Laurence Jones

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  • 15th February 2018 at 11:46 in reply to: 1984 XJS 3.6 Manual Cabriolet – breaking for spares #12055
    Laurence Jones
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    Hi Alan

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    The garage has asked I don’t do anything with these wings on the donor car until they have conducted further investigation work on Pawla (my V12 Cabriolet)  if they’re not needed for Pawla then they unbolt it and I can send you better photos – I guess I could possibly bring it to the Sunday Lunch meet up at The Old White Beare on 4th March if you’re coming

     

    Laurence

     

    13th February 2018 at 22:20 in reply to: 1984 XJS 3.6 Manual Cabriolet – breaking for spares #12019
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi Alan Tew

    Not sure it is particularly good, but I will ask the garage to take some photos for me and you can decided.

    Laurence

    12th February 2018 at 15:25 in reply to: Welcome new Convertible member – Christine Oatridge #11992
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi Christine

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    Is Millie Kingfisher Blue, I can’t tell from the photo ?

    Unfortunately I won’t be down in London for the show, but I believe a number of other members are attending so hopefully they will drop by and say hi.

    We have a Clbu Social Meet up planned for Sunday 18th March at the Clock Warehouse, near Derby (see Events section) – you’d be most welcome to join us. I will send you the February Newsletter.

    Will you be brining Millie to the Jaguar Land Rover Classic Works event on the 15th September ?

    Laurence

    12th February 2018 at 09:10 in reply to: Headlight #11973
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi Alan

    Do yo have the eBay Item number ?

    12th February 2018 at 08:46 in reply to: Four seats XJ-SC #11966
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi Per Arne Harefallet

    Alan’s correct, the only car that had factory fitted rear seats was Princess Diana’s. Her car though was always fitted with the rear Hardtop rather than the fold down hood – possibly as there was concern that someone in the back of the car might stand up and could injure themselves on the Targa Top’s T-bar if the car suddenly stopped.

    Many owners wanted 4 seats, so many of the dealerships were happy to supply a Cabriolet with seats fitted from a Coupe – with the deal arranging to have the rear locker box out taken out and rear seats fitted. All the mouonting points were present in the car for rear seats and seat belts, as the Cabriolets were converted from near complete Coupes when they were built.

    If you look around, you will see ltos of different rear seat arrangments in different Cabriolets – this is I think due to the dealer fitting whatever Coupe Seats they could obtain.

    Laurence

    11th February 2018 at 22:30 in reply to: Wecome new Cabriolet member – Simon Shackell #11955
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi Simon

    Wow, the only interesting owner my Cabriolet has had is me…. Oh well maybe one day.

    You have a long drive to reach any of the planned Social Events, but I am hoping to hold one later in the year near Bristol (which might be do-able for you). I’m hoping to get to see the SS Great Briton again so might be able to combine that with a meet up.

    Otherwise I guess it will have to wait till September to meet you face-to-face at the JLR Classic Works Event.

    Laurence

    10th February 2018 at 14:22 in reply to: JLR Classic Works – XJ-SC Cabriolet and Convertible visit and display #11909
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi Alan Tew

    I took note of your request not to have this arranged before April 🙂

    Glad to see so many Club Members signing up so quickly.

    Laurence

    10th February 2018 at 13:44 in reply to: Welcome New Cabriolet Member – Pieter Hanssens #11906
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi Pieter – please could you let me have the details of your Cabriolet – the last 6 numbers of the VIN.

    Thanks,

    Laurence

    7th February 2018 at 22:40 in reply to: Welcome new Cabriolet Member – Jeremy Salaman #11689
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi Jeremy

    If you will find you have two Photo Albums available to you to load up some photos of your Cabriolet for the Club members to see. If you have any difficulty please get in touch with me.

