I have discovered parts numbered BD.9053 - Head pillar chromes in the parts catalogue, which were not on my car when I dismantled it for restoration (140DHC). Nobody keeps these in stock, but I have some on back order with SNGB. I cannot find a photo or diagram of these in position - is anyone able to tell me where they go and how they fix?
Thanks,
Roger
Just taking a guess here, maybe they are something like the similarly named 120 parts 76 & 77 on the hood just to the rear of the door windows.
There is an illustration of BD.9053 in the Moss Motors catalog. It apparently looks like a L shaped part.
I looked at my DHC, and could find nothing which looks like the L shaped part depicted in the illustration.
Maybe the BD.9053 parts are missing from my car ? Or maybe they cannot be seen on an assembled car ?
Donât think so Rob, those are beadings, I think, and are also listed in the 140 book. These parts are described in the 140 parts book supplement as âChromium finishing plate over hood cloth of main head pillarsâ.
Iâm pretty sure itâs part 26 in this diagram, one each side, but I canât tell exactly where they go. They seem to be flat plates, with a right-angle flange.
https://mossmotors.com/finisher-main-head-pillar
Just to be clear, presumably the â main head pillarâ is synonymous with âB pillarâ ?
I believe they are parts 95 and 96 in the diagram which mount on top of the b posts. Similar to flat chrome pieces mounted to the veneered wood pieces on the hood 93, 94, 97, 98. Hope this helps. John
We just crossed in the posting, Gary!
You are correct - thatâs the diagram I just posted. Iâm sure they should be visible, or why chrome plate them?
I donât think so, Gary - I think the main head pillar is the rear upright part of the hood frame, that sits behind the door glass. So, same position as B-post in a fixed head car, but part of the hood frame in a drop head.
I donât really see how they fit in as every piece of timber has its own, shaped, chrome end piece. These seem to be extras, to cover the hood material, but I donât see where. Maybe it will become clearer once the hood is fitted next month. Hope the trimmer doesnât need these while heâs fitting the hood, as I donât have them!
Still no idea on these parts. Barrattâs canât get them - been on back order since November, now given up as supplier can give no date for them. The trimmerâs not mentioned them, and heâs nearly finished the headlining (see photo), but Iâm seeing him next week to see progress and will ask. Really odd as nobody seems to have these fitted.
Barrattâs list them for 120, 140 and 150DHCs - hereâs their photo:
I have seen/had/helped restore a lot of XKâs and that part does not ring a bell at all.
Where do you reckon it goes?
No idea, Terry - thatâs why Iâm asking!
Moss US have it as part 26 in this diagram from their catalogue:
OK that makes it easy no such item and what they show at $80 is ridiculous
I guess youâre right⌠odd that so many suppliers list it (Moss US, SNG Barratt, David Manners and others) but nobodyâs seen it or got one on their car. Presumably if it is a part that should be there, and is obviously visible if itâs chromed, concours judges would want to see it?
Saves me some money though!
Iâve just checked through Philip Porterâs Original Jaguar XK, and the following sentence appears in the 1998 edition (p.74) and the 2012 edition (pp.154-157):
âAn additional chromed finisher was attached either side over the cloth of the main head pillars.â
The endplate chromes for the wooden parts are mentioned separately, so I donât think this is a confusion over the identity of the parts. I canât help thinking that given that the specialist catalogues include them, and Moss US actually have one (but only one) in stock, they clearly do exist. I just wish I could find a photo of one in position.
The factory parts book, Amendment List No.1 issued in Feb '57, lists them on page 218 as BD9053, âChromium finishing plate over hood cloth of main head pillarsâ, and shows them in Plate AN as part no. 90.
Nearly a year on, and Iâve finally bought a pair of these and now can see where they go!
At the base of the wooden hood frame, that sits beneath the walnut veneer on the B-post. These are hidden when the hood is raised, but very visible when the hood is folded, but not in the hood cover.
So, not that visible, but Jaguar still felt the car needed them.
Nice to know I (and the Jag parts book) wasnât imagining these!
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A picture of this part installed. It is retained by three chromium plated raised countersunk slotted woodscrews, 3 x 3/4.
It tidies up this area of the hoodstick assembly.
Roger,
Thank you for discovering what the head pillar chromes are, and where they go.
Mine are missing, and I didnât even know they were supposed to be there. The wood is exposed, and the empty screw holes in the end grain are visible.
For what itâs worth, here is a picture of the wood which is supposed to be covered by the missing head pillar chrome.
It was bugging me, Gary - it didnât seem right to accept that there were no such items when theyâre in both parts books and catalogues with a Jaguar part number.
On my car, the woollen headlining cloth was stretched over that part of the wood, so the trims screwed through that into the wood. It definitely tidies up the headliner. Interesting that your wood has the screw holes. My old timber has long gone, but when I dismantled it I had no knowledge of these parts so didnât look for the holes. My car had been fitted with a black vinyl hood, so all the chrome was missing as they hadnât bothered to refit it.
Something the concours judges should be looking for, perhaps?
Usually the top is raised during judging and they would miss these???