Laurence Jones

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  • in reply to: Welcome new Convertible member – Guy Frisch #8665

    Hi 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.

    in reply to: Welcome new Convertible member – Guy Roelandts #8589

    Hello Guy

    We will work out whether we can visit and I will get in touch with you.

    Sorry the link didn’t work – try clicking Here – hope this works 🙂

    Laurence

    in reply to: For Sale – 1996 Celebration 4 Litre Convertible #8578

    Hope 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 with your new purchase

    Laurence

    in reply to: Lunch at Gorse Hill Restraurant – Saturday 7th October #8563

    Just 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

    in reply to: Wecome new Cabriolet member – Claudiu Antal #8559

    Hi Claudiu

    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

    in reply to: Welcome new Convertible member – Guy Roelandts #8556

    Hello Guy Roelandts

    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

    in reply to: Fuel Pump #8483

    Hi 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

    in reply to: Notifications when topics are created or replies posted #8446

    Hi Robin

    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

    Hi Gerben Haringsma

    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

    Hi 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

    Hi 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

    in reply to: Notifications when topics are created or replies posted #8322

    Hi 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

    in reply to: Cabriolet rear seats #8308

    Hi 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

    in reply to: Notifications when topics are created or replies posted #8304

    Hi 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

    in reply to: Cabriolet rear seats #8300

    Hi 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

    in reply to: Notifications when topics are created or replies posted #8286

    Hi 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.

    in reply to: Notifications when topics are created or replies posted #8279

    Below 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.

    in reply to: Evening meet in Horsell, Surrey – Saturday 30th September #8196

    Can 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

    in reply to: Welcome new Convertible member – Vince Jones #8192

    Hi 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 models

    Great to have you and your car in the Club

    Laurence

    in reply to: Welcome new Cabriolet member – Lionel Martin #8170

    Hi Lionel

    Are you doing all the work on your Cabriolet yourself ? Has it needed much welding ?
     
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    Laurence

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