Newly Acquired SIII
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Newly Acquired SIII
Hey everyone, I haven't been on the forum for a bit, finally got a nice job which takes up a ton of time and a 3 month old which, well, takes my remaining time. My '73 xj6 is still being a pain in the ***, but it runs, so what more can you ask for. I got word from friend that someone was looking to get rid of an '84 Vanden Plas for scrap prices ($300 around here), so I said I was interested. Well, long story short, I offered $500 for it and it's mine. It doesn't run and they think it's the fuel pump. I will start diagnosing it this coming week but it looks to be in great shape (minus some surface rust which hasn't compromised any structure). The last thing I need is more projects, but I couldn't pass it up. All I need now is a SII and my XJ6 collection will be sort of complete (I should start tracking down some of those more rare versions, but I'm sure they aren't going for cheap).
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Those seat covers are pretty ugly. I am hoping the seats are in great shape underneath. I figured if the car is unfixable (some serious problem not worth the time or money fixing) then I can make the seats work on my '73, since the ones in there are rotting pretty bad. I could part out the rest and recoup my money, but I'm hoping it doesn't come to that. I'm pretty excited about it and hopefully all goes well. I paid $700 for my '73 and all it was was clogged fuel filter, dirty tanks, and clogged carbs. I really home this is similar issues, easy to diagnose and fix.
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I'm not sure how long it has sat, but I think it has only been a few years. I seem to have luck getting old motors to start again (though now that I say this I wont have such luck with this). Luckily with this being a Series III, as opposed to my Series I, I can find plenty more information online and this forum is full of great experience so I will have her running in no time! I hope.
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