Dont you just love staring at your car when shes all washed and waxed and just sparkles!!!!

 

Great lookin' Jag


Cheers
DD

 

Left footer in Florida with an English plate. Lovely colour and sure looks purty in the sunshine.

 

My cousin sent me the plate. Supposedly an 83 is a A reg. She also sent me an old tax disc from 83 too!

 

Ah, that explains that and your cousin is correct on the year of the plate.

 

She wont send me.the good bits i really want, like the bumpers. Only stuff she can fit in an envelope!
She did a custom.plate for me. The 769 is either an insult as she cant remember how old i am or a compliment making me a.year younger (birthday is 7 of 68) and the DB is my initials. But it really dresses front up nicely

 

It sounded SO much like an invitation, Nix just Had to crash the party.

Sorry, Darren, I tried to stop her but she Insisted!
And then she looked at me with those big innocent eyes, and I melted.
(';')

 

Ohhh shes shiny too pity shes not green!

 

As the great frog said, it isnt easy being green. Very nice cars both.

Elinor, I guess you have been asked before, but what wheels are they? They work very well with the car.

 

Both gorgeous cars. It's why Jags make great show/display cars, nothing comes close when the sun bounces off all those seductive lines.

Now if only something could be done about those bumpers

 

Steve:
The rims are Xj40 Teardrops. I can't imagine her with any other wheels.

Tony:
About the bumpers: When I first read the complaint about them, how the Xj6 would look SOOOO much better without the USA black plastic, I took a long hard look at Nix and tried to imagine her without them.

Maybe it's different in pictures like so many other things are, but both husband and I agree that she would look sort of stubby and a bit unfinished without the black extensions. It might be different if she was a light color, then I might agree the black parts need to go. But as it happens, I like them.

And besides that, Doug says it's a good thing I like them because I can't change them anyway.
(';')

 

Couldn't resist, I just had to join the party too!!!

 

Very nice, Richard,
I think Darren started something.
(';')

 

Those certainly are nice wheels Elinor.......do they just bolt on?

 

Elinor, I was of course just being naughty, couldn't resist! I know you can't change them. IMHO they look unwieldy because we only get to see the standard UK/ROW spec. and whatever we're accustomed to seeing, we get used to. I agree they blend in better with dark paint though.

It matters not, so long as we like what we have. Sorry if I stirred the pot!

Cheers,

 

Thank you, Jim, no, they don't just bolt on. I mean, the bolt pattern is right, but the hub caps won't fit over the bearing cup without about 3/8 inch thick spacers.

Over in the Rolling Stock thread I covered that pretty thoroughly.
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...-speed-125023/

This is about half the spacer that was on the car when we took possession, and it drives Tons better now with less spacer.
(';')

 

As I suspected!! But just in case you were serious I thought I should explain.

No you're not! You'll do it again the first chance you get! That's one of the most fun things about this place.

I think the bumpers make her look not only a bit longer, but lower to the ground and more stealthy. When (not if) I wear out these tires and put Michelins back on, she'll Really be low and stealthy!
(';')

 

OK, I confess. Stand by!


..I think the bumpers make her look not only a bit longer, but lower to the ground and more stealthy. When (not if) I wear out these tires and put Michelins back on, she'll Really be low and stealthy! (';')

Check these out...not elegant maybe, but certainly stealthy!

 

 

Congratulations, Clarke!!
And you thought there was no chance. You thought the competition was too stiff.

See!! Never underestimate the power of Presence!
(';')