A Brave Bargain. As a Jaguar lover myself no manufacter will ever make cars like this again and Jaguar have well and truly lost their way. Looks like some good welding repairs already done. Keep it and Enjoy it.
@G-ra-ha-m They were quality made cars back then I'm the traditional ways. The older I get the more I want cars from the past and I'm collecting a few in my workshop here in France. Two Renault 16 Renault 4 Citroën XM V6 Opel Manta GSi Porsche Boxster S 987.1 Mini Cooper R50 and the Jaguar XJ6 are my little bits of England here. Not sure if I'm saving the past or becoming a hoarder at 62.
@@woodrimcars2324 I do rather like the early french cars. Used to laugh at them when I was young, but now I can see how clever the designers were, the Renault 16 is a great shape, the Renault 4 too I like. The XM too, and the Manta I remember, great shape. I drive through France occasionally, and still see great old cars there, saw a DS on my last trip!
I used to be a used car dealer specialising in restoring and reselling MOT failure cars from the mid 1970's to mid 1990's. Two things I picked up from a quick glance at the video are firstly that the mileage has been clocked. Probably done when the car was still quite young and before mileages were permanently recorded for the DVLA. That's evident by the misaligned numbers on the dials. Also, the rust spots you refer to, I can tell are actually previously repaired rust spots that have been covered with lots of body filler. If you want a lasting repair those areas will have to have the filler completely ground out, the rusty metal surrounding that cut out and either steel patches welded in before smoothing over with body filler, or if it's really bad, replacing the panel. Luckily, the metal on those XJS's was really heavy duty, so everything should be repairable providing you have the necessary skills. I had to replace the driver's side outer. intermediate and inner sill on my next door neighbour's XJS V12 once after he skidded off the road and smashed sideways into a sign. He bought genuine Jaguar spare panels and I was amazed at how heavy duty they were compared to other cars I worked on at the time. I checked the DVLA website and the last MOT certificate ran out nine years ago. Interestingly, it doesn't seem to have failed the next MOT. It was just taken off the road and a SORN issued. It could be the owner was aware of something potentially expensive needing doing. Indeed, on the previous MOT test it had initially failed on rusty suspension mountings. They must have been repaired for the retest but I think you should take a good look at them as it's quite common for surrounding areas to continue rusting. On the face of it though, it looks like a bargain for a competent repairer.
I to worked on a second hand car site in 1980 the boss got cars from Bracknell car auctions there was a lot of bodges done back then to make cars look nice including using the good old ( flop ) or fiber glass filler to fill holes in the sills and with a bit of under seal to cover it it 😊 one time the the boss got 3 of us to go with him to drive back some cars mk2 cortinas and a escort I was left a hillman hunter it look very nice inside and driving back I passed everyone along a dual carriage way , when we arrived back at the car site everyone came over to see the hillman including the boss he opened the bonnet and said that is a holbay as it had twin webber carbs he did not know it was as he paid very.y little money for it
May well have been clocked but misaligned milage numbers are not always a sign of this. My mates dad ran a taxi business and bought cars new, several of them when over 100k miles had misaligned miles, but had never been clocked.
When I was really young, and looking for my first car, we looked at a Fiat in a caryard. The caryard operator saw us there and came over to chat, and commented that, "It doesn't have much rust..." Dad pulled out a key and pushed it straight through the door sill. The guy finished. "For a Fiat."
Give the car a serious valet, everything, engine bay the lot. Carpets cleaned, seats, headlining. Mop and polish it. You'll be amazed at how that paint comes up. That's a good basis for a winter project and XJS's are very undervalued IMO. Just found your channel and these are great videos. People can relate to them because they are about cars most people can afford. An honest channel, no fakery, no bull.
I love it, I can't believe that was just £420. Underneath the acorn shells and rust there's a stunning car just waiting to get some TLC. Looking forward to seeing you work some magic on it and getting it out on the road again. These were always stunning cars to see on the road and nowadays they are rare to see but always guaranteed to turn heads.
I remember my mates Dad had one of these and we went to Silverstone in it. I was looking out the window thinking this looks fast and then looked at the speedometer, we were cruising at 120mph with next to no noise inside the car. Awesome!
£420! Wow! - I think (although I’m no expert) you did really well there. This is my all-time favourite car - the looks have some detractors, but I think they are utterly beautiful! Hope there’s not too many nasties to be revealed, and you are able to save this wonderful car!
That does sound sweeeeeet, reminds me a bit of a S1 Daimler XJ6 I bought for £400 (for sale on a grass verge outside someone's house), circa 2000 I think it was. Looked a bit dog-eared in places but pulled like a train.
Absolute bargain!!! I was expecting it being totally rotten underneath, but I’m impressed with how solid it looks! Compared to the amount of welding I’ve had to do on my own daily driver, that’s brand new 😂
I do have a soft spot for this car, the jaguar XJS. I remember when I first came to England, I spent 9 days travelling, I visited some places, including the home of Jaguar and have actually been to the factory and bought some items from the Jaguar factory shop! During my few days in the Midlands I stayed at a farmhouse for a couple of nights and some other guests at the farmhouse had a white convertible XJS. The lady owner/driver took me to a village to get some shopping and invited me to come along for a drive in her car after I had told her about my love for Jaguar cars. It was very kind of her to offer such an opportunity to experience that car (even as just a passenger it was exciting). Seeing this brought back those memories! I think you have done really well to find an XJS so cheap and still running! I hope you will restore it to the best of your efforts and look forward to seeing more if this great car. My actual favourite Jaguar car is a MK 10 and the 420G (same body, but 420G has some extra upgrades over the Mark X/MK 10. Just love the long sleek shape !
