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Laurence JonesMember
Hi Guy @guy
Thanks for introducing yourself – your enthusiasm for your Jaguar shows 🙂
Some nice photos of your car – thanks for uploading them for all members to see
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I wonder whether any of our members can suggest a Jaguar Specialist within reach of you – maybe someone in South West Belgium might have come across one.Laurence JonesMemberLaurence JonesMemberHope you told the new owner of your previous Convertible about this club before they drove off in it 🙂
Its good you’ve found a replacement – so soon too.
Don’t forget to update you XJS Ownership details Bob @bob-flint with your new purchase
Laurence
Laurence JonesMemberJust returned from today’s meet up at Gorse Hill. There were 9 Jags there plus a people carrier and a total of 19 and a baby
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Most of us drove over in a loose convoy across from Manchester, stopping near Queensferry for a coffee and breakfast snack. The meals were excellent (as they were the last time we went to the restaurant at Gorse Hill), with all 19 of us being served our main courses within minutes of each other – no bad seeing as there were plenty of other customers there too.
I’m no considering a final meetup/run for the end of November, as social meet up – i.e. no worries if you don’t come in a Jag or other Classic Car 🙂Laurence
Laurence JonesMemberHi Claudiu @kadudu
Thanks for telling us your story, very interesting.
Are there many Right Hand Drive cars in Romania ? Would it not have been easier to have found yourself a Left Hand Drive ?
How do you manage to get parts for your cars, is it a challenge ?
Laurence
Laurence JonesMemberHello Guy Roelandts @guyroel
You’re car looks good in those photos – It is currently on the Club’s home page for all to see
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We have 7 members of the XJS Soft Tops Club in Belgium with a mix of Cabriolets and Convertibles. My wife and I are considering visiting Belgium again soon (we were there at New Year and Easter) and maybe organise a meet up of us all.
Cheers,
Laurence
Laurence JonesMemberHi Mark @mark
I asked around a few places and no one has a suitable 2nd hand fuel pump. However, I’ve been told that you can get yourself a brand new one from places like ABS and BMS.
Cheers,
Laurence
2nd October 2017 at 23:20 in reply to: Notifications when topics are created or replies posted #8446Laurence JonesMemberHi Robin @woodsmoke
I’ve just spent a couple of hours playing with the code in the background and I believe I have sorted the problem – the bits of code should indeed be hidden when you save the posting (for all users and not just me).
Cheers,
Laurence
2nd October 2017 at 23:15 in reply to: Removing Cabriolet's black panel on 'B' pillar with the little leaper #8441Laurence JonesMemberHi Gerben Haringsma @gerbenharingsma
No, don’t remove the leaper from the plate.
The leaper has a pin that goes through the plate into the locating hole in the car’s bodywork, but no need to remove the leaper from the plate itself.
Laurence
2nd October 2017 at 21:30 in reply to: Removing Cabriolet's black panel on 'B' pillar with the little leaper #8337Laurence JonesMemberHi Gerben
I’ve just been out and tried – it appears that there is a pin through the plate from the leaper’s tail into a locating grommet on the car. The leading edge of the plate is simply bonded to the car with a mastic – I gently prized the plate away from the bonding.
Care – the backing plate is thin and prone to bending
Once I removed my plates I found some rust behind, which will have to be treated before the plate with the leaper is returned to the car.
Hope this helps,
Laurence
2nd October 2017 at 21:30 in reply to: Removing Cabriolet's black panel on 'B' pillar with the little leaper #8336Laurence JonesMemberHi Gerben
I’ve just been out and tried – it appears that there is a pin through the plate from the leaper’s tail into a locating grommet on the car. The leading edge of the plate is simply bonded to the car with a mastic – I gently prized the plate away from the bonding.
Care – the backing plate is thin and prone to bending
Once I removed my plates I found some rust behind, which will have to be treated before the plate with the leaper is returned to the car.
Hope this helps,
Laurence
2nd October 2017 at 14:13 in reply to: Notifications when topics are created or replies posted #8322Laurence JonesMemberHi Robin
You’re correct, the HTML shouldn’t be visible – seems the filter isn’t allowing <'font'> through. I’ll have to take a look 🙁
Laurence
Laurence JonesMemberHi Jon
I think it might be worth it if you check under the rear parcel shelf cover piece – you may well find the captive nuts for the rear seatbelts, as per the orignal Coupe configuration.
Laurence
2nd October 2017 at 09:39 in reply to: Notifications when topics are created or replies posted #8304Laurence JonesMemberHi Robin,
There is a feature called @Mention available to all members already – simply include the member’s UserId with the @ sign infront of it and that member gets a notification they’ve been mentioned in the topic/reply @memberid
Click Here to see that article about that feature.
Laurence
Laurence JonesMemberHi Robin
The Lady Diana Cabriolet only ever had the hardtop fitted – never the folding hood. This I understand was for two safety reasons – risk around rear passengers being garotted on the T’Bar if not wearing seatbelts properly, and secondly the safetly of royals from attack.
I believe that Gerben Haringsma reconstructed the rear board when he was restoring his Cabriolet.
Laurence
1st October 2017 at 23:31 in reply to: Notifications when topics are created or replies posted #8286Laurence JonesMemberHi Robin and John
I’ve split your discussion into a new topic from the Production Figures thread.
I have explored, and continue to explore, options to send out an email daily or weekly (configurable by each member’s preference) listing all New Topics or Replies posted in that timeframe. However, I’ve yet to find a module that works satisfactorily and therefore have not updated the site to have this functionality.
I do however want to introduce this important notification service to our Club site, but not until I can get it working smoothly – the last thing 200+ members need is 5 or 6 notifications emails a day filling up their in-boxes.
1st October 2017 at 22:40 in reply to: Notifications when topics are created or replies posted #8279Laurence JonesMemberBelow posted in reply by Robin
Yes, I must admit I sometimes only visit once in a while. I also read the JEC and XKEC forums in similar fashion, so my available time gets divided between them.
Maybe an email when someone adds to a thread would be useful, as like you I only realise maybe a week or two after original post.
25th September 2017 at 13:36 in reply to: Evening meet in Horsell, Surrey – Saturday 30th September #8196Laurence JonesMemberCan I just remind anyone who is planning to join us at the Red Lion on Saturday evening, please let me know – so I can reserve us enough tables/seats.
Thanks,
Laurence
Laurence JonesMemberHi Vinny
Thank you for your comprehensive response, and for uploading some photos
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I knew that there were a few bodyshops around the world who were undertaking to create bespoke XJ-S Convertibles, whilst the XJ-SC Cabriolet was still in production and for sale. I personally hadn’t heard of a Banham created XJ-S Convertibles – and it would be really good to learn how different they are from either the US Hess and Eisenhardt bespoke Convertibles (around the same date as yours) and the later Jaguar produced modelsGreat to have you and your car in the Club
Laurence
Laurence JonesMemberHi Lionel
Are you doing all the work on your Cabriolet yourself ? Has it needed much welding ?
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