Hi all, SS#2 (hatchback) will be coming out of the trim shop this week (I hope). It's been a very long (and very expensive) project and I hope the XJS Club will allow me to display it at the NEC Classic show this November, only 2 years later than planned! thumbnail (8).jpg I've changed my carpet col...

Correction: the Fondmetal wheels are 7J x 16 x 21,5mm. I think 5mm spacers on the front are all I need. Can anyone confirm that? I know I used that size when fitting the XJR wheels to my face-lift for the front, as they were 8J x 18 x 28,5mm, whereas the Jaguar Otto Fuchs lattice wheels were 8J x 18...

Hi all, it's been a long time and I've forgotten something. I used to race a V12 XJ-S and had the TWR wheels 8 x 13 x 33mm off-set fitted all round. I've come to fit these to my latest two-tone TWR Sport XJ-S (like the forum pic. car, but with a hatch-back) and can't recall what size spacer was fitt...

Hi all, slow progress last few months on SS#2 (a lot going on, including losing the garage it was in, bringing home ~ 2nd pic below and finding a new home for SS#1). Question: does anyone have any tips on how to fit the rear bumper of a TWR? I can't seem to do it on my own so I guess:- a. I need to ...

Hi guys, an up-date on the next 30 year old this year hatchback . Bored waiting to get on with the re-build but at least now the body-work is all finished (only 1 year later than planned so far). Many, many, many thanks to James Sidwell over at Shilton. He normally restores XK120 etc. bodies and is ...

Hi David, just this week we (Coventry & Hinckley Region) had a talk by Maggie Walker of Interior Revival and what that can do is called magic! See http://www.interiorrevival.co.uk . They have done lots of Jags (incl. early XJS, Lance's Eventer & Sir William Lyons XJ6 driver seat for Heritage), very ...

The other two cars.....

Hi Pop Rivet, seems we were moving in different circles as we were there on the Monday and attached are the 6 XJS's I saw there. I understood the XJS Club were going to be there and/or the JEC but neither were there on the Monday. Despite that we had brill day with sunshine all day. An easy event to...

On the XJS VIN label or plate, I can tell you what 11602T stands for as it was my responsibility (and still is!) to obtain Type Approval for Jaguar, since going into the dept. in 1982 as a ('79) apprentice and learning from my peers. It is the UK National Type Approval Number. It stayed with this ap...

Hi Winston, I don't think you can buy those (not sure, check Halfords or a stereo fitting shop, they may have something that could be adapted). Brackets tend to be unique to the installation, especially older Jaguars now. I made my from small alumiminium sheet, using the old brackets as templates an...

Hi Paul, it hope it won't disappoint you to know it's not a genuine TWR, just a std 5.3L / single exhausts with a genuine TWR bodt-kit and steering wheel. It also came with Fondmetal 16" lattice wheels, as used on some Listers I understand? I like them so they'll be staying as will the re-paint in D...

Hi all, I'm aware of this car but never seen it in the flesh. I last saw it for sale on eBay last year as a spares or repair following a nasty n/s front crunch. Hope it re-appears one day. Meanwhile, my hatchback no.2 project is ready for James Sidwell to merge an Audi TT Mk 1 tailgate with the orig...

Cracking day yesterday made rather special with 68 XJS's in attendance, thanks all who made it. Especially to Brake Buster with whom I had a good chat and the chap parked next to me who's car it turned out was only 6 ahead of mine on the production line, 22 years and 7 weeks ago (13/07/93) - what ar...

Absolutely, whatever the weather. Be rude not to as it's only 15 miles away! The misses and I will also going to Bodelwyddan for a long weekend in the hatchback XJS too. Look forward to seeing some of you there where I understand there are likely to be 4 x Lynx Eventers too. No.2 hatch (Grey TWR) is...

Hi Alistair, an up-date. I've had to buy a TWR look-a-like to get the question answered by Jaguar (!) but my new acquisition for restoration / conversion (hatch #2) is a 1987 V12 in Dorchester Grey over Talisman silver (MDF). A bit like our web photo. from the TWR sales brochure (but that's probably...