Just got an 83' Sovereign. It sorta just fell into my lap and came with a complete donor/parts car for $1,000.

The Good: The car is beautiful with fresh leather seats, dash, moon roof, all good chrome, all original Jag parts. and fairly nice paint. ( Few bad spots easily fixable )

The inevitable bad: The motor has a thrown rod or something from the idiot, previous owners long time "friend". But hopefully the donor car's engine is good. ( It was wrecked in the side and supposedly runs fine) Still to be determined..

I have always loved the older Jaguar's style and class and now that I have the car I don't have the money to really go pouring into the car so this won't be an overnight road ready vehicle but it's a good start for a project and to get one more of these beautiful classics back on the pavement.

I am looking forward to learning a few things here on the forum and hopefully being able to contribute as well in time. With my luck I will encounter all of the one in a million odd problems on this build and can have the fun of sharing them with all of you!

Here is a few pics of what I have to work with:
http://s551.photobucket.com/albums/i...2875/83%20Xj6/

 

welcome RCB, looking forward to hearing about your progress with the repairs.

 

Welcome to the forums
I appreciate the way you take time to begin such a job and I hope everything will be sailing in full speed

 

Thanks. I have been tossing around thoughts of keeping it original for the majority or tossing the Jag 4.2 for a tuned port Chevy in the future. Either way I will keep it as a sleeper, and update the electronics, ignition, and cooling.

 

RCB sounds like you are going to have fun building it.

 

RCB...great to have you with us and I'm lookin forward to your future posts. Hopefully we can help.
All the best