I bought my first Jag last year, a 5.3 V12 XJS Convertible. Seemed like a good idea at the time and I love driving around posing in it. 8) The problem is that my mechanical abilities are limited ( I used to do all the work on my old Landrover but these fancy Jags are hard work!), my time is even mor...

Thanks for that PTJS1. Unfortunately I only bought the car and joined the JEC recently, so the September issue was the first magazine I received. The previous owner of the car gave me some back issues but last months wasn't one of them. I will see if I can get one. By the way, I have been Fat Freddi...

I have found the answer :lol: My extra characters weren't swiped by some VIN thief :D I found this link :- http://www.motorcarsltd.com/information/jaguar-vin-codes-1978-1980.htm Which gives a description of the 14 character VIN's used in 1978 - 1980. My VIN seems to translate OK even down to the veh...

I have recently bought an XJS V12 5.3 :D I have tried to find out some details by doing a VIN search and found I was 3 digits short :cry: My VIN is JNAEW3BC105301 which only has 14 characters but a Jag for the EU market should have 17 characters. :shock: I have tried searching t'internet but can onl...