An absolute bargain. I did have a 4 litre version of this, post-facelift, in British racing green, 20 years ago. I've also had Series 2 and 3 4.2 XJ6 saloons from the '70s and '80s. and a Series 3 XJ12. There's nothing like a Jag from the true classic years when William Lyons was still with us. When you've done this beauty up it will be worth 10 or 12 times what you paid for it at least, maybe more. But you won't want to part with it. Maybe watch 'The Jag Man Down Under' (on TH-cam) he's done loads of XJs discovery and renovation videos.
I have exactly the same XJS in blue which I had bought similarly rusty over a decade ago. Looking at yours I can tell you that the seat belt anchor plates are completely gone and will need welding, I'm amazed that someone did weld the rear arms mounting plates, that look like a very decent job and they are not easy to fix, but the floor where seat belt is attached is definitely one giant rust hole(it failed MOT on it as well). Going forward, you need to check the chassis legs and front sill to floor joins, if it wasn't fixed its probably still one giant rust hole on both sides(it also on MOT history). Going further, the water gets inside in two places, first is upper front edge of the door, then, water can get underneath front wings(its most likely holed under there) and definitely in those two boxed sections in the lower corners of front windscreen, yours are bubbling even at the top so the lower section is probably completely gone, you can look inside if you remove the middle grill under windscreen. Its a major job, with dash out or at least windscreen out to fix so not exactly easy. Everything else mechanical is easy to work on and super reliable. All the electrical problems are down to water going in through these boxed sections, probably the most difficult job is the handbrake which someone fixed for you it seems. Oh and check the panel underneath the radiator and whether you have an oil cooler(hopefully not as lines normally explode but it can all be removed entirely as not really needed outside of a race track). Honestly, if you can't spend half a year on this, I'd resell it. Its going to be a major job to fix and that's even before any cosmetics, most panels are available and easy to weld but still, its a huge project.
I had an XJS back in the 80s, i bought off the widow of the guy who had brought it back to NZ from the UK, it was a 5.3 V12 with a 4 speed manual g/box, I didn't realise at the time how rare the manual versions are, I sold it to fund a working holiday in Europe, the guy i sold it to still has it and has restored it to concours condition. Ive driven a few auto XJS's and the manual made such a difference to the way it went, it was a genuinely quick car in the 80s.
@@cashmachinecars I had a 1995 4L XJS for nearly 10 years. They will do high 20s MPG. I had one trip which was all motorway and loads of 50MPH average speed cameras. The car did 30MPG over that 250 mile trip. It only does about 2k RPM at 70, just purrs along. Its not a 5.3 V12 where you can be into single figures!
That’s something different,look forward to the next video and I can see why you’re beginning to like it. Maybe it would make a good winter project well done
I have a six litre XJ-S in my garage, raced it for six years, got lots of trophies. Best jaguar I have driven, 145mph on the track. Clean the fuel system, new rubber pipes, and clean the little tank in the boot, they get rust from water in the petrol, and the filter inside geta blocked. I hope you enjoy the car.
@@Schlipperschlopper I do not believe you have driven or owned one. Valve seats tend to drop due to running the engine without coolant. The V12 is pretty reliable engine, and lasts, when maintained correctly, vast mileages. I raced one for six years, and even when over heating on the gauge at the top of the scale, did not drop valve seats. I regularly ran it at red line revolutions per minute. There accounts online of Canon ball runs in Jaguar V12's cruising at 150 mph across the USA.
@@jagracershoestring609 ignore that person, I swear I've seen that name or a similar one before. Any video with an XJ-S will be flooded with spammy comments like that one from people who've never owned one let alone driven one.
As a Jaguar fan and owner, I have subscribed and hope you decide to take on this project. I have my own project currently, a '99 XKR Coupe I have owned for about 11 years that is in need of a lot of work to restore to its former glory.
Me too, my xkr is tucked away for the winter and will be SORN'd and when I get my other projects done it's getting some serious TLC I just can't part with it I love it so. Have you done all the chains/tensioners yet and is it a nikosil?
@@loyndsy It's a '99 reg but 2000 model with the sports pack upgrade, i.e. Brembos, Detroit wheels etc. Original Nikasil engine with Jaguar updated timing chains. Already fitted polybush bushes all round. Extensive welding to the front subframe area, replaced floor etc. A labour of love but also a money pit I have no plans to part with.
Definitely winter project. What a beauty. I had a Jaguar once upon a time ago, best car I ever had, and as you say, the more you look around it, feel the luxury, it’s a different place to “normal “ cars, there are not going to be any cars like this around in the future, it’s a taste of history, the smell of history, and a proper car, in the very essence of the word car, enjoy it while it’s still possible! This content brought me here, new subscriber! 👍
In the 1980s me and a mate had a workshop in Dorking and we became mates with a local scrapyard owner near the station. I built several cars built from cars bought from his place, but most ran and drove and it was always the simplest things that went wrong, as you pointed out here. Yes, Ray White was a good man to know back then.
