Today's update is only a brief one, with a couple of photographs down below. The pre facelift 6.0 Jaguar XJR-S which spent so much time down at the paint shop has been undergoing more work. The underside was disassembled, with both the front and rear subframes removed to be restored and repainted. Every last bush …
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https://youtu.be/UM0liwyiQP4 A walk around of the XJR-S after collecting it from the body shop. As you can see it still needs final polishing, but that will happen when the bumpers and skirts are refitted. On 23rd December 2020, after no less than 956 days since this XJR-S was delivered to the bodyshop, I was finally …
Although it took a huge amount of time to get the bodyshop to make a proper start on the XJR-S (pre-facelift), fortunately it seems they've gotten in a rhythm and painted the car a week or so later. I was sent the photos below on Friday, and by now the bodykit will have been painted …
No less than 921 days after delivering the Jaguar XJR-S 6.0 to the paint shop, it has finally been primered. My patience, at times, has been tested with the inefficiency, but considering it is a small business and a reasonable rate I've tried not to complain too much. The bodywork to correct rust to the …
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As I've mentioned previously, I've owned my little red MG for just over four and a half years, after being gifted it by a member of my family to complete a banger rally with friends. As it turned out, I ended up being the only person who wanted to complete said rally, so in the …
https://www.youtube.com/embed/iicRoqfv5Ek It took slightly longer than I expected for something to go (reasonably) seriously wrong with the Curfew Jag, although to be fair, it was brought on by my mildly excessive use of the throttle off road. Having access to a field always made it inevitable that I was going to end up driving one …
Well, this one is a bit different. Although, aren't they all? I'm a bit fan of Jaguar's XJ in its earlier iterations, and though I've owned series 2 and 3 cars (and their Daimler variants), I hadn't yet manage to purchase my favourite of all, the series 1. The car I've bought hasn't seen a …
If you'd like to read the rest of the Curfew XJ-S updates, you can do so HERE After a little bit of a wait earlier in the week, yesterday became a chance to get Curfew up on a ramp for its service and a general inspection, as I was hoping to take it to Tamp …
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I wasn't expecting to be able to post an update on the Alfa so soon, but the original creator of my little 6C Sprint, Philip Herrick, has very kindly provided me with some more information about how this bonkers little car came into existence, and also how he constructed it. You can read his 'Engineering Principles' below, and …
You can view Soapy's own page here. We've owned Soapy for just over three years now, after purchasing him at the London Classic Car Show in 2017. Out of all of the cars this is one that is rarely seen on our social media channels, despite being the header image for the website. The reason …
