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Guys, good evening, got my eyes on a local advertisement related to car from USA.
Looking to bumpers it seems to be TWR model. How do i recognise it from a fake one? - meaning only bumpers where replaced.
Attaching couple pictures.
1989 Jag XJS 5.3 USA
unless you have an original invoice from TWR UK, then there is no real way of confirming this information as all the records are gone ,
TWR were an aftermarket company that admittedly worked hand in hand with Jaguar cars but were separate until they helped turn Jaguarsport XJRS cars out, these have a unique VIN , where any TWR car was a 'normal' car later converted and worked on
TWR ( a separate company to Jaguar Cars Ltd) took new or existing 'normal' cars of any age and 'converted' them to the customers requirement from a simple suspension job to full engine enhancements and bodykits ,
XJRS or Jaguarsport did not exist until they merged and produced the XJRS Jaguarsport using the idea's TWR implinmented, when TWR ceased to convert XJS cars , this was around 1990, TWR still worked as a company but in different areas on different cars independently,
you must also realise, that there were up to 15 different non Jaguar Cars Ltd XJS modification companies, some you may have heard of like Lynx, but most were very expensive and not very sucessful,
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Last edited by Brake buster; Aug 31, 2022 at 11:37 AM.
if the VIN stamped on the bulkhead flange starts like this SAJJNAEW , then its a 'normal' car, that TWR could have worked on , but as i said, proof is needed as the VIN is normal
if it starts SAJJSAEW , then its a Jaguar cars ltd Jaguarsport XJRS ,
looking at your pics, its a (UK YEARS as thats where it came from) a late 1988 to mid 1991 car as it has the TEVES ABS braking system and the Magneti Marelli ignition system, the XJRS had a Zytec ignition system and look different under the bonnet
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Last edited by Brake buster; Aug 31, 2022 at 11:42 AM.
if the VIN stamped on the bulkhead flange starts like this SAJJNAEW , then its a 'normal' car, that TWR could have worked on , but as i said, proof is needed as the VIN is normal
if it starts SAJJSAEW , then its a Jaguar cars ltd Jaguarsport XJRS ,
looking at your pics, its a (UK YEARS as thats where it came from) a late 1988 to mid 1991 car as it has the TEVES ABS braking system and the Magneti Marelli ignition system, the XJRS had a Zytec ignition system and look different under the bonnet
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The 6 litre XJRS had zytek engine management but the first 300 odd cars were 5.3 litre with standard ignition. These cars still carry the S in the vin.
XJR-S production started in June 1988. TWR didn't convert cars after that date. The car shown was made in December 1988 so it seems to be a standard car with some bits of bodykit put on it.
Is it a TWR? How do i recognise it?