Yeah, curious about this. It's a complete car so if you're not going to restore it someone else can. I think there is a lot of rot there so depending how useful you are with a welder. But I'd like to see this as a winter project. I have a real soft spot for these cars. I think their styling was way ahead of their time and they still look good today. Subscribed...
You noticed! 😂Not sure I'm going to go through the mountain of paperwork that came with the car maybe there is a receipt for an engine replacement in there
For that to fire up as it did with a few wiggles and taps and run as smoothly as it did is a small miracle. A great sign, however if its body is rotten probably better to break it for parts, if not definitely a running project candidate 👍
The rear brakes are a pain to get to if they're playing up , looks like the headlight relay is gone although on my facelift 4.0 i opened the relay and re-soldered the circuit board about 10 yrs ago , been fine ever since .. it looks like a good find , good luck with it
In terms of money/profit it’s a great buy. Worth more than you paid in parts alone. Even the reg, if that came with it. Getting everything working and polishing/cleaning it up and calling it a day at that (MOT if feasible) would net the most profit for expenditure and time spent if you then flipped it. Doing a body restoration and respray will probably be more time and money than you’d make back, though, looks like every panel needs something. But, profit aside, it would make a good project for the channel. Trying to work on it over winter in that little workshop space is going to be a challenge! 👍🏻
Thank you yes I think with an MOT it would be a nice useable project for me or someone else, like you say space to get around it in the workshop is a little tight definitely not as easy to work on as the minis I usually get. Thank you
You mean the two big pushbutton switches to the right of the trip computer are for the front and rear cabin lights. It's so random to devote giant switches on the dashboard to that sort of function that I guess nobody expects it!
You’ve had a result there. See what it’s like underneath, they really can rust, if it’s rotten then you’ve got a lot of valuable parts, if it’s solid you’ve got a really good project. Whatever way you go I think it’s going to get under your skin, I had a v12 many years ago and I have regretted selling that car more than any other, maybe I’ll get another one someday.
This is really a unique find. At the beginning of the video the steering wheel was on the right side and then at the end you managed to move it to the left! You’ve found the Holy Grail of Jags! 😜
Ooooh! It switched to left hand drive at the end of the vid 🤣 The XJS design still looks contemporary today. would love to see it returned to it's former glory. With the soon to be launched TWR XJS, interest will likely go up and so will the prices. looking forward to following your progress & good luck.
To be honest. It really doesn't look that bad at all. It is certainly saveable. That engine is a peech and worth at least a grand on it's own. Nice find!
Great car, great project. Just wait til you take it on the road you’ll love it. Everyone who drives Jags ends up addicted. Such a shame the marque no longer exists
Well done on this classic, noticed the 4.0 on engine and the 3.6 on boot lid, interesting! Also how it changed from right hand drive to a left hooker at the end of the video! Looks like a great project, be interesting to see if you flip it quickly OR do the other thing and restore! Look forward to next video. and subbed.
@@Simonsimps Thanks for that, seen similar on other video's as well!
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Brave man - a mate of mine used to buy these twenty or so years ago for 300 quid and run them into the ground. The V12s used to be even cheapr than the six pots. He tried to persuade me to get one as well, but I was simply too terrified to take one on when I had no off street parking. His ones were the mid-late 1970s MK1 ones which I think rusted way more than these ones. So yeah - thesixes were 3.6l and the twelves 5.3l. The later ones 4.0l and 6.0l IIRC.
Doesn't look half bad for an old jag and the minimal effort to get her running plus the toolkit surely means it's a worthy winter project? It got me to your channel and subscribed 😂 And 420 ! What a price 😊
I was about* your age (21) in 1989 when I bought a 1977 V12 XJ-S from an auction, for £1400. I did drive it home, I did spend too much on it, it did cause me aggro. It's all a learning curve. Did I learn not to buy complex old cars? Nope.
New to your channel (subbed) partly due the the new TWR XJS that's cone out. (Bloody awful looking thing) We had one of the first XJS in 1975. Harvest Gold. I've always had a fascination for the model. This could be a sign. If this video blows up, then maybe it's keeper for a while.
£420! That’s the best sub £500 car you’ve had on the channel. I think there’s enough good stuff to make a really nice winter project. Not Spitfire levels of corrosion (!) and lots of character. Not sure what really good examples go for but I’m sure you can add plenty of value to that over winter. Keep the vids coming. 👍🏼
I use lanoguard on the steel suspension parts of my Jaguar XK and consider it better than the other stuff, What I particularly like is that the kit I bought has both the fluid and a sprayer, and a tin of thick grease which you can paint on without getting it where it is not wanted, like brake discs.
I had a brand new red 3.6 Jaguar XJS manual as a company car back in 1987-89. It cost about 28K GBP. I left the company about 15 months later and it was offered to me for 15K and I declined. Beautiful smooth drive though. Had a wonderful time with it.
Looking forward to seeing what you discover as you progress with it, hopefully no more rot. I love old Jags, i used to have a 92 Xj12 one car i wish I still had, but the fuel costs were crippling! Wonder how many people shitting on Jags ever actually owned one?! 🤨 Subbed mate.
Sold my 1989 Jag XJS 3.6 in 2008 for just £1200 with new paint job and full Mot. I loved that car but unfortunately the price of them at that time had bottomed out. I so wish I could have kept it.
