OV9

Mick would be sad.

Also not 2k

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 560772046/

Classy.

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This has got a headlining saggier than an old man's gusset but the correct number of cylinders.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-detail ... 000&page=1

Thats an X300 so no.

I've found a X308 3.2 XJ8 Soveriegn on facebook that I'm on the cusp of taking a punt on. Spoke to the bloke on the phone and apart from the usual slightly saggy headlining (actually not that bad) it looks very tidy.



He's sent me a load more pics of the interior, it's nice and clean. Drivers seat isn't fucked. Needs a pair (probably a set in reality) of tyres but £1500 is about £400 under what most everything else that isn't a basket case is going for. MOT history doesn't suggest it's a bag of rot either.

And Lincoln is a lot closer than Glasgow :p

So I went to Lincoln today with £1500 and came home with this.



It’s tremendously unsuitable but IDGAF. 2.5 hours home in wafty comfort was ace. Spent 3 hours cleaning it mostly inside because it’s a bit grubby in places, but pending some decent leather cleaner it’s coming up nice already.

More tomorrow.

I'm not familiar with specs, are they standard/original wheels?
Sounds like a good way to spend £1500 so far

tim wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 10:01 pm So I went to Lincoln today with £1500 and came home with this.



It’s tremendously unsuitable but IDGAF. 2.5 hours home in wafty comfort was ace. Spent 3 hours cleaning it mostly inside because it’s a bit grubby in places, but pending some decent leather cleaner it’s coming up nice already.

More tomorrow.

Excellent. Can't beat wafting along with a growler staring at you

Good choice!!

Congratulations Tim

Tremendous.

Looks cracking

When are the silencers in the exhaust being deleted?

Tremendous. There is no finer way to cover hundreds of miles.

Mmm whafty. Welcome to the forum XJ owners club.

nuttinnew wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 10:21 pm I'm not familiar with specs, are they standard/original wheels?
Sounds like a good way to spend £1500 so far

Yeah they’re ‘Celtic’ 17” option wheels. On P6000s which are a bit worn at the edges on the front.

Ac needs a regas and a couple of the door cards are loose at the bottom. Easy enough to sort out I expect.

McSwede wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 10:26 pm

tim wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 10:01 pm So I went to Lincoln today with £1500 and came home with this.



It’s tremendously unsuitable but IDGAF. 2.5 hours home in wafty comfort was ace. Spent 3 hours cleaning it mostly inside because it’s a bit grubby in places, but pending some decent leather cleaner it’s coming up nice already.

More tomorrow.

Excellent. Can't beat wafting along with a growler staring at you

Good choice!!

Nice barge!

I can definitely see the appeal of that

A lot of waftiness for £1500!

The number of barges in the forum now surely says something about our demographic. Forum trip to Dignitas next year ??

Zonda_ wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 9:10 am A lot of waftiness for £1500!

This! If I didn’t need an estate car......

Looks lovely and for £1500, can’t argue with that!

tim wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:59 am
Yeah they’re ‘Celtic’ 17” option wheels. On P6000s which are a bit worn at the edges on the front.

Walter Mitty! Tim has bought an imaginary XJ - we all know this isn’t possible.