CHEAP....LOL
Most parts will fit my 91 facelift.
1993 4.0l with sunroof.
BAD paint, interior and wont run

What could go wrong with this $1500 "investment"

 

Sell the tail lights and you might be halfway whole!

 

If I had the space I would buy a beat up one and part it out. Doors, trim, mirrors, front and back lights, Wheels, Windows, body panels, ECU, bumpers, transmission, engine, diff, IRS unit, hubs, axles etc. Take the units off, clean them up mark em for sale. I'd totally do that. Someone will need them to keep theirs going.

 

Probably has a 3.54 ratio rear, high demand for that for those going to 5 speed or 700R4, if you find you are in too deep.

 

The good thing about doing this is that as an enthusiast, you will take the time to very carefully dismantle the car to minimize breakage, maximize the number of parts that can be used to revive other Jaguars and store them indoors where they will cease to deteriorate (or at least drastically slow down). If that Jaguar continues to sit outside in a junkyard like that, it won't be long before hardly anything is useable. Eventually, they'll sell the sunroof and the whole interior will be ruined the next time it rains. What I really hate is when somebody removes a part under the hood just to get it out of their way while they remove another part they want and throw the greasy thing on the passenger seat. Usually salvage yards keep a car like this Jaguar just long enough to make their margin on it and then crush it to make way for the next, more profitable car (like a Toyota Camry that would be picked clean in a month).

Its great that you would be willing to do it, but I advise to carefully consider which parts you choose to keep as their long-term value may not justify the opportunity cost of storage. I am really into Toyota Supras, have parted out 9, used parts from them to rebuild 3, sold the rest and have almost enough to build one more. Just doing a little bit evenings and weekends, it took a long time to liquidate most of a whole car. What I could very easily sell was "crash parts", i.e. bumper covers, taillights, fenders, etc. along with both interior and exterior trim if it was in good shape. Nobody wanted anything that they could still get new or rebuilt, nor did anybody want "stock" mechanical parts because everybody preferred buying performance upgrades. So eventually stuff like alternators, power steering pumps, automagic transmissions, etc. started to pile up. I managed to get rid of the excess at a loss, still ensuring that they will be preserved for somebody to use eventually, but it had become a "problem" for me after I had to start renting self-storage units for all this stuff that I couldn't easily sell. Just be careful not to wind up spending more on storage than the parts are worth, or worse, become one of those hoarders they make reality TV shows about.

 

Or you could grab a 2JZ or whatever off Fleabay and make yourself a rat rod.

 

What I’d do with that rather than part it out is race it. Sell off the interior parts, buy a cheap EBay turbo/ an aftermarket ECU ( Megasquirt is the best bargain. Junkyard search for a ChevyTrailblazer or GMC Envoy, grab the throttle body and injector rail. Crawl underneath a Chevy pickup with a flex fuel emblem, grab the in line fuel sensor and 8 injectors. And put them in the Jaguar 6 cylinder. Stone stock you should be able to pull over 6-700 horsepower.
Auto cross or drag race ( why not both?)
No roll cage or other race car stuff required street legal and a lot of fun!!!

 

The real danger of an enthusiast buying a car like this is that he might fall in love and decide the car can be saved ! :-)

Cheers
DD

 

And you do one and then more of them start to just sort of "follow you home".