Had a V12 HE in the same colour in my younger days. When it worked it was the smoothest thing I've ever owned and driven. It did have a tendency to break though. I'd happily have another though as long as I could afford to pay someone to maintain it. Think mine was a 1985 but I didn't buy it new. It was a bit tired by the time it got to me and wallowed around on the road but I did love it.
£420 proper fixer upper, that is a winter project. There is just some thing about Jags. I ran a red 5.3 V12 XJS for 3 years and its one of those cars you always want again I had a few XJ40s and finished up with the 4.0 6 cylinder XJR in Racing Green what a machine. That 4.0L engine is strong. Worked within Jaguar engine plant as these were being made you could always tell when a Super charger 4.0 went on the dyno what a sound. Subscribed
An old neighbour of mine has a xjs v12 in immaculate condition in his garage it has been there for about 15 years and about 5 years ago he asked me to come around to start it , i took the battery of my volvo s80 hoping it will start it be for going flat and to my surprise it started almost instantly on the old fuel.,amazingly it ran very smoothly i let it idle for a few minutes until i could feel warm air coming through the vents then i revved it a little after the revs died down i put it in to reverse and got it out from the garage as it was very small the brakes where sticking so tried to take the caliper of but as you found they are inboard like the rover's from the 70's . I did not have the time to take on such a big job so i drove it back in and it's still parked there to this day as he does not have the money to get the work done to get it sorted and back, on the road. Its actually parked at his mother's house and she is elderly i don't know what will happen to it when she passes away hopefully he will keep me informed. Good luc, with your 3.8
It’s so sad to see how one of the most beautiful and interesting British cars was neglected. I have had four Jaguars, my fathers 67 E type, my two XJ6s, and my present XK8. I always keep my eyes open for a nice XJS to round out my Jags.
It’s got a 4.0 in it! Or a 4.0 badge 😂👍 Perfect winter project, looks to have had a lot of work prior to been laid up in 2016… good buy, the temptation is to flip for easy money but it looks half decent and needs time rather than money.
New subscriber here purely because anyone mad enough to buy an XJS for that kind of money must be worth watching.
It will be interesting but the parts alone would be worth more than £420.
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A Brave Bargain.
As a Jaguar lover myself no manufacter will ever make cars like this again and Jaguar have well and truly lost their way.
Looks like some good welding repairs already done.
Keep it and Enjoy it.
Shame it's so heavy though, no real reason for that. Each door weighs a ton!
@G-ra-ha-m
They were quality made cars back then I'm the traditional ways.
The older I get the more I want cars from the past and I'm collecting a few in my workshop here in France.
Two Renault 16
Renault 4
Citroën XM V6
Opel Manta GSi
Porsche Boxster S 987.1
Mini Cooper R50 and the Jaguar XJ6 are my little bits of England here.
Not sure if I'm saving the past or becoming a hoarder at 62.
@@woodrimcars2324 I do rather like the early french cars. Used to laugh at them when I was young, but now I can see how clever the designers were, the Renault 16 is a great shape, the Renault 4 too I like. The XM too, and the Manta I remember, great shape. I drive through France occasionally, and still see great old cars there, saw a DS on my last trip!
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If you're ever in the Mayenne I'm between Laval and Château Gontier give me a shout and pop by.
Very nice car for a very nice price, I envy you 😊
I used to be a used car dealer specialising in restoring and reselling MOT failure cars from the mid 1970's to mid 1990's. Two things I picked up from a quick glance at the video are firstly that the mileage has been clocked. Probably done when the car was still quite young and before mileages were permanently recorded for the DVLA. That's evident by the misaligned numbers on the dials. Also, the rust spots you refer to, I can tell are actually previously repaired rust spots that have been covered with lots of body filler. If you want a lasting repair those areas will have to have the filler completely ground out, the rusty metal surrounding that cut out and either steel patches welded in before smoothing over with body filler, or if it's really bad, replacing the panel. Luckily, the metal on those XJS's was really heavy duty, so everything should be repairable providing you have the necessary skills. I had to replace the driver's side outer. intermediate and inner sill on my next door neighbour's XJS V12 once after he skidded off the road and smashed sideways into a sign. He bought genuine Jaguar spare panels and I was amazed at how heavy duty they were compared to other cars I worked on at the time.
I checked the DVLA website and the last MOT certificate ran out nine years ago. Interestingly, it doesn't seem to have failed the next MOT. It was just taken off the road and a SORN issued. It could be the owner was aware of something potentially expensive needing doing. Indeed, on the previous MOT test it had initially failed on rusty suspension mountings. They must have been repaired for the retest but I think you should take a good look at them as it's quite common for surrounding areas to continue rusting.
On the face of it though, it looks like a bargain for a competent repairer.
Jesus Christ a TH-cam expert 😂
I used to sell brand new cars with wonky mileometers so stfu 😂
I to worked on a second hand car site in 1980 the boss got cars from Bracknell car auctions there was a lot of bodges done back then to make cars look nice including using the good old ( flop ) or fiber glass filler to fill holes in the sills and with a bit of under seal to cover it it 😊 one time the the boss got 3 of us to go with him to drive back some cars mk2 cortinas and a escort I was left a hillman hunter it look very nice inside and driving back I passed everyone along a dual carriage way , when we arrived back at the car site everyone came over to see the hillman including the boss he opened the bonnet and said that is a holbay as it had twin webber carbs he did not know it was as he paid very.y little money for it
May well have been clocked but misaligned milage numbers are not always a sign of this. My mates dad ran a taxi business and bought cars new, several of them when over 100k miles had misaligned miles, but had never been clocked.
