LairdScooby

Fraudster

Once upon a time, being a cowboy was a trade. Now it usually means a lack of one.

Trade (or now, lack of.......)

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Glad to hear you now have an answer, even if not the one you wanted! 😮 Congrats on the MoT pass too! 😉 😄

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Dodo

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If you have a look at this ebay listing, scroll through the pics and you can see everything is bolt-on : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295592138840 Purely out of curiosity, what was the car you had that was allegedly bolt-on wings but you found they were welded?

Welcome aboard Craig! If you're looking for a classic Jag as a weekend car, an XJ40 would be a good bet. Assuming you can find one that is solid and has a good service history, you shouldn't go too far wrong. They drive in a very modern way but still have the classic looks and age so classic insurance shouldn't be a problem. After that, a Series III XJ6 would also be good but expect much more body roll (softer suspension) and do an even more thorough inspection for tinworm. The XK engines are nearly bombproof though so as long as there are no untoward squeaks, rattles, knocks etc from any part of the car, anothe good option. Thirstier and slower than the XJ40 though but you do have two fuel tanks so the range is good.

It's not unknown for cars to hang around in dealers before being sold, often they will run a demonstrator car on trade plates for extended periods and/or the car may have originally gone to say Penzance, not sold after 6 months so was transferred to Dundee and sat there for 6 months until a dealer in London said they had a customer. Said customer would then back out of the deal after the dealer transferred the car to them so it would sit another 6 months until finding its first owner. Tha's 18 months after first build so could eaily be a 2009 car registered in 2011 if you see what i mean.

I'm about to embark on similar rust repairs to the rear of my sills, following an MoT failure a few days ago. My tester wasn't quite as generous as yours, obviously! The big thing with rust is to nip it in the bud before it spreads, even if you just spray rust neutraliser/converter in/on those panels for now so they don't get worse before you get time to repair it properly. Those bushes don't look too bad, it's the subframes that would bother me to be honest. As for your brake imbalance, chances are the sliders and/or calipers have siezed through lack of use, you may find driving it up to ~30mph and hitting the brakes hard a few times will help "rebalance" them but also try driving along with the brakes lightly applied before doing that. The heat generated will help shift the stuck calipers/slides. Very true but that's why we're all here, it is something different from the Euro-blob norm that so many people blindly accept as cars these days!

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