XJ40 free to good home.

Anyone want my (ex-Bear) XJ40? 4.0 Auto box. No MOT, no tax. Fucked
battery (probably). I can jump start it for you. Smokes more than Bear
when you start it[1].

Looks tidy-ish, probably needs new rear wheel bearings soon. I've got
them and for £20 they're yours. They're a right **** to fit, apparently.

It'll have its original non-functional[1] Jaguar radio in place of the
MP3 CD player it currently sports, unless you want to make me an offer
for that.

The catch, you ask? A driveway space crisis means it's got to be gone by
the end of the holiday weekend. This is non-negotiable.

You'll need a trailer, or you'll need to tell me that you're taking it
away for a pre-booked MOT. The receipt you'll get will state that it's
not roadworthy.

Email to the nigel at eaton blah blah address if you're interested.

[1] They all do that, Sir.
--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer as featured in
Performance Bikes and Fast Bikes

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

Perhaps Jimmy Blake could use it as a land anchor for his Hog

 

Are you parking the mill outside, then?

 

Wicked Uncle Nigel says...

If I was working I'd snatch your fucking arm off. I'd love that
Sovereign but have no way of paying for it to be repaired or MOTd, let
alone running it.

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
Suzuki Bandit 600S (Green with added shit bits)
Yamaha SR250 Delusion (It's "Special")
I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lozzo

So find somewhere to hide until you can.

<Kaa Mode>

fx: spinning eyes

Trusssssst in meeeeeeee... Jusssssssssst in meeeeeeeeeee.

</KM>

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer as featured in
Performance Bikes and Fast Bikes

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

Sounds like it's time for Auvache to start thinking about another trike
project.

--
platypus

"Merely corroborative detail, intended to
give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise
bald and unconvincing narrative."

 

Bear says...

 

IIRC he gave up and had the bits carted off by the binmen.

--
platypus

"Merely corroborative detail, intended to
give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise
bald and unconvincing narrative."

 

platypus says...

 

What the **** have you done to it? I mean, this was the car that was
selected after he'd looked at something like 50 candidates, and chosen
because it was a superb example of the breed.

<Suspicious look>

You've been "engineering'" with it, haven't you?

 

It's an XJ40. 'They all do that, sir'

The biggest miracle is that is hasn't dissolved faster than a 1979
Mirafiori.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older

Nothing.

"There's yer problem, right there!"

No, it's basically very sound, it just needs someone with the enthusiasm
for the project.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer as featured in
Performance Bikes and Fast Bikes

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

I still reckon Nigel's been fiddling with it. ISTR something about it
being declared by a garage to have positively unsafe brakes, but I cba
to google. My guess is that Nigel tried out some of his special tools on
it ;-)

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older

FOYRNB.

The brakes are fine.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer as featured in
Performance Bikes and Fast Bikes

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

What colour is it? I'm almost tempted to have it and put back all the bits
that've been robbed of my Dad's old Jag after he decided to break it
(autobox playing up). OTOH, if anyone wants any bits, there's an XJ40 sat on
the yard...

 

In

It's miles away from me or I'd be there like a shot. I've even got a decent
battery somewhere (and currently two dead cars :-( )


--
Pete M - Using the Scouse Side of the Force -
Golf GTi (Dead),
Mercedes 190E Auto (also dead)
OMF#9

Currently listening to the 747s "Zampano"

 

Ah, the clarion call recognised by anyone who's ever bought a vehicle
that "needs slight attention" and "will pass MoT easy"

 

And you fancied a third......

 

What's wrong with the Merc?

I fancy one of those, or a 200E preferably. Do they go tits up a lot? Is
there much to look out for when considering a likely contender?