Hi, I'm Marlena (aka Marli) and I'm from the Waikato district in New Zealand. I've always had a quiet interest in Jaguar cars, but only bought my first one a couple of years back. I bought an 3.2 litre XJ40 because it was going cheap... it needed some tidying up and I soon realized I'd need access to a good priced parts supply if I wanted to keep playing the Jaguar game. Soon after I bought another 2 XJ40s for spares, and also picked up a rusty XJS, all for very little outlay. Ironically I ended up with a 3.2, a 3.6, and a 4.0... and a V12 in the XJS.
I've got the 3.2 to an almost reliable daily runner stage... and have started building a homebuilt/kit car using the 4.0 litre car as a doner... and still keeping my eyes and ears peeled for a healthy replacement body for my rusty XJS.

I also have 2 International trucks that I'd like to restore, a couple of Mitsubishi L300 vans and a Toyota Camry for daily driving to work etc. My partner has a Fraser 7 Clubman (NZ made Lotus 7 copy). I'm a seriously obsessed collector of model cars trucks, trains, and planes too, lol.

I'm a qualified diesel truck mechanic, experience heavy truck and trailer driver, but recently defected from the road transport industry and started a new job with our national railroad industry as a Mechanical Engineer in the rolling stock division (I'm a railway wagon mechanic :-) )

Looking forward to chatting with some of you in the future.

Thanx, Marlena.

 

Welcome to the forum Marlena,

Good to have you with us at Jaguar forums.

Follow this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xj40-xj81-25/ to the XJ40 forum the this one https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xjs-x27-32/ to the XJS forum for help, advice and information. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top of each is a good place to start for information 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 New Zealand Region forum by following this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/new-zealand-97/ to find other members in your region.

Good luck with your projects and enjoy the forums.

Graham

 

Welcome.

Well done, and that is an awesome fleet, and lots of parts for that 3.2 '40.

Good luck.

 

Welcome to Jaguar Forums Marli,

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

 

welcome to the forum - enjoy!!!

 

Welcome aboard Marli.

 

Welcome to the forums Marli, original Tauranga boy here. Sounds like you have a fleet on your hands there.
I have added you to the NZ Roll Cal thread.

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/n...8/#post1905917

 

Ooo! Just Look at those Items in your back yard!! Awesome Fleet!
Welcome. Marlena, to the forums from ElinorB.
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