well , here she is , over 8 years in the re-making ,



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and i have always loved this interior colour of Mulberry double stitched leather

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couldnt resist

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Hi BB,
Fantastic looking car, well worth the effort. Glad to see you kept the colour combination simple as it makes the car look even better and IMO, more modern.

Sorry to hear about the "almost fire" but glad it was simple to sort out.

 

Thanks Jim

you have obviously been reading of my exploits in other places to , lol

the colour isnt original , as its Fords new ' Frozen white ' as used on the new RS , but the colour white is original to the car , as was the Mulberry ( burgundy ) leather interior , and i think the ' whiter ' rather than ' creamy white ' works much better

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Very nicely done. I really like the ground effects. It makes her look even longer.

 

Very nice! Did you "de-chrome" the windscreen area? It looks very clean.

 

Hey 'Buster, Very nice, clean job. -Is the Rear Spoiler a Jag factory jobbie? -I'm debating myself whether to find something similar, as I find with the convertible folded roof 'hump' behind the seat, on the pre-facelift(older) XJS, I cannot see the rear trunk lip or judge how close I park to something. It would also take away the drop tail look.

 

absolutely gorgeous!

 

thanks lads

yes, the whole body kit is genuine Jaguar , its the Jaguarsport/TWR kit that was fitted from 1998 onwards in the UK ,

the rear spoilers do actually work at speed , and hunker the car down a little more , to the point that buffers have to be fitted under the bottom of the boot lid to stop it pushing dont into the paintwork

i took the pics on my iPhone, and it hasnt picked up the chrome in the pic that well , it is all new chrome , and it was a ' bright day , so the car has full chrome

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A superb job.

Good choice on the 'Frozen White'. Contemporary Jaguar white never had that depth and quality.

Graham

 

Very nice looking XJS!

 

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Amazing. If you were to describe the car in words it may not sound like it would work, but boy it does.

 

Great Work do you have a link to the build I would love to read it

 

Beautiful car. Congrats.

 

Stunning!! Marvelous labor of love!! Thanks for posting the pictures.

 

Very nice work.

 

wow,

thanks lads,

some pics of the journey


after taking off the wing....ouch


brand new metal sections replace all the rust..


rebuilt with all new rads and pipework ,


after the front end rebuild with a mix of new and salvaged panels on top , this picture was taken 18 months into the project,
as i sold my house and had to move the project , this was 5 mins before loading her onto a trailer to go to the new property ,
with a larger garage with workshop.


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this was holding the drivers door ( UK ) on , hmmm


after the repair section was welded in


fully refurbished rear end which took me 4 months to do , all new springs and shocks ( Spax adjustable ) with new bushes and bolts ,


the starting point, lol




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back in the car, i used my artistic licence for the lower wishbones , to go with the yellow dampers , lol


i cut some rust from the rear buttress




then put some new metal back






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