1989 4.0 manual

[james08]

pics of former glory

[xjr-ant]

when were they taken? late 90's? Woods nice and dark... looks the part too!

[james08]

not sure, they were when the leather was fitted so ill have a look in the history for anything about it

[Jaguarsport]

I don't envy you, that looks like a lot of work right there!

My '90 XJR looked superficially quite a lot less rusty than that and I broke it for parts. It would have needed quite major welding repairs done on the inner and outer sills, A pillars, floors, jacking points, inner wings, etc. (If it were me I'd be tempted to put that gearbox in a less flakey shell, but then prefer to play oily bits than do bodywork.)

Good luck, I hope you get it sorted and on the road, it could be a very nice car when restored, that manual box will make it a good drive, plus rare and interesting.

i bought it because of the manual being attatched to the 4.0, always wanted a manual and a 4.0, i like playing with both bodywork and oily bits, im currently learning to do body repairs and spraying so this is a good project for me

Great stuff, make sure you post some interesting pictures of your work for us.

[james08]

pics will be posted once work has been done, had to buy a replacement tyre today as one went bang, just hope the other 2 i pumped up dont explode

[ronnov12]

Please explain why these are 4.0 manuals are so special?
Is it because they are rare? Is it because they ar so fast?
I'm interested in one fs here in Holland, so....

This one: http://link.marktplaats.nl/328272596

Cheers,
Ron

[james08]

i think its because theyre rare, ive always wanted a manual so an auto wasnt an option for me, i like changing gears too much

[ronnov12]

OK, so it has nothing to do with specification, other than being manuals?

Ron

[old del boy]

OK, so it has nothing to do with specification, other than being manuals?

Ron

Correct , though why anyone would want to constantly change gear in the sort of traffic we get these days beats me , besides changing ones own cogs in a Daimler just isn't British

Derek..

[james08]

put some tyres on last few days and a new grommet for the aerial, also half way through fitting a cd player but i have the wrong adaptor for the wiring, looks like i have a amplified system and i cant get the adaptor for them anymore so ive had an idea for that






going for mot tomorrow so i have a to do list to get it back on the road