@@neilhands1708 just what I was thinking
When I was really young, and looking for my first car, we looked at a Fiat in a caryard.
The caryard operator saw us there and came over to chat, and commented that, "It doesn't have much rust..."
Dad pulled out a key and pushed it straight through the door sill.
The guy finished. "For a Fiat."
£420 and it runs!! Honestly, that a total bargain mate.
Its crap
@@Haffschlappe Jaguar V12 suck they drop valve seats!
@@Schlipperschlopper It's the 3.6 so it's a srtaight six.
defiantly should be a winter project
It's the 4.0 six.
Want to see more of the jag. Keep it coming 👍
Thanks Dave it's going to look great after a good polish
Yes i think you will get a lot of subs with this.
And it's at least not the V12. A bit of hard work and that's going to be one nice car. I guess the electrical faults will be the teaser.
Give the car a serious valet, everything, engine bay the lot. Carpets cleaned, seats, headlining. Mop and polish it. You'll be amazed at how that paint comes up. That's a good basis for a winter project and XJS's are very undervalued IMO. Just found your channel and these are great videos. People can relate to them because they are about cars most people can afford. An honest channel, no fakery, no bull.
These are crap. Look nice but are crap.
@@Schlipperschlopper What's that got to do with the comment above? Opinions aren't fact lad. The point of the video is not to validate your opinion.
Check out Tasty Classics if you like this guy's videos. Only just discovered this channel, and am loving it. Tasty Classics does similar work.
Did you even watch the video? Every paint surface has rust corroding through the red paint - polish would never fix that.
Polish,,,,It’s got holes in it it’s rotten with rust 😂
I love it, I can't believe that was just £420. Underneath the acorn shells and rust there's a stunning car just waiting to get some TLC. Looking forward to seeing you work some magic on it and getting it out on the road again. These were always stunning cars to see on the road and nowadays they are rare to see but always guaranteed to turn heads.
I remember my mates Dad had one of these and we went to Silverstone in it. I was looking out the window thinking this looks fast and then looked at the speedometer, we were cruising at 120mph with next to no noise inside the car. Awesome!
I think you did very well , worth saving .
Any previous owner that keep all the toolbox complete and did welds correctly, shows the car was loved. I think you might love it too.
Seeing as you went through the effort of converting it from right to left hand drive by the end of the video, I think you should keep it.
I feel relieved in not being the only person to clock this!
yeah what happened there?
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£420! Wow! - I think (although I’m no expert) you did really well there. This is my all-time favourite car - the looks have some detractors, but I think they are utterly beautiful! Hope there’s not too many nasties to be revealed, and you are able to save this wonderful car!
Just got here going over recent Jaguar controversy. Glad to be here. This is still a beautiful car...
That does sound sweeeeeet, reminds me a bit of a S1 Daimler XJ6 I bought for £400 (for sale on a grass verge outside someone's house), circa 2000 I think it was. Looked a bit dog-eared in places but pulled like a train.
Hell of a lot of car for the money mate. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you, fingers crossed I can get it back on the road! 🤞
A good restoration is what it deserves. Beast of a car that needs to be back on the road.
Loved the video. Congratulations on hitting 10k subs, well done & keep up the great work
Absolute bargain!!! I was expecting it being totally rotten underneath, but I’m impressed with how solid it looks!
Compared to the amount of welding I’ve had to do on my own daily driver, that’s brand new 😂
I do have a soft spot for this car, the jaguar XJS. I remember when I first came to England, I spent 9 days travelling, I visited some places, including the home of Jaguar and have actually been to the factory and bought some items from the Jaguar factory shop! During my few days in the Midlands I stayed at a farmhouse for a couple of nights and some other guests at the farmhouse had a white convertible XJS. The lady owner/driver took me to a village to get some shopping and invited me to come along for a drive in her car after I had told her about my love for Jaguar cars.
It was very kind of her to offer such an opportunity to experience that car (even as just a passenger it was exciting). Seeing this brought back those memories! I think you have done really well to find an XJS so cheap and still running! I hope you will restore it to the best of your efforts and look forward to seeing more if this great car.
My actual favourite Jaguar car is a MK 10 and the 420G (same body, but 420G has some extra upgrades over the Mark X/MK 10. Just love the long sleek shape !
How has this channel only got 13.7k subs? This is brilliant content.
An absolute bargain. I did have a 4 litre version of this, post-facelift, in British racing green, 20 years ago. I've also had Series 2 and 3 4.2 XJ6 saloons from the '70s and '80s. and a Series 3 XJ12. There's nothing like a Jag from the true classic years when William Lyons was still with us. When you've done this beauty up it will be worth 10 or 12 times what you paid for it at least, maybe more. But you won't want to part with it. Maybe watch 'The Jag Man Down Under' (on TH-cam) he's done loads of XJs discovery and renovation videos.
