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  • in reply to: Wanted – Cabriolet hood frame and other parts #9208
    Laurence Jones
      @laurence_admin

      Hi Claudiu

      I have these bars, if they are the same as on your hood

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      Laurence

      in reply to: Parts storage #9204
      Laurence Jones
        @laurence_admin

        Hi,

        I am just adding the finishing touches to this month’s newsletter – I will add a request to that for you Claudiu and hope a Club Member can help.

        Laurence

        in reply to: Running 3.6 litre Engine for sale – 1984 #9201
        Laurence Jones
          @laurence_admin

          Hi Claudiu

          If only I still had the gearbox too, you could have had this 3.6 engine for sale (mine) for your car – we’d have kept it safe at the garage and helped you organise the shipping.

          Oh well, may someone else will buy it soon 🙂

          Laurence

          in reply to: Wecome new Cabriolet member – Claudiu Antal #9189
          Laurence Jones
            @laurence_admin

            Hi Claudiu

            Your English is pretty good – no problem understanding you at all

            Thank you for posting some photos of your Cabriolet

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            When I checked the records, it shows that your Cabriolet was originally Steel Metallic – Did you choose to paint it Red for your wife ?
             
            Laurence

            in reply to: Correct Vin numbers #9175
            Laurence Jones
              @laurence_admin

              Hi John

              You may recall we discussed this via email a couple of weeks ago, and I explained that indeed Denis had sold his Cabriolet 124809 and it was now in Malta, but if you checked out Denis’s profile entry it showed as Still owned = No.

              In the email you sent me you mention that it was sold to Ron Azzopardi (who is not a member) but above you state Roland Cassar (who is a member).

              Does that mean Denis sold it to Ron who has sold it to Roland ?

              Laurence

              in reply to: looking for BCC 5587 #9152
              Laurence Jones
                @laurence_admin

                Pascal Ce n’est pas un probleme monsieur.

                I have corrected the title from BAC5587 to BCC5587 🙂

                So, you are looking for the catch for the Hard Top hood. I’m afraid that’s not something I’ve seen available – the Hard Top hoods themselves are quite difficult to obtain.

                Sorry, hopefully someone else might be able to help.

                Laurence

                in reply to: looking for BCC 5587 #9149
                Laurence Jones
                  @laurence_admin

                  Hi Pascal

                  I can’t find the part BBC 5587 in the documentation – could you please describe the part and where it is located.

                  Laurence

                  in reply to: Running 3.6 litre Engine for sale – 1984 #9141
                  Laurence Jones
                    @laurence_admin

                    Here’s a couple of photos of the engine, ready for sale.

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                    Cheers,

                    Laurence

                    in reply to: Profile information in Discussion Topics and Replies #9073
                    Laurence Jones
                      @laurence_admin

                      Hi Robin

                      Thanks for your input.

                      It’s difficult to add information alongside the topic/reply discussion because there is little room to do so and hard to decide what to add and what not to.

                      However, what I can do is have a look at enhancing the Profile Page that you route to when you click on the member’s link.

                      I’ve some ideas, but will give it some thought 🙂

                      Laurence

                      in reply to: Welcome messages.. #9072
                      Laurence Jones
                        @laurence_admin

                        It does seem we’ve been having a lot of new members join recently – which is good news 🙂

                        Laurence

                        in reply to: Welcome messages.. #9071
                        Laurence Jones
                          @laurence_admin

                          Hi Robin and John

                          I have just this minute launched the revamp of the Forums for all members. There is a new navigation route via the Discussions option on the main menu bar. This has the following features :

                          1/ Just click on the Discussions button and you are taken to the list of all discussions (topics/replies) that have been posted on our Club website

                          2/ Hover over the Discussions button and you see a drop down list
                          ==> Top 10 Most Recent Discussions
                          ==> All discussion topics (same as just clicking on the Discussions button
                          ==> Then the specific Discussion forums – enabling you to focus on just Technical discussions

                          I’ve standardised these views for all logged in Club Members.

                          Laurence

                          in reply to: Welcome messages.. #9015
                          Laurence Jones
                            @laurence_admin

                            Hi Robin and John

                            I think that due to some many new members joining recently it has made this issue more apparent. I can indeed set up a forum specifically for the welcome messages, and I think (note think) there might be away to present two views :-

                            1/ All the discussions from all the various Forums, including the welcome forum

                            2/ All the discussions from all the various Forums, but not including the welcome forum.

                            You may have both noticed that I’ve amended the menu bar today to provide a drop down of the different discussion forums. This was as part of the move to make the site more friendly to use on a mobile phone or tablet, but I believe I can take the development further to make the whole site experience better (including what’s discussed above).

                            Thank for the discussion Robin, I’ll work on this over the weekend.

                            John, the point you make about non reply is valid, though occurs across many forums and multi-media platforms including Facebook. We’ll have to see whether the situation improves once I’ve undertaken the rework.

                            Cheers,

                            Laurence

                            in reply to: Speedometer HELP PLEASE ! #8959
                            Laurence Jones
                              @laurence_admin

                              Hi Greg

                              Have you managed to make any progress on this ?

                              Laurence

                              in reply to: Wanted – Cabriolet hood frame and other parts #8958
                              Laurence Jones
                                @laurence_admin

                                Hi Claudiu

                                Cabriolet’s hood’s metal frame – do you mean the heavy metal bar that has the locking knob and catches, or the chrome assembly that is either side of the hood that controls how the hood folds down ?

                                Laurence

                                in reply to: Cabriolet parts wanted #8962
                                Laurence Jones
                                  @laurence_admin

                                  Hi Thorleifur

                                  I have some of the chrome parts from when I swapped things around to get my cabriolet up together, but they’re rusty.

                                  I’ll see if I can put together a complete set for left and right side.

                                  Laurence

                                  in reply to: Welcome new Cabriolet member – Scott Shearman #8916
                                  Laurence Jones
                                    @laurence_admin

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                                    Laurence Jones
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                                      We had a very successful meet up at The Bull, Gerrards Cross, Bucks

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                                      We had 3 Cabriolets and 3 Convertibles – which drew a lot of attention parked outside The Bull
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                                      There were 10 of us sat down for a lovely Sunday Carvery Lunch in the Hotel’s restaurant – thanks to Scott Shearman , Graham Vandervelde , Dave Green , Rob Baker and Trevor Kent for bringing their cars and their guests.
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                                      Look forward to venturing down in the New Year for another friendly meet up.

                                      Laurence

                                      in reply to: Welcome new Cabriolet member – Scott Shearman #8894
                                      Laurence Jones
                                        @laurence_admin

                                        Hi John

                                        Scott attend the XJS Soft Tops social meet up today at The Bull, Gerrards Cross, in his recently acquired Cabriolet. It is indeed look a very nice example.

                                        Laurence

                                        in reply to: Welcome new Convertible member – Adam Bokwa #8891
                                        Laurence Jones
                                          @laurence_admin

                                          Hi Adam

                                          1987 means your car was converted by Hess & Eisenhard before Jaguar had finished producing the XJ-SC cabriolets.

                                          I’d be really interested to see some more photos of the roof, to see how much different it is from the early Jaguar built XJS Convertibles (from about 1988 I believe).

                                          Laurence

                                          Laurence Jones
                                            @laurence_admin

                                            4 Club Members and passengers are booked in for Sunday Lunch so far, with another couple just checking diaries.

                                            If you’re considering attending please do, you’ll be most welcome.

                                            Laurence

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