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This car is located in the Sittingbourne area, in Kent, UK
Laurence
It last past an MOT in July 2020 and had a V5 change in 2021 (which may have been a sale or just an address change)
Without the car’s VIN it isn’t possible for me to find where in the country it was last MOT’d
Laurence
Hi Shane,
Fitting rear seats is relatively straight forward – because our Cabriolets were once Coupe before they were modified by Jaguar.
You’ll have to remove the existing Cabriolet rear locker box, and the left and right side’s “modified” armrest.
Then source a set of XJS Coupe rear seats (see below).
You will also need the corresponding armrests (these have a padded arm rest rather than the tray the Cabriolet has). This link will take you to eBay, where some are for sale – you can easily clean the colour off these and recolour the leather whatever colour you want or leave them black…
You will find under the Cabriolet’s rear parcel shelf that the rear seatbelt mounting points are already there – as i said these were Coupes before the roof was cut off and other modifications undertaken.
There are lots of rear seat combinations, that went with various models and years of XJS, so try and find a set which have low rear seat bits – so they don’t get in the way when the Cabriolet’s roof is folded down. Not certain, but a good call might be Convertible rear seats (many convertibles came with rear seats as standard, so not all have the locker box which is similar to the Cabriolets).
Laurence
I would be interested in learning more about doing this too, as it is something that I need to do on my XJS Convertible but have been putting off doing.
Laurence
Hi Brian,
According to my enquiries you must not use brake fluid, as there is a specific fluid for the Convertible’s Hood’s hydraulics.
The advice is to go to Jaguar direct and buy the specialist fluid from there, do not risk using other products.
Hope that helps,
Laurence
Hi Keith,
Oh no, that is not good to hear – have you contacted AutoGlym for advice on how to clean their cleaner off ?
Have you photos ?
Laurence
Brian Buxton is currently selling one Keith, he has an advert also on this Club forum
Please don’t share emails or phone numbers.
Laurence
Hi John,
I found this on the web, which might give you some ideas of what is out there.
Possibly a trailer light, which has the reversing light (white) and the indicator combined – you could likely vary the white light bulbs to give you the brightness you are seeking for a running light.
Cheers,
Laurence
Hi John,
I can answer 2 of your 3 questions.
The Targa roof seal is a length of seal rubber that has been manufactured to the same profile as the original that is used for the Targa panel and the rear fold down roof/hard top. There is an article that gives further information :
2) there is an article that I wrote a while back, that details how the instrument binnacle is removed (my solution for better lighting was to remove the green covers)
Cheers,
Laurence
I have just picked up these from the manufacture, so please get in touch if you wish to buy – they come in 6m lengths
Cheers,
Laurence
Hi Ross,
Have you seen this video on YouTube – appreciate it’s removing the tank from a Coupe but he mentions the struggles to get the tank out, and it appears he didn’t remove the boot hinge assemble.
Cheers,
Laurence
Hi Rod,
Not sure if you’ve seen, but I’ve placed an order for the Targa top and rear hood rubber seals – they should be available in 2 weeks.
I’ve also made enquires about getting more of the Rear Window seals made – £451.50 a pair plus postage and packaging. Need some members to let me know if they’ll buy them before I invest my money in getting the minimum production order run.
Laurence
Hi All,
This issue has now been fixed, and I don’t believe anyone needs use the work around that I gave above.
Any issues, please get in touch
All the best
Laurence
This turned out to be a great event, with over 80 XJS in attendance
The weather stayed fine throughout the day, and plenty of members of the public ventured across to see the cars