I have exactly the same XJS in blue which I had bought similarly rusty over a decade ago. Looking at yours I can tell you that the seat belt anchor plates are completely gone and will need welding, I'm amazed that someone did weld the rear arms mounting plates, that look like a very decent job and they are not easy to fix, but the floor where seat belt is attached is definitely one giant rust hole(it failed MOT on it as well). Going forward, you need to check the chassis legs and front sill to floor joins, if it wasn't fixed its probably still one giant rust hole on both sides(it also on MOT history). Going further, the water gets inside in two places, first is upper front edge of the door, then, water can get underneath front wings(its most likely holed under there) and definitely in those two boxed sections in the lower corners of front windscreen, yours are bubbling even at the top so the lower section is probably completely gone, you can look inside if you remove the middle grill under windscreen. Its a major job, with dash out or at least windscreen out to fix so not exactly easy.
Everything else mechanical is easy to work on and super reliable. All the electrical problems are down to water going in through these boxed sections, probably the most difficult job is the handbrake which someone fixed for you it seems.
Oh and check the panel underneath the radiator and whether you have an oil cooler(hopefully not as lines normally explode but it can all be removed entirely as not really needed outside of a race track).
Honestly, if you can't spend half a year on this, I'd resell it. Its going to be a major job to fix and that's even before any cosmetics, most panels are available and easy to weld but still, its a huge project.
I had an XJS back in the 80s, i bought off the widow of the guy who had brought it back to NZ from the UK, it was a 5.3 V12 with a 4 speed manual g/box, I didn't realise at the time how rare the manual versions are, I sold it to fund a working holiday in Europe, the guy i sold it to still has it and has restored it to concours condition. Ive driven a few auto XJS's and the manual made such a difference to the way it went, it was a genuinely quick car in the 80s.
An amazing amount of Jag for the money! I think the fuel light being on is something you'll need to get used to 😁
Haha I imagine they are a bit thirsty 😂
@@cashmachinecars I had a 1995 4L XJS for nearly 10 years. They will do high 20s MPG. I had one trip which was all motorway and loads of 50MPH average speed cameras. The car did 30MPG over that 250 mile trip. It only does about 2k RPM at 70, just purrs along. Its not a 5.3 V12 where you can be into single figures!
Really good vid and I think this one has the makings of a perfect winter project. Really interested to see where this goes. Keep up the top work 👍
Thank you very much! 🙏
Nice. Looking forward to watch the progress.
That’s something different,look forward to the next video and I can see why you’re beginning to like it. Maybe it would make a good winter project well done
I have a six litre XJ-S in my garage, raced it for six years, got lots of trophies. Best jaguar I have driven, 145mph on the track. Clean the fuel system, new rubber pipes, and clean the little tank in the boot, they get rust from water in the petrol, and the filter inside geta blocked. I hope you enjoy the car.
you cant trust any V12 HE Jag they drop valve seats!
@@Schlipperschlopper I do not believe you have driven or owned one. Valve seats tend to drop due to running the engine without coolant. The V12 is pretty reliable engine, and lasts, when maintained correctly, vast mileages. I raced one for six years, and even when over heating on the gauge at the top of the scale, did not drop valve seats. I regularly ran it at red line revolutions per minute. There accounts online of Canon ball runs in Jaguar V12's cruising at 150 mph across the USA.
@@jagracershoestring609 ignore that person, I swear I've seen that name or a similar one before. Any video with an XJ-S will be flooded with spammy comments like that one from people who've never owned one let alone driven one.
You're amazing! Already you've added 1000s to the value. I reckon you've done well
Woah...I love it. Just needs a little love. Best 420 quid. Cool result.
Thank you hopefully I can get it roadworthy 🤞
As a Jaguar fan and owner, I have subscribed and hope you decide to take on this project. I have my own project currently, a '99 XKR Coupe I have owned for about 11 years that is in need of a lot of work to restore to its former glory.
Me too, my xkr is tucked away for the winter and will be SORN'd and when I get my other projects done it's getting some serious TLC I just can't part with it I love it so.
Have you done all the chains/tensioners yet and is it a nikosil?
@@loyndsy It's a '99 reg but 2000 model with the sports pack upgrade, i.e. Brembos, Detroit wheels etc. Original Nikasil engine with Jaguar updated timing chains. Already fitted polybush bushes all round. Extensive welding to the front subframe area, replaced floor etc. A labour of love but also a money pit I have no plans to part with.
Winter project first class . It will look great with a little work .
Definitely winter project. What a beauty. I had a Jaguar once upon a time ago, best car I ever had, and as you say, the more you look around it, feel the luxury, it’s a different place to “normal “ cars, there are not going to be any cars like this around in the future, it’s a taste of history, the smell of history, and a proper car, in the very essence of the word car, enjoy it while it’s still possible! This content brought me here, new subscriber! 👍
Really enjoying your honest down to earth approach. Amazed how good condition was the XJS was in. I’d like to see it as your winter project
great vid mate, keep em coming.
Thanks - I now want an XJS 🤣
I’ve always wanted an XJS!
In the 1980s me and a mate had a workshop in Dorking and we became mates with a local scrapyard owner near the station. I built several cars built from cars bought from his place, but most ran and drove and it was always the simplest things that went wrong, as you pointed out here. Yes, Ray White was a good man to know back then.
Yeah, curious about this. It's a complete car so if you're not going to restore it someone else can. I think there is a lot of rot there so depending how useful you are with a welder. But I'd like to see this as a winter project. I have a real soft spot for these cars. I think their styling was way ahead of their time and they still look good today. Subscribed...
