Is it odd that this car I'm looking at buying doesn't have any badges on the trunk.
X J L or a 3.0 ?
There is only a Jaguar badge.

 

Plain trunk lid, without markings, were non-cost option. I don´t have nothing either exept leaper on mine.
x351 is quite rare here, so people are still coming to ask "what the heck this is" in gas stations.

 

Wow I learned something new. Thank you for that answer.
You're in Helsinki Finland. You probably have heard of a great chef I worked for in LA, CA, Stefon's at The Farm was the name of the place.
Go see Stefon Richtor at his restaurant in Helsinki and tell him Joe Pops said hello. Tell him the steak that he owes me can be given to you sir.

 

You mean this fellow running Stefan´s Steakhouses chain in Finland: https://www.stefanssteakhouse.fi/en/...e-in-helsinki/
Yes, he is known here from TV and "yellow magazine" news. (some tax dodging and speeding lately)
There are seven restaurants nowdays in Finland, including one in Helsinki.
As far i know he currently live in his hometown Suonenjoki, a small town in mid Finland.
Thank you sir. Next time i visit Stefan´s Steakhouse i ask if he is present and say hello from you, but i will save the steak for you to have a reason to visit Finland someday.
(i recommend summer time)

 

It's a deal! I'd love to get there someday. He hasn't changed and really knows quality cooking.

 

The problem is that PA12 has a working temperature limit of about 210 degrees, which is close to the coolant temperature on a hot day, or when a hose runs rear an exhaust manifold or oil filter housing. After long exposure, the PA12 starts to become stiff and brittle. That can happen after only a few years in hot climates. Brand new tubing can survive a bend radius of 3”. Aged tubing can literally snap with just a mild push of a finger. It is possible to rebuild a hose assembly,

Coolant overflow hose rebuild with silicone rubber on a 2012 XK X150.
reusing the fittings, but replacing the hose with silicone rubber with the same inside diameter.