Yep it has arrived 
'72 XJ6
Came with documentation too Not shown are the receipts from the beginning, also has the metal plate for passport service. It had Dayton wires on them but the PO sold them. damn it
Came with documentation too Not shown are the receipts from the beginning, also has the metal plate for passport service. It had Dayton wires on them but the PO sold them. damn it
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Very pretty indeed.
David
Looks like a nice unmolested example. Is this your first Series 1?
Yes it is my first Series I; Itâs kind of molested. The interior is out of a X308 â white. The back seat looks comfy if you donât have legs. Thereâs some of the typical stuff on the inside â wood needs redone; the plastic gear select and fuzzy stuff are missing. Carpets are gone. Itâs been jacked up from the bottom of the car, so the foot wells are bent.
Thereâs rust around the wheel arches, the head liner is sagging.
It doesnât run, it quits when you put it into gear. (twin Strombergâs) The A/C compressor doesnât work, the fuel cooler is there but disconnected. The wiring has definitely been molested. But itâs a Series I.
Iâm so Chuffed!
I still think the Series III is the best drivers car.
1 Series I
1 Series II
2 Series III
Very coolâŚseems like a typical S1. The back seat legroom is OK if the front seat passengers have no legs. If your rear seat cushion is X308 (or S3 or XJ40) the rear leg room is even worse than that provided with the S1 seat cushion. Wood is at least able to be de-varnished with paint stripper, unlike later cars that used polyester. You donât need the fuel cooler. Other stuff doesnât sound scary.
Congratulations!
All of the seating is from a X308; I have an extra interior for a Series III that I was hoping to put in the Series I or take the interior out of my series II and put in the series I and put the Series III interior in the series II. Being my Series II is a Short Wheel Base; then Iâm probably up to the same issue.
Looks spectacular to me! Congrats!
Poverty plates can be had at reasonable prices.
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Get it running, Mark - and you will be even more chuffed, itâs indeed an eyefulâŚ
Colour cannot possibly be original Jaguar (?), an imperfect respray may account for the traces of rustingâŚ
Frank
xj6 85 Sov Europe (UK/NZ)
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Not lumped though - as many are! Mine is a Feb '72 RHD so might be able to help with pictures etc. Paul
Awesome, thank you. I saved this car from being lumped.
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Nope not lumped. From what i can tell its just the interior, and some mechanical bits. A lot of similarities betweenâ the series 1 and 2 at least my series 2.
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I have always loved the look of the Series I. I will order carb rebuild kits for the strombergs. I figure the diaphragms are messed up.
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Ahhhh, but I want to know if âThe Total Driving Experienceâ was still in the glovebox. 
Sweet, Mark!
Not This one, it doesnât even have a tape deck - factory âJensonâ radio though. Very cool! I donât listen the radio much anyway cause Iâm cause Iâm always listening for something to fall off the car.
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The familiar tingling as something drops off. Reminds me of the bumper stickerâŚâAll parts falling off this car are of the finest English workmanshipâ my Triumph TR7 had a tendency to drop 1 transmission mount boltâŚand lose the finger loop on the oil dip stickâŚmuch less the intermittent headlightsâŚdriving down the road at nightâŚhit a bump and have the headlights retract.
Knock on woodâŚIâve never knowingly lost anything off any of my Jaguars.
Cheers
Gary
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Iâve lost both u-joint covers on the Series II. Driving down the road taking my daughter to High School Sheâs âproud of the Series IIâ waving to her friends, when a big BOOM! tinkle tinkle, look out the back window to see the ujoint cover bounding down the road behind me.
My daughter looks at me like SERIOUSLY, DAD COULD YOU EMBARASS ME ANY MORE!?, as she slid down the seat out of sight, which in a SWB is quite the feat.
I pull into the school parking lot to retrieve the what I could of the mangled u joint covers. Iâm in the center of the road an arms length away from collecting the liberated bits, when the school bus turns into a paper thin copy of what was once the u-joint covers.
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Thatâs a beautiful Series 2. The SWBs were very rare in my parts of the countryâŚI donât think Iâve ever seen one. Never saw a LWB Series 1, either.
Speaking of losing parts, the motors tend to fall out of Corvairs. I keep a steel cable wrapped around my rear mount. Thatâs the main mechanical problem; the most common cosmetic problem was ugly skid marks on the roof of the coupes. Iâve never had worries about that because I own a convertible. 
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Circa 47, I and school chum and T guru Billy, and I decided to have some fun.
We went to downtown El Paso in my T . A trip around âAlligator Plazaâ. the real things had a pond there. Sans floor boards in my car. A hole in a spare exhaust pipe and a box of assorted junky parts. Billy riding shot gun shot oil in tot he exhaust for a lot of smoke and dropped bits and pieces out the bottom. I drove with my most nonchalant expressionâŚ
Carl
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When I first got the Series II It was a trade for series III suspension, which in the long run, I think they got the better deal.
Iâve dumped thousands into this car, not to mention just with normal driving, the car is rotting away. I keep a supply of sheet metal on hand just to keep the car together. It is lovely from a distance, but up close itâs a pup. If you look closely Youâll see the front door doesnât match the body line; the bonnet doesnât shut properly, the head liner is a mess, and the boot leaks miserably. The summer routine was chasing rust. I think thereâs more new metal in the car than original. Itâs sad.
Iâve learned so damned much on this forum in only a week but tonight, the lesson is that I have GOT to get that bumper sticker.
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