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Hi friends, we are selling our Series III on BaT and had a prospective buyer point out that the badge placement is too "inward". Is this out of the ordinary or just a funky lot to come off the Jaguar assembly line this way? Thank you for your thoughts! rear badge placement?
Picky, Picky PICKY!!
Badges not *Correctly Placed*?
That person doesn't want it very bad, trying to low-ball ya, I'd say.
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That’s a bit harsh isn’t it?
The car is listed for sale in an online auction where pictures and questions are the only way to try and determine what’s being offered/potentially purchase.
The person asking the question is interested enough in the car to look closely and ask accordingly. Badges in the wrong place are often an indication of their being replaced by someone who didn’t know where they should be placed and couldn’t be bothered to find out. It could be as innocent as replacement of badges that had fallen off (or been previously removed), it could be the result of repainting for purely cosmetic purposes, or it could be the result of repairs following an accident.
It’s not so much the badges being in the wrong place as finding out why… The car may well still be wanted but then it’s a matter of determining a fair price for what’s actually being sold.
Ken monologuing,..........actually looks good in spacing - proportional to the # plate
This one also looks good:
It’s the last photo in the BAT listing and is presumably the car in the garage behind the one actually being offered for sale.
The car in the sale actually also looks good in its photographs which only begs the question of why a car with only 24k miles has strangely placed trunk badges.
my '84 m/y built in June '83 has the original badges with pins and some very difficult clips over the pins inside the skin.
I have tried to remove those clips to no avail. There is just no room for tools.
I think the badges were pushed into place complete with clips so they might lock the badge by some spring open / lock action.
Being plastic badges, I could slice a thin blade behind the badge and cut off the 2 pins.
I am looking for the correct "Jaguar" badge which has a different "J" shape than 1985 models. I can use double sided 3M tape to affix it. The chromed finish in mine has deteriorated.
The car is listed for sale in an online auction where pictures and questions are the only way to try and determine what’s being offered/potentially purchase.
The person asking the question is interested enough in the car to look closely and ask accordingly. Badges in the wrong place are often an indication of their being replaced by someone who didn’t know where they should be placed and couldn’t be bothered to find out. It could be as innocent as replacement of badges that had fallen off (or been previously removed), it could be the result of repainting for purely cosmetic purposes, or it could be the result of repairs following an accident.
It’s not so much the badges being in the wrong place as finding out why… The car may well still be wanted but then it’s a matter of determining a fair price for what’s actually being sold.
Right.
Sometimes on BaT you get nit-pickers who simply seem to enjoy pointing out flaws. They're not buyers. They're just ....I dunno....lonely or bored or something
But, sometimes useful questions and discussions come up when a sharp-eyed commenter sees something amiss.
A month's pay says the Jag in question (which is a real beauty!) did not leave the factory with the emblems placed that way. So the "why' question is valid...especially when we're in the price range where this car is certainly headed. Misplaced emblems suggest body and paint repairs in the car's past and a prospective buyer will want to know for sure....and want to know the quality of the work done.
Years ago when a car like this might sell for $5000-$6000 buyers were not so fussy. I reckon this car is headed to at least $15,000 so buyers are not quite so nonchalant.
Anyhow, it looks like a gorgeous Jag that'll make someone very happy. I'm tempted myself !
Trouble with the later "glue-on" badges is that if one doesn't mark the location of the old ones before removing them, it is possible to put them in the incorrect location. WIth the old "push-on" ones they could only go on one way. So does the position of these obviously replaced badges matter ? I'd say no, it is the condition of the car that counts, and this one looks a beaut !
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If the panel is being replaced, repaired, repainted, or repolished or if a lost badge has to be replaced, a template (or template measurement such as x” down from the plinth and y” in from the taillight) as used in the factory is also an option.
Friends, I did a little research on XJ6 rear badge placement. The badges on some of the later cars used a double-sided adhesive tape, and not pins – (see photo). I also confirmed that there is no evidence of covered pinholes on the inside surface of the rear deck on this car. Sadly, she is going to a new owner in 3 hours at the end of my BaT auction
These increasing values are a little bittersweet. These are great cars that you could buy for peanuts. Hobbyists on a budget could have cool car for very little buy-in. Nowadays, not so much.
I've been wanting another Series III. We'll see what happens. I may have to buy a newer model Jag...which I wanted to avoid.
Rear deck badge placement
