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If you have a look at this ebay listing, scroll through the pics and you can see everything is bolt-on : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295592138840 Purely out of curiosity, what was the car you had that was allegedly bolt-on wings but you found they were welded?

Welcome aboard Craig! If you're looking for a classic Jag as a weekend car, an XJ40 would be a good bet. Assuming you can find one that is solid and has a good service history, you shouldn't go too far wrong. They drive in a very modern way but still have the classic looks and age so classic insurance shouldn't be a problem. After that, a Series III XJ6 would also be good but expect much more body roll (softer suspension) and do an even more thorough inspection for tinworm. The XK engines are nearly bombproof though so as long as there are no untoward squeaks, rattles, knocks etc from any part of the car, anothe good option. Thirstier and slower than the XJ40 though but you do have two fuel tanks so the range is good.

It's not unknown for cars to hang around in dealers before being sold, often they will run a demonstrator car on trade plates for extended periods and/or the car may have originally gone to say Penzance, not sold after 6 months so was transferred to Dundee and sat there for 6 months until a dealer in London said they had a customer. Said customer would then back out of the deal after the dealer transferred the car to them so it would sit another 6 months until finding its first owner. Tha's 18 months after first build so could eaily be a 2009 car registered in 2011 if you see what i mean.

I'm about to embark on similar rust repairs to the rear of my sills, following an MoT failure a few days ago. My tester wasn't quite as generous as yours, obviously! The big thing with rust is to nip it in the bud before it spreads, even if you just spray rust neutraliser/converter in/on those panels for now so they don't get worse before you get time to repair it properly. Those bushes don't look too bad, it's the subframes that would bother me to be honest. As for your brake imbalance, chances are the sliders and/or calipers have siezed through lack of use, you may find driving it up to ~30mph and hitting the brakes hard a few times will help "rebalance" them but also try driving along with the brakes lightly applied before doing that. The heat generated will help shift the stuck calipers/slides. Very true but that's why we're all here, it is something different from the Euro-blob norm that so many people blindly accept as cars these days!

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What is the exact problem/symptoms with yours? From 1998 on, OBD-II was fitted to many vehicles and was mandatory by 2001, you may be able to find out which ABS sensor is duff (assuming that it the problem) using a cheap generic OBD-II scanner/reader but probably won't be able to clear the fault. I'd offer the use of my scanner but with a 220 mile round trip, it would probably cost as much in fuel as getting someone in a garage to scan it.

Welcome aboard David. I agree with Trevor, many conversions were carried out to cars that didn't have an estate in their range back in the 60s and 70s - Ford Zephyr Mk3, Triumph Stag estates, Rover P6 "Estoura" to name just three although to be fair, the Stag estate was based on a 2000/2500 estate with a Stag engine and brakes fitted. There was also a pair of SD1 Rover estates, one produced in house by grafting on a Volvo 245 back end and the other (if memory serves) by FLM Panelcraft and Ladbroke Avon produced a Series III XJ6 estate : https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/jaguar/xj6-xj12/avon-jaguar-estate/ Avon also produced the Avon Acclaim, essentially a Triumph Acclaim with Jaguar-like luxury and also a turbo version. Many conversions exist as aftermarket, sadly few manufacturers actually build their own estates from the drawing board onwards.

Welcome aboard Bill! I live next door to a UK USAF base and see many American cars around - seems kind of weird seeing a couple of British cars (looking different with US spec lights etc) outside a US home! Hope you have a great time with your Jags! 😉 😄

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