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Hi Jolly Jack,
You did a good job with your XJC. The only ones left now have all been repaired, and the rust buckets have gone for scrap. Those Series II body shells all had similar rust problems. Regarding modifying the coupe, I saw one a few years ago that the owner had totally rebuilt. He had updated it with Series III bumpers and grille, removed the vinyl roof (which was put on to help disguise the "cut and shut" welds and lead loading around the rear pillars to produce the two door version from the saloon body,) re-trimmed the interior with Series III Sovereign parts and dashboard and re-sprayed it a dark metallic green. I asked him if he would ever sell it, and he replied he would sell all his other cars first, a couple of which had won concours prizes.
My Series III XJ6 will do around 23 mpg on a decent run, but only 12 to 14 mpg around town. The V12 5.3, even in "High Efficiency" guise will struggle to do better than those figures.
Regards.
Last edited by Dartskipper; 5th June 2017 at 20:09.
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