XJ40 rebuild. (Green.)
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Good effort on the veneers. They are not easy to make perfect/ factory standard. It will be a huge improvement to the interior overall.
I only just realised you are in Australia. I have a number of customers in Australia, but they usually report “rust issues not an issue over here”, so I was surprised at the rust issues on your car? I guess you are in a wetter climate somehow? Coastal?
I only just realised you are in Australia. I have a number of customers in Australia, but they usually report “rust issues not an issue over here”, so I was surprised at the rust issues on your car? I guess you are in a wetter climate somehow? Coastal?
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Good effort on the veneers. They are not easy to make perfect/ factory standard. It will be a huge improvement to the interior overall.
I only just realised you are in Australia. I have a number of customers in Australia, but they usually report “rust issues not an issue over here”, so I was surprised at the rust issues on your car? I guess you are in a wetter climate somehow? Coastal?
I only just realised you are in Australia. I have a number of customers in Australia, but they usually report “rust issues not an issue over here”, so I was surprised at the rust issues on your car? I guess you are in a wetter climate somehow? Coastal?
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I kinda aimed for around 3 years to complete it, so there is no rush by any means, and the boot lid and bonnet may find one in good condition rather than using the repaired one. I don't know anything about Jaguars and so I am not sure what to expect from the 4.0 engine, being power hungry I may look for a little more than I currently have.
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For me it was something I need to occupy my mind, the reason for buying a fairly run down vehicle cheap the slowly replacing things that need it and repairing those I can, kind of a hobby I suppose, sometimes it works, and sometimes not. my last project was putting a fuel injected 5.7 into a 1985 4 runner, and a mountain of other mods was one of those not so good an ideas but I had a ton of fun building it. So my starting point for this project is going to be a fairly straight forward idea, the colour I am looking at is going to be a 2022 Jaguar racing green, I believe it has a pearl effect in it, and I have a couple of ideas for some dicreet highlights of my own. Please forgive me if I have overstepped the mark with a non Jaguar image, that was my first project vehicle and I just feel really pleased with what I had done. I am also looking into the idea of making new seat covers and using sheepskins with a brownish colour and a golden sort of natural colour inserts, if it works I will post it, otherwise well lets face it who wants to see failures.
The vehicle started like this.
And it ended up like this.
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Getting back on subject here now. The supercharged 4.0, how much power does it add over the Normally aspirated version I have, and the other engine I am thinking of is the 4.0 V8 engine, I believe they were of a later model but I would like to keep it all Jaguar if that makes any sense. I love power, so for me there will be no going smaller with my engines.
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Okay, now for something a little bit different, I haven't seen too many body kits for the XJ40, and I have been working around carslong enough to have aquired a selection of bits and pieces I probably would never use but I hang on to them anyway. So I had an old boot spoiler laying around and I thought I would try something a little different, and I stuck it on the boot of the Jag. first glimpse didn't look too bad, and it doesn't look like it would take much to make it fit.
it may be sitting a bit high at the moment, but that was the only bits of timber I had laying around.
I have to admit that it is growing on me, and pretty quickly I might add.
Just have to work out how to make the pedestals a tad taller, I don't think the blocks of wood are quite the look I was searching for.
it may be sitting a bit high at the moment, but that was the only bits of timber I had laying around.
I have to admit that it is growing on me, and pretty quickly I might add.
Just have to work out how to make the pedestals a tad taller, I don't think the blocks of wood are quite the look I was searching for.
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XJ40 did have a factory bodykit for the early 3.6/ 4.0 TWR XJR models. They are pretty rare though, even here on the U.K. so very unlikely any made it over your way.
have a look in the link attached.
https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1431006
have a look in the link attached.
https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1431006
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