Hi there! I am Gary and reside in Southern NJ in a little town called Merchantville. I am a HUGE car guy and ended up buying a large estate from a gentleman that passed and there were two Jaguars in the lot. As much as I love cars, I am predisposed to uber fast cars so I am poking around on the site to check some technical things out as the one has the interior removed and is in TERRIFIC shape and this is from a guy that does car shows. Some simple things like a few gauges are not working but the center console is out and then I have a ton of parts, a parts car and need to see what things are worth.

I'm tempted to keep the cars to be frank as the one is simply beautiful and heck I would have PLENTY of extra parts for later, but so many cars right now so I most likely will sell them. I spend a lot of time on car forums mostly for my Vipers so these forums are always valuable to share ideas and also maybe get to know a new friend or friends along the way. Me, I am a techie with a company located in Millville, NJ that does laptops, networking, desktops, barcode sales and repairs and anyhow I can rebuild engines myself and have a lot of tools. I'm looking forward to browsing the site and the old Series III Jaguars when nice and clean look beautiful. I even have have about 10 boxes of 1979 JAG parts too as the owner has a ton of Jags and they were all sold but I have a ton of parts now to sell/trade.

Anyhow, time to check the site and see what I can learn from here which will be a lot of information as I have never owned nor worked on a Jag. Anyhow, greetings from NJ! Gary

 

Welcome to the forum Gary,

Good to have you here with us at Jaguar forums.

Follow this link XJS - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum to the S-Type section for help, advice and information. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top is a good place to start for info on regular issues.

You can also visit the US North East Region section by following this link v to find other members in your region.

Enjoy the forum.

Graham

 

Thank you Graham for the link. Lots to read here and also I will look at pictures as I might do the interior on the car and keep it. The darn car looks beautiful, but so many things going on-decisions haha. I know I have a power steering leak on it as there was puddle under the car and the PS is not working, so it needs a little TLC, but has a fresh $6500 paint job on a KILLER body and why I am sooooo tempted to keep them. if it had a 500 HP motor it would be a no brainer, but I am guessing there are what 240 HP or so stock with the V12?

 

The 5.3 litre V12 is 285-295 bhp depending on MY. Worth keeping with a sorted body and new paint. Horsepower isn't everything - depends whether you want to arrive in a cloud of dust or in style.

 

Wow, more HP than I thought and you are tempting me as this ride is simply beautiful. I love the depends part too-haha. My slowest is now 740+ RWHP on pump gas so I am spoiled, but the XJS is classy so you have a valid point.

 

Welcome!

 

Welcome to the forum 2000ViperGTS,

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.

 

Thanks guys for the welcome, don't be too friendly or I will feel out of place Hearing there is more HP than I thought makes me want to keep the car which is good and bad. Pros: Looks GREAT, uber clean, paid for, a full parts car or car that is restorable is more like it and a pallet of parts. Cons: I have a ton of cars and it takes up space in my warehouse for my business. I know one thing, I am going to blame GGG if I keep it because it is his fault he told me it had more power than I thought

 

welcome to the forum and the Jag family.

 

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