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29.01.2011 at 15:34:34

Just a few shot's of my latest purchase spent a few hours on it this morning the main objective was to get some collinite wax on the car

I have the orignal arm rest and steering wheel the previous owner did not like skinny wheels. And the arm rest was slighty coming away with the weight of the arm from underneath. I will also remove the Union Jack badges from either side. I had to call it a day after 4 hours it was far too cold

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Rolys mk10 Senior Member Offline BI-POLAR gone "tits up" Posts: 7384 forest of dean.glou/mon border Gender:	Re: My XJ40 Reply #1 - 29.01.2011 at 17:54:22 Looks a tidy motor and engine bay>> I did wonder about the jacks.
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Sockets Ex Member	Re: My XJ40 Reply #3 - 30.01.2011 at 09:31:21 That's a nice looking car. Isn't it unusual that it's got the black section on the boot though, I thought only very early XJ40's had that
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STEALTH K3 I've just arrived Offline Posts: 13 Wantage Oxfordshire Gender:	Re: My XJ40 Reply #4 - 30.01.2011 at 10:17:40 Quote: That's a nice looking car. Isn't it unusual that it's got the black section on the boot though, I thought only very early XJ40's had that Thats what was mentioned on another forum TBH I am none the wiser. The car is HPI clear so nothing has been repaired via insurence
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STEALTH K3 I've just arrived Offline Posts: 13 Wantage Oxfordshire Gender:	Re: My XJ40 Reply #5 - 30.01.2011 at 13:12:00 Boot pic Is the spare wheel on correctly as it is not a firm fit
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Rolys mk10 Senior Member Offline BI-POLAR gone "tits up" Posts: 7384 forest of dean.glou/mon border Gender:	Re: My XJ40 Reply #6 - 30.01.2011 at 16:37:33 they didn't have space saver wheels hence why the retainer won't tighten up.. get some washers or a proper wheel/ at least if you get a puncture then you are not held to doing a max of 50 thern plus car looking stupid
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apax Senior Member Offline Aged to perfection! Posts: 4376 Heathfield, East Sussex Gender:	Re: My XJ40 Reply #7 - 30.01.2011 at 19:05:37 Very nice colour combination, and especially nice wheels. In my view, one of the few wheel options that Jaguar got right. I like Diamond blue too, seems to suit the 40. What with that and a 4 litre engine - veryu nice. Cheers, apax.
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Reply #8 - 31.01.2011 at 14:24:13

This is a lovely car in excellent condition. The paint and interior look immaculate and the engine bay is mighty impressive too.
I have seen a few XJ40s with the black rear panel from the first Sovereigns and Daimlers fitted, I believe it just screws on. I have seen a couple of cars with that part of the boot lid painted black too; I'd guess a previous owner just preferred the look.

Your car would have come with "teardrop" alloys new which came in a metric size for your model year and are very expensive to replace. These "kiwi" alloys have been fitted at a later date. They were available on very late XJ40s and but are more often seen on the X300.

The XJ40 came with a full sized spare up 'till 1994. It looks like the owner who fitted the new wheels has bought four full size plus a space saver which is why the space saver is too small.

I like arctic blue too. My own car is diamond blue which is a very similar colour.

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db Senior Member Offline Posts: 511 Gender:	Re: My XJ40 Reply #9 - 31.01.2011 at 14:27:31 apax wrote on 30.01.2011 at 19:05:37: Very nice colour combination, and especially nice wheels. In my view, one of the few wheel options that Jaguar got right. I like Diamond blue too, seems to suit the 40. What with that and a 4 litre engine - veryu nice. Cheers, apax. I think your XJ40 was arctic blue, wasn't it?
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Reply #10 - 31.01.2011 at 15:50:43

db wrote on 31.01.2011 at 14:24:13:

This is a lovely car in excellent condition. The paint and interior look immaculate and the engine bay is mighty impressive too.
I have seen a few XJ40s with the black rear panel from the first Sovereigns and Daimlers fitted, I believe it just screws on. I have seen a couple of cars with that part of the boot lid painted black too; I'd guess a previous owner just preferred the look.

Your car would have come with "teardrop" alloys new which came in a metric size for your model year and are very expensive to replace. These "kiwi" alloys have been fitted at a later date. They were available on very late XJ40s and but are more often seen on the X300.

The XJ40 came with a full sized spare up 'till 1994. It looks like the owner who fitted the new wheels has bought four full size plus a space saver which is why the space saver is too small.

I like arctic blue too. My own car is diamond blue which is a very similar colour.

Thanks for the comments it was getting me thinking about the black plate on the tailgate. I was aware that alloy had been replace from 15s to 16s what would eb the logic behind this

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Reply #11 - 31.01.2011 at 18:19:02

Hi db, My '90 40 was Diamond Blue, which I'm pretty sure was brought in for the model, and is probaly the colour on Stealth's car. Hard to tell in pics? My '87 XJ-SC is Arctic Blue, which is a shade darker.
Hi Stealth, Re the wheels. There's not necessarily any logic if the original alloys were indeed 15". It's quite likely just a matter of peronal taste. I changed to 16" wheels on my Cabriolet (original factory fitment was 15" pepperpots) as I think they look better. However, if the original wheels were teardrops and metric which is likely, it would make sense as the tyres for metric wheels are harder to come by and cost the earth. Some 40s were fitted with 15" lattice alloys as a factory option. Cheers, apax.

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Reply #12 - 31.01.2011 at 19:04:35

apax wrote on 31.01.2011 at 18:19:02:

Hi db, My '90 40 was Diamond Blue, which I'm pretty sure was brought in for the model, and is probaly the colour on Stealth's car. Hard to tell in pics? My '87 XJ-SC is Arctic Blue, which is a shade darker.
Hi Stealth, Re the wheels. There's not necessarily any logic if the original alloys were indeed 15". It's quite likely just a matter of peronal taste. I changed to 16" wheels on my Cabriolet (original factory fitment was 15" pepperpots) as I think they look better. However, if the original wheels were teardrops and metric which is likely, it would make sense as the tyres for metric wheels are harder to come by and cost the earth. Some 40s were fitted with 15" lattice alloys as a factory option. Cheers, apax.

AH I remember the owner mentioning about the tyres being funny size's for the previous alloys.

The paint code is JFN if that helps with the colour

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Reply #13 - 31.01.2011 at 22:13:06

STEALTH K3 wrote on 31.01.2011 at 19:04:35:

AH I remember the owner mentioning about the tyres being funny size's for the previous alloys.

The paint code is JFN if that helps with the colour

JFN is diamond blue, the same as mine.
The metric wheels are 220 65 390 - so 15.35inch wheels. The tyres are hundreds of pounds each, so you've really got to want to retain them.

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apax Senior Member Offline Aged to perfection! Posts: 4376 Heathfield, East Sussex Gender:	Re: My XJ40 Reply #14 - 01.02.2011 at 11:31:22 Roly's got a shedful of them! Cheers, apax.
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