Laurence Jones

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  • 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

    15th January 2018 at 13:44 in reply to: Wanted – rubber seals for targa panels #11245
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi John and Russ

    I am progressing the production of the Targa Appature bodywork seals and the associated rear hood boodwork seals this week with the company that reverse engineered the rear window rubbers for me (which are available for sale in the Club Shop – Click here to buy

    Sorry to folks who have been waiting for me to do this. I will provide an update back here soon.

    Laurence

    15th January 2018 at 08:17 in reply to: Welcome new Cabriolet Member – Rob Prior #11236
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi Rob

    Hopefully you have had time to take a good look around our Club website since you joined as a member. Have you seen we have a Club meet up planned on Sunday April 22nd at The Bull Hotel in Gerrards Cross ?

    Could I ask that you please reply to this discussion topic so members may know a little about you and XJ-SC Cabriolet ownership in London.

    Feel free to join in conversations in other Discussions posted by fellow Club members too.

    Thanks,

    Laurence

    15th January 2018 at 08:15 in reply to: Welcome newly activated Cabriolet member – Roman Houdek #11233
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi Roman

    Hopefully you have had time to take a good look around our Club website since you joined as a member. Have you seen we have a Club meet up planned on Sunday April 22nd at The Bull Hotel in Gerrards Cross ?

    Could I ask that you please reply to this discussion topic so members may know a little about you and XJ-SC Cabriolet ownership in London.

    Feel free to join in conversations in other Discussions posted by fellow Club members too.

    Thanks,

    Laurence

    15th January 2018 at 08:13 in reply to: Welcome new Convertible member – Robert Gallo #11230
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi Robert

    Hopefully you have had time to take a good look around our Club website since you joined as a member.

    Could I ask that you please reply to this discussion topic so members may know a little about you and XJS Convertible Scotland.

    Feel free to join in conversations in other Discussions posted by fellow Club members too.

    Thanks,

    Laurence

    15th January 2018 at 08:10 in reply to: welcome new member Marcel LeHouillier #11227
    Laurence Jones
    Keymaster

    Hi Marcel LeHouillier

    Hopefully you have had time to take a good look around our Club website since you joined as a member.

    Could I ask that you please reply to this discussion topic so members may know a little about you and XJ-SC Cabriolet ownership in Ontario.

    Feel free to join in conversations in other Discussions posted by fellow Club members too.

    Thanks,

    Laurence

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