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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After posting a photo or two of the 6.5l Jag on social media recently whilst moving cars in the workshop so that the floor could be painted, and being asked questions about it, I thought it was probably well past time to give the car its own page and write a post or two about …
The journey to get the Curfew Jag roadworthy and MOT'd took a bit longer than I expected. I knew it would have a few mechanical jobs considering that it was built for the tv series where the aesthetics come first, but in reality the state the car was in was unsafe, and I was slightly …
As I'm sure you can guess from the absence of a Christmas video in this post, we didn't quite manage to complete it. It was probably a bit much for me to expect the Curfew Jag to survive the attempt, especially considering it still needs a lot of work to make it a useable car. …
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So I've bought another XJ-S, but this time its the XJ-S that featured in the recent Sky series 'Curfew', which stars Sean Bean (who drives this car). It got delivered last night after I purchased it at the H&H auction in Buxton on Wednesday - and its already taken a bit of a battering on …
Anyone who follows our social media feeds, especially Twitter, will know that I have a soft spot for the Jaguar XJ-S. So when the chance to purchase this particular car came up I simply couldn't resist. This is no ordinary XJ-S, but instead it has been fettled by a few well known names. The engine …
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Sometimes you have weeks where you feel like you've accomplished a lot, and other times you have weeks like this one, where you've basically moved a lot of cars around and not really solved any problems. Both the Capri-12 and the Alfa 6C Sprint replica are now both inside and dry, though the Alfa has …
Two of our most recent arrivals are also two very interesting cars - and ones we can't wait to get started on. Firstly we have a recreation of an Alfa 6C Sprint (which never actually got built or homologated) that has fallen into disrepair, though it still sounds incredible. The other car is a Ford …