Totally worth saving. Whats up with the 4.0 thought its a 3.6 🤔
You noticed! 😂Not sure I'm going to go through the mountain of paperwork that came with the car maybe there is a receipt for an engine replacement in there
@@cashmachinecars if there is - even better, a receipt that it's been done professionally - then I'd call this a keeper...
For that to fire up as it did with a few wiggles and taps and run as smoothly as it did is a small miracle. A great sign, however if its body is rotten probably better to break it for parts, if not definitely a running project candidate 👍
@@caryknapton7233 its a money pit project,,,,even if you managed an mot,,,,on the cheap,,,whos buying it?
Keep it classic car❤
The rear brakes are a pain to get to if they're playing up , looks like the headlight relay is gone although on my facelift 4.0 i opened the relay and re-soldered the circuit board about 10 yrs ago , been fine ever since .. it looks like a good find , good luck with it
In terms of money/profit it’s a great buy. Worth more than you paid in parts alone. Even the reg, if that came with it. Getting everything working and polishing/cleaning it up and calling it a day at that (MOT if feasible) would net the most profit for expenditure and time spent if you then flipped it. Doing a body restoration and respray will probably be more time and money than you’d make back, though, looks like every panel needs something. But, profit aside, it would make a good project for the channel. Trying to work on it over winter in that little workshop space is going to be a challenge! 👍🏻
Thank you yes I think with an MOT it would be a nice useable project for me or someone else, like you say space to get around it in the workshop is a little tight definitely not as easy to work on as the minis I usually get. Thank you
The button next to the screen that says time that has the 1 on it if it is pressed it keeps the interior front lights on
Thank you soo much for this I'll check this!!!
You mean the two big pushbutton switches to the right of the trip computer are for the front and rear cabin lights. It's so random to devote giant switches on the dashboard to that sort of function that I guess nobody expects it!
You’ve had a result there. See what it’s like underneath, they really can rust, if it’s rotten then you’ve got a lot of valuable parts, if it’s solid you’ve got a really good project. Whatever way you go I think it’s going to get under your skin, I had a v12 many years ago and I have regretted selling that car more than any other, maybe I’ll get another one someday.
That new Jaguar logo 😂
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Incredible buy, it must be worth more than that in parts. The tool kit sells for £40-80 on ebay. Looking forward to new videos and updates.
Great video+explanation+presentation! Thank you for sharing! Well done mate - NEW SUB 🙏🏻
This is really a unique find. At the beginning of the video the steering wheel was on the right side and then at the end you managed to move it to the left! You’ve found the Holy Grail of Jags! 😜
Are you drunk ? 🤣
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Great video absolutely worth the money cannot wait until you finished with it. Please make it your winter project
That AJ6 engine in XJ40 / XJS models are extremely good , strong , hard wearing and durable. As long as the other bits are ok that is.
Ooooh! It switched to left hand drive at the end of the vid 🤣 The XJS design still looks contemporary today. would love to see it returned to it's former glory. With the soon to be launched TWR XJS, interest will likely go up and so will the prices. looking forward to following your progress & good luck.
Hope you can bring this classic back to some of it's former glory, subbed!
To be honest. It really doesn't look that bad at all. It is certainly saveable. That engine is a peech and worth at least a grand on it's own.
Nice find!
Thank you, hopefully I can get it roadworthy 🤞
The XJS won Bathurst back in the day. You got yourself a solid piece of automotive history, well done! 👍😎
3.6 with 4.0 engine..suppose thats right.love to see it come back to life..cant wait for the paintwork.greetings from barry island
Great car, great project. Just wait til you take it on the road you’ll love it. Everyone who drives Jags ends up addicted. Such a shame the marque no longer exists
I hope I get to take it out for a test drive soon! Thanks Chris
Well done on this classic, noticed the 4.0 on engine and the 3.6 on boot lid, interesting!
Also how it changed from right hand drive to a left hooker at the end of the video!
Looks like a great project, be interesting to see if you flip it quickly OR do the other thing and restore! Look forward to next video. and subbed.
He is using the front facing camera at the end which flips the image. I thought the same lol
@@Simonsimps Thanks for that, seen similar on other video's as well!
Brave man - a mate of mine used to buy these twenty or so years ago for 300 quid and run them into the ground. The V12s used to be even cheapr than the six pots. He tried to persuade me to get one as well, but I was simply too terrified to take one on when I had no off street parking. His ones were the mid-late 1970s MK1 ones which I think rusted way more than these ones. So yeah - thesixes were 3.6l and the twelves 5.3l. The later ones 4.0l and 6.0l IIRC.
That it runs so smoothly after wiggling and tapping is a testament to the marque
Very cool car, again! Great buy, love to see the next video.
Thank you Lukas!
Interesting project.
Great score for the money, it seems to run happily , I think it’s had an engine transplant and a bit of mechanical love previously
Doesn't look half bad for an old jag and the minimal effort to get her running plus the toolkit surely means it's a worthy winter project?
It got me to your channel and subscribed 😂
And 420 ! What a price 😊
Looking forward to the next vid when it gets a clean. Really enjoyed this. Subscribed. 👍
Thank you mark! Should come up nice with a polish!
I was about* your age (21) in 1989 when I bought a 1977 V12 XJ-S from an auction, for £1400. I did drive it home, I did spend too much on it, it did cause me aggro. It's all a learning curve. Did I learn not to buy complex old cars?
