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Hi, I'm a retired Lecturer from Farming stock. Inherited my father's 420G. He bought it new in 1970 for around £2300.00 i think. He died in 1988 leaving it to me in his will. It has been up on blocks in the garage for 23 years till both my daughters decided to get married within 8 weeks of each other. My mother aksed them if they would like their Grandfathers car to go to their wedding in but would have to ask Dad as he left it to him. This was in August 2011, the first wedding was in August 2012,then October for the second. I went it to my local garage and said, fancy MOTing my 420G for my daughters wedding. He had a look and put a new battery on but no compression. He towed to the garage. He said that I could do a rolling restoration or a full restoration. Very green with these things I said, do the lot. The answer came back, if you help then I'll do it. The next 9 months I was at the garage, evenings, weekends, cutting, cleaning, taking appart, grinding, filling, sanding, shotblasting priming, undercoating and watching the final 10 coats of 18 been done. By June of 2012 it was done. The only part left to do is the head lining. But everything else has been done back to show room condition. Thats the short version.
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Welcome to the forum HSB,
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Looking forward to the long version with photos.
Follow this link Mark V - X 420G - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum to the 420G section for advice, information and to post your own contributions. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top there is a good place to start for info on regular issues.
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Welcome to the forum HSB,
Looking forward to the long version with photos
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Follow this link Mark V - X 420G - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum to the 420G section for advice, information and to post your own contributions. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top there is a good place to start for info on regular issues.
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Follow this link Mark V - X 420G - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum to the 420G section for advice, information and to post your own contributions. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top there is a good place to start for info on regular issues.
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https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/m...oration-94729/
It's a good place to post your restoration pictures.
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I love the look of the 420Gs and yours is a beautiful example.
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I don't recall ever seeing either a Mark X or 420G in America, though I am sure I saw some in England long ago (1980s). My dad bought an XJ12 Series I in 1972 or '73 after spending a sabbatical in England and the front of the 420G looks quite like a Series I XJ stretched to be a very large car.
I love the look of the 420Gs and yours is a beautiful example.
I love the look of the 420Gs and yours is a beautiful example.
Thanks, go to 420G Restoration for more examples of my labours.
HSB