Man that's a beautiful car! Job well done Jeremy. What headlights are those inners?

 

What vendor? Ive used the uro one and its not a great fit. Would be nice to know of a better item.

 

They are Sylvania ultra whites, got them at the local carquest, nothing fancy.

The Windshield gasket ended up being a URO, I thought I was buying a NOS one but it wasn't. This one actually fit really well. The other two I had were at least an inch too long.

 

Man that's a nice car. Great resto too. I'm surprised you haven't sold it already. If I was stateside I'd be making an offer. Speaking of which, what ball park are we batting in?

 

You know, that's a good question. I had it up for 12.5k and had some interest in it back when it needed quite a bit of work still. I think that was a stretch at the time, but as I get closer to having it completely finished is probably a fair price. There seems to be a pretty good spread in price from a rusted hulk to a professionally restored show car. I was always planning on shooting for the middle, as nice fresh driver. What do you guys think? Took her out for another spin today, she gets with it pretty good with the V-8 powerplant. I was pretty surprised haha!

 

*Very* pretty car!
You should certainly be able to get $12.5K for that!

I had a bunch of guys standing around mine one day early last Spring, one of them asked what I would take for her I said off the top of my head, "Oh, maybe 10," and they didn't even blink! In fact, I could see the wheels spinning as they were thinking how they could get it THAT DAY!!
(';')

 

Jeremy that car is gorgeous! Better wheels and tires would go a long way though. I just love the color, kinda regret painting mine red now.

 

These are XJS Aero's, there's another similar with less/larger slots. I like 'em on my car.

 

Yea, hopefully that is the case! At 12.5, I'm still losing quite a bit, but I'm ok with that. My intention was never to make any money off of it, just to save it from being parted out or worse. I'm glad that I was able to get another one back on the road for someone to enjoy. I get a lot of satisfaction by bringing them back from the dead!

 

I'm glad that car isn't nearby, I'd be very tempted!

 

Well I can always put it on a trailer a get it closer haha!

 

Got a little bit more work done on the car. First I was able to sort out the window wiring and get the console buttoned up. Once I figured out the wiring pattern of how the switches all daisy chain together it was no problem. All six switches are functional now.



I have gotten to work cleaning up the paint also. It had quite a bit of trash in it from just sitting all of those years in a filthy shop. It looked pretty good but there were some areas that were dulled up and lots of swirls. I washed it twice and then clay barred the whole car down twice over again. This alone made a substantial difference in the shine from the paint. Next I went after it with a fine cut compound followed up with a Sealer/polish combo. It's starting to pop pretty good now. I'll take some outdoor shots if the weather ever decides to clear up down here.


I'm hoping to get the exhaust finished up this week, that will just leave the headliner install and C-pillar trim to go. Getting pretty close!

 

I finally got the windows working smoothly enough to be able to hang the new door cards with a bit of confidence that I wouldn't have to pull them right back off haha! Headliner aside the interior is all back together. I got the boot cleaned up and am hoping to get the exhaust work done before I have to head back out of town later this week. I'm getting some movement on my home sale as the weather down here improves. I have a feeling that I am going to need to move this car in the next 60 days. I'm ready to get this car sold just so it's off of my plate as I have a ton of other things that I need to focus on. I'm willing throw out a forum special of 9500$ if anybody is interested.

 

Man! If I was stateside.......

 

Come on, it can't be that expensive to ship a car across the largest ocean in the world...haha

 

Can you build a raft!

 

If I had a discretionary $9500, which I don't !!!!!!


Carl

 

If I was stateside I'd go into debt for that car. It's the rarest, & most desirable, of all the XJ6 variants. It was only made for two years & the attrition rate's been horrendous. So there aren't too may out there. My Mechanic's got a beauty. with the fold back roof et al. & he assures me that it's one of only 22 cars in Australia, like that, & not many more world wide! I know this car doesn't have a fold back roof. But it has had an extensive renovation, which we've all witnessed as it progressed. So we know it's a good 'un. & while I don't know what prices are like in the US, I'm sure that car will do nothing but appreciate for years to come.

 

Hi Jeremy, sent you a PM!

 

Do we have a winner?