    Laurence

    5th February 2018 at 09:20 in reply to: Mildew and Mould #11655
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi All,

    One of my cars has been getting mouldy even while stored in a friends garage – I think this is suffering from being in a large cold garage causing condensation in the car. I followed the suggestions earlier in this thread and have put in a dehumidifier and that seems to be working 🙂

    The other car that was suffering was parked on the drive under a fitted cover. This obviously was suffering from temp changes and the resutling condensation. I’ve also put a dehumidifer in this and its collecting water on a regualar basis. Norman I took a look at the Coopers of Stortfordwebsite you suggested yesterday – and got distracted looking at lots of things…. What I did spot was a little 400w heater that plugs directly into a socket and has a built in timer. I’ve bought one of these with a view of plugging it in alongside the dumidifer in the car to try and average out the temp and avoid condensation occurring. I’ll let you know how this works out.

    Thanks everyone for thier continued input and suggestions.

    Laurence

    3rd February 2018 at 12:27 in reply to: Welcome new Convertible member – Kees Hectors #11620
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi Hectors

    The coachlines along the tops of the wings and the bonnet bulge really set of the shape of your car.

    Very nice

    Laurence

    29th January 2018 at 22:01 in reply to: Saving Pawla #11578
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    HI Gerben

    I couldn’t recall whether it was left or right, so I’ve sent both highly valuable pieces to you 🙂

    Should be with you before the weekend.

    Laurence

    26th January 2018 at 18:27 in reply to: Saving Pawla #11514
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    I’m really pleased to say that work is starting on bringing Pawla back to health at my local Independent Jaguar Garage, where I know they will take great care of her.

    I’ve managed to pull together enough funds to enable all the main strategic work to be undertake in one go – sills all round, rear quarter and front quarter repairs, front brake discs and callipers and bits, lots of bushes all around the various suspension parts….

    The front cross-frame is badly rusted in one area, which could I guess have been repaired. However I fortunately hadn’t sold on the remains of my donor cabriolet – sorry Richard Collins you almost had her. We’re therefore going to be able to utilise the front cross-member from the donor car which is in pretty good shape.

    I’ll add some pictures over the next few weeks as work progresses.

    Laurence

    26th January 2018 at 18:18 in reply to: XJ-SC 3.6 stainless steel exhaust #11510
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi Alan

    Are you going ahead with the Longlife fitted exhausts ?

    When you say franchised, does this mean they sell through a local exhaust centre or a ‘man in a van’ / ‘lady in a van’ fit on your drive service ?

    Laurence

    22nd January 2018 at 12:58 in reply to: 1984 XJS 3.6 Manual Cabriolet – breaking for spares #11425
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi Martin

    I do believe I have a black leather wheel cove

    Yes each Cabriolet would have benn sold with a special bag for the Targa Panels to store in – it has two compartments, one for each targa panel, and clips via a strap to go across flush with the spare wheel in the boot. Are you looking for one of these too ?

    Laurence

    21st January 2018 at 14:20 in reply to: 1984 XJS 3.6 Manual Cabriolet – breaking for spares #11400
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi Gerben

    Would you like this very desirable and very rare part posting to you ?

     

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    17th January 2018 at 19:15 in reply to: Remanufactured XJ-SC Cabriolet Targa aperture seal and Hood aperture seal #11322
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi Norman

    I have today just placed the order for the manufacture of the seal, so should be available in a few weeks hopefully.

    What will be available is the seal assembled as either Targa Roof panel seal (rectangle shape) or rear Hood seal (‘U’ shaped) – this will then need to be bonded onto your original clip strip.

    I am looking into sourcing replacement clip strip, with a view of having everything assembled as a complete replacement part – further news soon on this I hope.

    Laurence

    15th January 2018 at 23:27 in reply to: XJS Hood colours. #11268
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi Chris

    I think I read somewhere that he early Hess and Eisenhardt XJS Convertibles had the little quarter light, and the Jaguar built ones had the full glass window without the quarter light.

    I quite possibly am wrong – but I’d be interested to hear any information anyone has.

    Laurence

    15th January 2018 at 23:24 in reply to: XJS-C Hood Louvers #11265
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Thanks Russ for sharing that photo.

    Laurence

    15th January 2018 at 13:58 in reply to: Saving Pawla #11249
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi Alan

    I think I should seriously consider driving Pawla across the Pennines and across to your neck of the woods and have the underbody work carried out by your garage…..

    Laurence

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