Nope.
New to your channel (subbed) partly due the the new TWR XJS that's cone out. (Bloody awful looking thing)
We had one of the first XJS in 1975. Harvest Gold. I've always had a fascination for the model.
This could be a sign. If this video blows up, then maybe it's keeper for a while.
Total win....i love the xjs...
Think you have done well, I have a couple of these and wish underneath they were as nice as yours. Make this your project for the winter.
Great vid.Cant wait for episode 2 .I agree she'll polish up good .An ideal winter project!
£420! That’s the best sub £500 car you’ve had on the channel. I think there’s enough good stuff to make a really nice winter project. Not Spitfire levels of corrosion (!) and lots of character. Not sure what really good examples go for but I’m sure you can add plenty of value to that over winter. Keep the vids coming. 👍🏼
I use lanoguard on the steel suspension parts of my Jaguar XK and consider it better than the other stuff, What I particularly like is that the kit I bought has both the fluid and a sprayer, and a tin of thick grease which you can paint on without getting it where it is not wanted, like brake discs.
Good base for a restoration! Engine sounds good.
A new subscriber! Get it fixed up ! I’d love to see you get this back on the road !
I had a brand new red 3.6 Jaguar XJS manual as a company car back in 1987-89. It cost about 28K GBP. I left the company about 15 months later and it was offered to me for 15K and I declined. Beautiful smooth drive though. Had a wonderful time with it.
A complete tool kit with a free car thrown in! 👌
Haha 🤣
Definitely a good winter project, I am envious, what a bargain!
Looking forward to seeing what you discover as you progress with it, hopefully no more rot. I love old Jags, i used to have a 92 Xj12 one car i wish I still had, but the fuel costs were crippling! Wonder how many people shitting on Jags ever actually owned one?! 🤨 Subbed mate.
Brilliant classic...they will be extremely rare soon. Definitely worth restoring.
420 seems a very jaguar kinda number. Bodywork seems the main challenge. Good luck!
Sold my 1989 Jag XJS 3.6 in 2008 for just £1200 with new paint job and full Mot. I loved that car but unfortunately the price of them at that time had bottomed out. I so wish I could have kept it.
A great car for great money. For sure you will bring it back on the road. Hope you will make more videos to see how you progress forward.
Had a V12 HE in the same colour in my younger days. When it worked it was the smoothest thing I've ever owned and driven. It did have a tendency to break though. I'd happily have another though as long as I could afford to pay someone to maintain it. Think mine was a 1985 but I didn't buy it new. It was a bit tired by the time it got to me and wallowed around on the road but I did love it.
the MOT search says its a 3.6... maybe just a sticker on the engine?
£420 proper fixer upper, that is a winter project. There is just some thing about Jags. I ran a red 5.3 V12 XJS for 3 years and its one of those cars you always want again I had a few XJ40s and finished up with the 4.0 6 cylinder XJR in Racing Green what a machine. That 4.0L engine is strong. Worked within Jaguar engine plant as these were being made you could always tell when a Super charger 4.0 went on the dyno what a sound. Subscribed
First time viewer, love the Content. Good luck with the Jag.
That engine sounds awesome, and that's without touching it. Like you, never a fan of these but, it'd be nice to see it on't road.
Bravo :-) Great project. True British Classic worth restoring!
I vote for you keeping it as a winter project.
Also, forgot to say, 3.6 badge, 4.0 engine with changing sides on the wheel? Curious!
Subscribed in the hopes that this WILL indeed be a winter project.
I've just found your channel and subscribed. Keep going, I'd love to see you turn it into something as your winter project. 👍
one things for sure you wont be stuck for something to do this winter , you have my interest .
The engine harness loom probably be your problem you can unplug it
An old neighbour of mine has a xjs v12 in immaculate condition in his garage it has been there for about 15 years and about 5 years ago he asked me to come around to start it , i took the battery of my volvo s80 hoping it will start it be for going flat and to my surprise it started almost instantly on the old fuel.,amazingly it ran very smoothly i let it idle for a few minutes until i could feel warm air coming through the vents then i revved it a little after the revs died down i put it in to reverse and got it out from the garage as it was very small the brakes where sticking so tried to take the caliper of but as you found they are inboard like the rover's from the 70's . I did not have the time to take on such a big job so i drove it back in and it's still parked there to this day as he does not have the money to get the work done to get it sorted and back, on the road. Its actually parked at his mother's house and she is elderly i don't know what will happen to it when she passes away hopefully he will keep me informed. Good luc, with your 3.8
It’s so sad to see how one of the most beautiful and interesting British cars was neglected. I have had four Jaguars, my fathers 67 E type, my two XJ6s, and my present XK8. I always keep my eyes open for a nice XJS to round out my Jags.
That tool kit definitely just upped the value of the car… nice purchase
It’s got a 4.0 in it! Or a 4.0 badge 😂👍
Perfect winter project, looks to have had a lot of work prior to been laid up in 2016… good buy, the temptation is to flip for easy money but it looks half decent and needs time rather than money.
Worth restoring. (I love the XJS, I have a 1996 4.0)
Thanks I'll do my best, Nice are the later cars any different? 👍
It has a lot of potential
Definitely a winter project, really looking forward to the next video on her
This is awesome, what a purchase and it's not rotten! Way cooler than the 924. Keep it up!
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