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Hello, I am new to you site and hope I am not committing sacrilege. I was given a 77 XJS from a wrecking yard, bad shape, but it is for a project build. I'm looking to make a similar car to group44 racing XJS except with ford explorer 4x4 axles, LS Chevy motor, Escalade 6 spd with AWD, and twin turbo. car has been sitting for years with windows open and family of raccoons living inside. has been moved around with fork lift, but most of damaged stuff was going to be removed anyway.
I hope you may be interested, hope not to offend!
Dan.
I hope you may be interested, hope not to offend!
Dan.
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Hello, Dan,
The thing is about this place, it's YOUR car, and you have every right to do with it whatever YOU want.
By your description of the car it's far from pristine anyway (racoons and fork lifts would take good care of that under any circumstances) so you might as well have a ton of fun playing with it. Your racing project sounds Very interesting.
Welcome to the forums from ElinorB.
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The thing is about this place, it's YOUR car, and you have every right to do with it whatever YOU want.
By your description of the car it's far from pristine anyway (racoons and fork lifts would take good care of that under any circumstances) so you might as well have a ton of fun playing with it. Your racing project sounds Very interesting.
Welcome to the forums from ElinorB.
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Welcome to the forum Dan,
Good to have you with us at Jaguar forums. I hope they evicted the raccooons before you took it home.![Icon Lol](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
Follow this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xjs-x27-32/ to the XJS forum for help, advice and information. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top is a good place to start for information on regular issues.
Please remember to add vehicle details to your Signature to help others to give relevant advice. Go to the User CP button on the left of the top menu bar, then Settings & Options under Your Control Panel. Select Edit Signature and enter the details.
You can also visit the US Western Region forum by following this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/us-western-38/ to find other members in your region.
Enjoy the forums and good luck with your project.
Graham
Good to have you with us at Jaguar forums. I hope they evicted the raccooons before you took it home.
![Icon Lol](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
Follow this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xjs-x27-32/ to the XJS forum for help, advice and information. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top is a good place to start for information on regular issues.
Please remember to add vehicle details to your Signature to help others to give relevant advice. Go to the User CP button on the left of the top menu bar, then Settings & Options under Your Control Panel. Select Edit Signature and enter the details.
You can also visit the US Western Region forum by following this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/us-western-38/ to find other members in your region.
Enjoy the forums and good luck with your project.
Graham
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Thank you all for the warm welcome. they were removed at the yard, only their mess was left! body is pretty straight and most of what I need is there. floor pan and trunk is rotted but they will be reworked anyway. I can't believe how everything is bolted together with so many bolts and brackets, all fine thread. no wonder the car weighed so much. when everything worked it must have been nice. I will keep posting as project gets along. is there any market for drive train of this type, have posted locally but no takers, shame to hall to scrap yard.
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Welcome to Jaguar Forums Dan,
Good to have you with us.
Enjoy the forum.
If you haven't done so already you should add your car details to your signature to help others to help you.
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Good to have you with us.
Enjoy the forum.
If you haven't done so already you should add your car details to your signature to help others to help you.
If you need help with getting around and using the forum follow this link for some help Forum Help
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when I get the drive train removed, I will figure how to post so I can get rid of all the extra stuff. thanks for the info, figured they would only go for scrap aluminum!!