New Member From Illinois here. I have aquired my late father in law's 1989 XJ6. I don't know too much history about the car but it is very clean for a midwest car and he did have it stored i his outbuilding since 2004. He and I got it running back in October hoping to sell it for a decent amount before he sold his house. Well, he passed 3 weeks before closing on their house and I hadn't had any bites on the sale and I brought the asking price down to $2000. I just can't let it go for that, at least not yet. I have only driven it a block twice. I changed the oil and the spark plugs and we filled the hydraulic system up before moving it. I am going to park it under a carport covered for now and will clean it up and go over it some more in a couple of months. It's only been a month since my father in law passed so it's not easy yet. I am a German car guy and have owned a 1998 New Beetle that I have changed the timing belt and water pump on and have done all other maintenance on it as well so I am looking forward to tackling some of the issues ahead of me with the XJ. I know I'll need to change the shocks and brakes and get brand new rubber prior to any real driving in it.

 

Welcome to the forums Opelmania74,

I'm sorry to hear of the sad circumstances that bring you to Jaguar ownership.

Follow this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xj40-xj81-25/ to the XJ40 forum for help, advice and information. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top is a good place to start for information on regular issues. You can also use the US Midwest Region forum by following this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/us-midwest-39/ to find other members in your region.

Please read the guidance for new members ( https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/n...ned-up-241802/ ) which answers many of the most frequent questions about getting started.

Enjoy the forums.

Graham

 

Thank you for the welcome and the links Graham. I am a current owner of 2017 Jetta 5 speed and am a member of the VW Vortex and was a really active member of the New Beetle forum. I hope to clean the XJ up and drive it some during the summer months. I'm trying to upload pictures but my work computer and google photos aren't cooperating.

 

Welcome aboard.

 

 

welcome to the forum - enjoy!!!!

 

Welcome to the Forums.

Tidy looking XJ40.

Good luck.

 

Welcome.

 

Welcome to the forums.

 

Welcome to Jaguar Forums Opelmania74,

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Hello,
I am so sorry for your loss. I hope everything works out for youl
Welcome to the forums from ElinorB.
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