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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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On Facebook Market Place.
https://tinyurl.com/yhy4v7f8
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014
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Location: Derby
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2022 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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I know someone who bought a new one in yellow.
It was affectionately known as "the custard tart"  |
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mikeC
Joined: 31 Jul 2009
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Location: Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire
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| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2022 9:22 am Post subject: |
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The 1.0 litre version must be a rarity 
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014
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Location: Derby
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| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2022 10:19 am Post subject: |
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| mikeC wrote: | | The 1.0 litre version must be a rarity |
...and a RHD car with kilometres on the clock?  |
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Keith D
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
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Location: Upper Swan, Western Australia
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| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2022 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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Ray,
All our cars have had kilometres on the clock since the mid ninety seventies and our cars are all RHD.
Keith
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014
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Location: Derby
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| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2022 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Keith D wrote: | Ray,
All our cars have had kilometres on the clock since the mid ninety seventies and our cars are all RHD.
Keith |
I hadn't realised you were in Kms that far back.
If that Jag is an Australian import the chances are that it may not be a rot box. 
Ray. |
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mikeC
Joined: 31 Jul 2009
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Location: Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:27 am Post subject: |
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The advert claims 'all new floors' about seven years ago, so it must have been pretty rotten at some time in its life.
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Ray White
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 10:12 am Post subject: |
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| mikeC wrote: | | The advert claims 'all new floors' about seven years ago, so it must have been pretty rotten at some time in its life. |
Probably still is
Much as I like old Jags (I am an honorary life member of the JDC) I despair of the way they rot. |
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badhuis
Joined: 20 Aug 2008
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Location: Netherlands
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| Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Ray White wrote: | | Much as I like old Jags (I am an honorary life member of the JDC) I despair of the way they rot. |
In the 80s any classic Jaguar you would come across here in the Netherlands almost always were the result of a big body restoration. I wanted a Mk1 or Mk2 saloon but could not find an example which did not need months of welding. In fact I ruled out the Mk1 / 2 saloons because they have a strip of bodywork between the front and rear doors, making aligning the bodywork after the inevitably rust repairs at the bottom halves very difficult from a DIY perspective.
Later on, late 80s and during the 90s, you would see more and more imports from warmer climates. These were almost rust free, a phenomenon not seen before on classic Jaguars.
My 420 is a good example. It was imported from the US in 1998 and only has a few localised spots of rust instead of needing new floors, door bottoms, wheel arches etc etc. So I ended up with not a Mk1 or Mk2, but a 420 which has the same doors and filler strip in between. As far as I know the doors never have been off the car (and will not be as long as I own the car).
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Ray White
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| badhuis wrote: | | Ray White wrote: | | Much as I like old Jags (I am an honorary life member of the JDC) I despair of the way they rot. |
In the 80s any classic Jaguar you would come across here in the Netherlands almost always were the result of a big body restoration. I wanted a Mk1 or Mk2 saloon but could not find an example which did not need months of welding. In fact I ruled out the Mk1 / 2 saloons because they have a strip of bodywork between the front and rear doors, making aligning the bodywork after the inevitably rust repairs at the bottom halves very difficult from a DIY perspective.
Later on, late 80s and during the 90s, you would see more and more imports from warmer climates. These were almost rust free, a phenomenon not seen before on classic Jaguars.
My 420 is a good example. It was imported from the US in 1998 and only has a few localised spots of rust instead of needing new floors, door bottoms, wheel arches etc etc. So I ended up with not a Mk1 or Mk2, but a 420 which has the same doors and filler strip in between. As far as I know the doors never have been off the car (and will not be as long as I own the car). |
You are right. I like the 420. I know it was an interim model but it has real class! |
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