Jaguar XJS: Restoration and Maintenance by Jim patten

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Jaguar XJS: Restoration and Maintenance by Jim patten

Postby masterb » Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:20 am

Has anyone read or got this book?
And more to the point is it any good?

I just looked on amazon and they had 2 for sale at silly money. :evil:

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Jaguar XJS: Restoration and Maintenance by Jim patten

Postby masterb » Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:43 am

And anyone seen this before on *bay item number 320442809355

new one on me.

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Re: Jaguar XJS: Restoration and Maintenance by Jim patten

Postby SimonR » Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:05 am

Has anyone read or got this book?
And more to the point is it any good?

I just looked on amazon and they had 2 for sale at silly money. :evil:

Yeah, I bought a copy a while ago and have really enjoyed it.

The majority of the book covers the rebuild of an XJ-S that's had a front quarter impact and it's very interesting to see what they have to do to sort it out. Turns out that the frontal impact actually bent the rear suspension cage - not what you'd expect! I think this all came from a series of Jaguar World articles.

As far as I can remember (I've lent this book to a friend!) the second half of the book is about general maintenance on both the 12 and 6 cylinder cars and also discusses the difficulties of finding someone trustworthy to sort out your suspension geometary.

Don't pay the £40+ price on Amazon - I think mine was less than £20 all in on eBay.
Current cars: [b]1989 XJ-S 3.6 Manual[/b] & [b]2003 XK8 4.2L
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Previously enjoyed cars: other 3.6 Manual XJ-Ss and Daimler 4.0L XJ40s

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Re: Jaguar XJS: Restoration and Maintenance by Jim patten

Postby poprivet » Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:53 pm

looked on amazon and they had 2 for sale at silly money.

Still in print I assume?
http://www.jaguar-world.com/cgi-bin/pur ... s&site=JWM

Not a bad read. I got a copy some years back as the 3.6 in question is only a few serial numbers from mine. The JW books are good value.

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Re: Jaguar XJS: Restoration and Maintenance by Jim patten

Postby poprivet » Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:03 pm

anyone seen this on *bay item number 320442809355
Needs a new thread really, but that 6.5litre Rob Beere with a 5 speed Keisler manual box looks good. Not really a daily driver, but would be fun!
Direct Ebay clicky

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Jaguar XJS: Restoration and Maintenance by Jim patten

Postby masterb » Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:27 pm

Now thats a bit more like it Pop 15 quid, although i am going to show my true colours again and see if Mr Library can help out 1st! :D

If anyone is still looking for a project i have spied a couple on ebay that might keep you amused.
One is a cabriolet if thats your bag.


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