PaulAA Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 I was a little off-colour last week. It turned out to be viral, slight fever, but it has left me washed out the first half of this week. And you do strange things when you've got a fever. Irrational things, the sort you would normally be sensible enough to avoid. Like flying to Munich and agreeing to buy a Series 1 XJ6. In mitigation, it is a beautiful car - the best combination, of silver over black leather. And the enormous file of records satisfactorily covers all the usual weaknesses and shortcomings (bodywork, electrics, rear subframe + brakes, engine, headlining, fuel system, etc.) but people have started queueing up at my door to explain in ever more graphic detail what a precipitous decision this will surely be. In the meantime, I am the dog with double equipment. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Congratulations! They are very fine cars when in good condition, which it sounds like this is. Are you going to drive it back (a fair old drive but good roads) or having it transported? If getting it transported seems too expensive, remember that they do like a drink….. Obviously we require pics….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulAA Posted August 9, 2023 Author Share Posted August 9, 2023 7 minutes ago, Nick Jones said: Congratulations! They are very fine cars when in good condition, which it sounds like this is. I thank you kindly! I managed to get this one past the Investment Committee by portraying it as... an investment. Which it doubtless will be. Endlessly. Much as a road trip is hugely appealing, I'm going to have it transported back because (i) it's an unknown car and attempting to cover upwards of 1,100km straight off may not end well, (ii) I don't have to go through the faff of buying German export plates and temporary insurance, and (iii) it will cost marginally less to have a man with a low loader go to Munich, collect it and deliver it to my door than the contents of a small oil well (it's a 4.2 auto, natch) required to do the journey under its own steam. And some pictures of the day: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Remarkably good condition. Very shiny. Look forward to hearing how it fares after its journey to its new home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 9 hours ago, PaulAA said: an investment. Which it doubtless will be. Endlessly. This is a significant risk….. 9 hours ago, PaulAA said: than the contents of a small oil well (it's a 4.2 auto, natch) required to do the journey under its own steam. Yes, my point exactly. Your logic re. Collection vs. Delivery is faultless. Head over heart. The Mk1 is the most imposing looking. Was it born silver? Not such a common thing back then…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulAA Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Nick Jones said: Was it born silver? Not such a common thing back then…. It was indeed. The documentation includes the Heritage certificate and the colour and equipment are all factory correct. I think the only thing that isn't per the factory gate are the headlights, which were originally the smaller export version (with the ventilation grille around them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerH Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Nice Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulAA Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 3 hours ago, RogerH said: Nice My wife said the same thing. But I think she may have meant something entirely different. Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulAA Posted September 11, 2023 Author Share Posted September 11, 2023 Well, this evening, I may be the canine with a disproportionate allocation of reproductive equipment. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 Big compared to the TR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteStupps Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 On 8/9/2023 at 10:38 PM, PaulAA said: an investment. Which it doubtless will be. Endlessly Looks like a beauty. And very practical with that massive boot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Lovely.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Does look nice. Presumably you have to run the gauntlet of various bureaucracies before you can actually drive it though. Big ball-ache? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerguzzi Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Hello All I came across a Jaguar XJ6 catalogue in pristine condition while looking something else! I will take some photos in the next few days there is even a specs sheet with it! Goodness knows where I got it from but that is true of a lot of stuff I have?? Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerguzzi Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Hello All I was wrong its an XJS catalogue will put photos later Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerguzzi Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Hello All Here you go its in pristine condition Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escadrille Ecosse Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 'and so efficient is the fuel injection that you can expect economy approaching 18 mpg from 97 octane (4 star) petrol' 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulAA Posted September 18, 2023 Author Share Posted September 18, 2023 On 9/14/2023 at 10:34 PM, Hamish said: Big compared to the TR It is. Very big compared to the parking space length as well - I need to learn how to reverse to within an inch of the rear wall without parking sensors, camera, wife or mirrors worthy of the name. But brushing up on the technical data needed for the various pre-registration applications, I've been amused to discover how many parts (particularly of Lucas persuasion) are common to both. Even the dizzy is the same 22D6. On 9/15/2023 at 12:57 AM, PeteStupps said: Looks like a beauty. And very practical with that massive boot Enough for a bank robbery haul and two bodies in concrete wellingtons. Allegedly. On 9/15/2023 at 5:55 PM, Nick Jones said: Does look nice. Presumably you have to run the gauntlet of various bureaucracies before you can actually drive it though. Big ball-ache? It is. It involves consorting with experts possessing stamps, registration numbers and large moustaches, as well as an inviolable sequence of desks and forms. As with the TR, it is to be registered as a 'public monument' and equipped with the dinky yellow plates, because this (and not its venerable age) will give it exemption from the upcoming ULEX in central Warsaw. Surprisingly, some of this can be done electronically, but not the monument application, which has to be submitted on a sheet of A3 card, (minimum 200gm weight) folded in a pre-ordained way. But the process gives rise to much fun and frollicks, because it turns out that during its itinerant life (Italy, then Blighty, Germany and now PL), its vital statistics have been a moveable feast and each country has registered them in different ways. Its unladen weight has gone up and down, as has its length and cubic capacity (remarkably, it started life at 4235cc, but had dimionished to 4198cc by the time it reach Germany - things really do shrink with age, it seems). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulAA Posted September 18, 2023 Author Share Posted September 18, 2023 Just now, PaulAA said: the upcoming ULEX in central Warsaw. ... or ULEZ, even. A quarter of a century here and I still haven't mastered the consonants at the end of the alphabet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulAA Posted November 10, 2023 Author Share Posted November 10, 2023 Evening chaps. The XJ is now registered as a treasure of Poland, equipped with more of the dinky historic vehicle plates, and shedding quite impressive amounts of oil. Mainly from the gearbox, which is encouraging. But... what a ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Congratulations! Now you can (and clearly are) enjoy your “monument”. I hope fuel is cheaper in PL than it is here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulAA Posted November 11, 2023 Author Share Posted November 11, 2023 I thank you kindly. As a daily driver, it does have certain... disadvantages, consumption being one of them. We have been 'enjoying' another period of political machination hereabouts recently, as the ragtag collection of crooks loosely known as our Govt tried to influence the outcome of the GE last month by subsidising fuel. So 95 octane was retailing at £1.15/litre before the election and is now closer to £1.25 - punishment for backing the decent and more honest horse, no doubt. But if a spike in petrol price is the cost of getting rid of a foul and corrupt religious hegemony, I am not going to gripe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 Yep, that last election looks like a step in the right direction from where I’m sitting. £1.25….. £1.50 is about as low as it gets here at present. Diesel £1.55 upwards….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 When I visited Poland (It was in 1992) the main transportation outside cities seemed to be horse and cart - the 'hard shoulders' of main roads were marked for their use! Not my own pic, but just the same as I saw then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprint95m Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 What a fantastic looking car. Always thought the Series 1 was the best looking, especially with the indicators above the front bumper. The late Queen Mother, during her annual holiday at the Castle of Mey, (which she had restored in the 1950s,) used an early XJ12 to get about. You are in good company! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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