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here’s some photos David has posed of his Cabriolet
Your records are still correct.
Laurence
A couple of Hidden numbers for you John
VIN 122590 – 456
VIN 140236 – 3751
Active membership stands at 176 on 7th June 2017
Cabriolet Members – 141
Convertible Members – 21
Enthusiast Members – 14189 members of the old site receive the XJS Soft Tops Newsletters, but have not actively joined this site (yet).
Laurence
I’ve also reset Simon Ackers membership to Cabriolet Member as his membership profile now has his Cabriolet’s VIN details 🙂
Laurence
Hi John,
That’s really helpful – thanks.
I’ve updated their membership details and registered them now as Cabriolet Members 🙂
Laurence
Hi John,
Steve has registered as an XJS Soft Top Enthusiast Member (i.e. non owner).
The full site’s membership of Convertible, Cabriolet and Enthusiast can be seen using the “Members List” menu on the main menu.
Cheers,
Laurence
We had a very successful meet up at Hestmonceux Observatory on Sunday (4th June).
We had 4 member’s Cabriolets and 3 XJS Convertibles there – and the weather was lovely and warm (but not too hot that we all burnt).
Thanks to Gary, David, Richard, Richard’s brother in law, Vincent and Steve for turning up, and to David for inviting us to attend the JEC Jaguar day.
Hi Jon,
Good to see you’re having getting out and about in the car 🙂
Laurence
Hi Mark,
There are different types of Powder Coating, and there are ones that don’t use very high heat levels – indeed I’ve seen them demonstrated with a powder coated Coke bottle, and those bottles use quite a low melt temperature plastic.
It will need some testing (trial and error) but I’m hopeful. I’ll let you know 🙂
Laurence
Hi Mark
Something I’ve considered is to have these items powder coated, as you can get chrome powder coating powder. You can mask items off and only powder coat sections – so might be possible with care to have chrome front face on black badges
I’m hoping to buy myself what’s required, for doing small items like the badges, sometime over the next month or so and give it a try myself, I’ll let you know.
Hi Trevor,
If it means you can be comfortable driving your Cabriolet the distances you do, then it will be a great success.
Enjoy your tour around Ireland
Laurence
Hi John,
I’ve not come across any red hoods being on offer for the XJS convertible, so I’ve taken a look at the Paul Skilleter book you mention
That photo shows to me what looks like the Tan roof, not red. The an almost exact example belongs to a Hess & Eisenhardt version of the XJS Convertible – it appears in their advertising literature (all be it from a different angle with a glider behind it).
I think I have seen other examples with the Tan hood, but not Red.Laurence
Regarding the Dashboard lights, I’ve just posted and article in our site’s Articles section, about how I improved them on my car.
The article section can be found in the right-hand menu on this site’s Home page
Laurence
That’s good news Martin – electrical shorts are a nightmare to find at the best of times, let alone up within the dash.
Laurence