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Hmm the faded maroon one would take an epic amount of work to get right - the suspension alone is packed with joints and rubber bushings, all of which have to be spot-on for an XJ to drive as it should. Anything is retrievable of course, but ideally the body should at least be solid in my opinion, and if possible with a quiet running engine sat under the bonnet, and presentable trim inside.
The white one has potential too, although that rot near the front screen would worry me - whats it like beneath that panel, ie the top corner of the bulkhead? it may be a screen out job to fix properly. I don't think I've seen an XJ rot there. The rest of the body looks a bit bubbly, and despite being MOTd could end up needing as much work as the shabby maroon one over time.
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Manual trans 4.2 and free tax? Who cares if it's a bitsa, can be cured but not necessarily a problem.
Period Wolfies will sell on E-Bay if reqd ( my own S1 had S3 / XJS GKN's on it and I loved the look!). The rot it has got does look more severe than it says in the blurb (cutting it out will give a lot of quite big holes and a piebald appearence  ) but it is one to view if it's not too far away, even if only to be sure! |
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Yeah wheels and stuff are easy to change. The car is registered on the V5C as a Daimler - but the only Daimler things I see there are the logbook, and the wide-pleated seats (the S1 Jaguars had narrower pleats). Everything else is "Jaguar" - cam covers, exterior badges, grille, badge next to the heater controls etc.
Was a Daimler comprehensively re-badged into a Jaguar? and then re-engined?
I just wonder, probably wrongly, whether the logbook and car have been together since day 1?? mmmmm 
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Hi
Something just occured to me reading that last ad.
If a vehicle hasn't been declared SORN, but doesn't have a current VED disk.
Who is responsible for the intervening tax, if it is sold and the new owner trys to tax it from the date of purchase? |
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Who is responsible for the intervening tax, if it is sold and the new owner trys to tax it from the date of purchase?
Theoretically, the previous registered keeper:- but they don't seem to bother unless it's a few months out.
Was a Daimler comprehensively re-badged into a Jaguar? and then re-engined?
You may have a point there Rick, I just think there will be a few around like that, but a manual trans S1 is a VERY desirable XJ6:- in the sellers defence, he does say it was a originally a 2 Litre Daimler (presumably 2.8  ) and was re-engined. I wondered if just the grille was changed on the bonnet (the centre strip doesn't go all the way to the front, although is probably STILL shorter than the Daimler's  ) as well as the rear badge and the other small differences? Someone on E-bay was selling all the parts to change a Sovereign S-Type into a Jaguar 420, but I thought £350 was a bit steep for two badges and a smaller grille!  |
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