
Darren

 

just posted some pics of my baby over on the xj page!!! enjoy