HMC Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Students of ropey looking old jags will recall the distressed mk2 used in the film Withnail & I. That, must be the inspiration (im struggling to find a reason) for buying this......Which is primered on one side and has a bright red front wing on 'tuther. Said to be a great driver and mechanically in fine fettle, it's a 3.2 sov. Due to collect this weekend (WCPGW) michael1703, Magnificent Rustbucket, CGSB and 34 others 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 DO NOT PAINT. Ghosty and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Local to you too, so not far to get towed if it does break. Well bought! Stevebrookman and Magnificent Rustbucket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Good effort! Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I have had too X300s and they were both great. The only problem I had with both of my X300s was having to have suspension rubbers replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi paul Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Just tell people you haven't decided on a colour yet. Like the telly makeover shows . If its good enough for Llewellyn Bowen. BorniteIdentity and Magnificent Rustbucket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Oh well done sir. Very well done. Me, I'd tell people it's a stealth Jag coated with anti-radar nano-particles. In fact, maybe it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 You could always go for the tester pot look! Sealtainn, Magnificent Rustbucket, Skizzer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 As a Rover owner i can only applause the purchase of a Jaguar. saucedoctor, Magnificent Rustbucket, Skizzer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Jags are for winners. Good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laseraligningfoofooflanges Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Scrubbers!!! Magnificent Rustbucket, Uncle Jimmy, Morgan84 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 You could tell people it's a test mule fo ran as yet top secret new jag sports saloon,mpv,coupe,4x4 soft top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 As prices for these are rock bottom at the mo, I am curious as to how much this cost? Nice examples only seem to go for a few hundred pounds so a cosmetically challenged one should have been a steal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort1977 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Scrubbers!!!Dammit I came in here just to post that! Loved that film as a teenager, so quotable. Jag is full of win, not painting it would be quite amusing I think. Magnificent Rustbucket and Uncle Jimmy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselassist Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Students of ropey looking old jags will recall the distressed mk2 used in the film Withnail & I. That, must be the inspiration Jaysus, Id check if the drivers side wiper been 'disabled' for 'maximum Withnail n I 'authenticity points'.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 And it has Jimi Hendrix on the stereo? Needs a big dent in the driver's side though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyboy406v6 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 What a winner. If you leave the paint alone it is unique, where as a £ 1,000 respray make it just another JAAAAAG ? Magnificent Rustbucket and Partridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Superb. A Jag doesn't have to be shiny. Partridge, forddeliveryboy and Laseraligningfoofooflanges 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2MB Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 It's a lot older now than the Withnail & I one was when the film was set, and in much better condition, so it's doing pretty well. Laseraligningfoofooflanges 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partridge Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 As prices for these are rock bottom at the mo, I am curious as to how much this cost? Nice examples only seem to go for a few hundred pounds so a cosmetically challenged one should have been a steal.Mine looks amazing from ten paces and has a smack in the boot. It needs a wheel bearing (they all do that) and a steering rack and cost me £480. The work will cost many times over that, but they'd be nothing stopping me from running it for a year and scrapping it, then doing it all over again. But I won't. This must be what it was like in the '80s when you could buy a scruffy MKII for 150 quid! If I had a large lock up, I could do very well by hoovering up all the non MoT'd ones for pennies and leaving them parked up for another 20 years... barefoot, Magnificent Rustbucket and Laseraligningfoofooflanges 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 Lets have a go at a live thread.....9am Cross country service from Plymouth to Ropey old jag ( calling at broken dreams parkway and hard shoulder central, mind the gap please)Sat nav and obsolete car mag reading material to handIf anyone can flip the pictures the right way, thanks in advance! trigger, CGSB, Jim Bell and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 You jump in front of my car when you,you know all the time thatNinety miles an hour, girl, is the speed I driveYou tell me it's alright, you don't mind a little painYou say you just want me to take you for a ride. SCRUBBERS!!!! Im making time. GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN!!!! HMC, Magnificent Rustbucket and Tayne 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 That is absolutely horrible. Well done! Cosmetics aside, if it's mechanically and electrically OK, you're probably not going to go too far wrong. A couple of tins of Rustoleum in a moderately appropriate shade and you're set for many profits. Suddenly the shambolic XJ40 looks so much better, Nyphur will be pleased. HMC, Magnificent Rustbucket and CGSB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 I am starting to get this "Do Not Paint" malarky but that red door mirror really fecks with my OCD! Hes right. It needs a green one on the other side to ballance it out. Skizzer, Magnificent Rustbucket and HMC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 Crossing the Tamar on the Brunel rail bridge.....En route to collect my very own piece of rusting british ironmongery. Skizzer, Jim Bell and Magnificent Rustbucket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 Money shot-Bonus feature- Withnail and I makeshift drink holder where a brick of and old car phone used to sit....Short blast down the A30 later and home! Magnificent Rustbucket, RobT, Lacquer Peel and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Harlequin Edition. I've always been of the belief that you can't see what a car looks like when you're driving it. Therefore I'd focus all attention on feeding the leather (if applicable) and polishing the dash. Fuck the rest of it! Rusty_Rocket and CGSB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Hadn't heard about the comet over South Devon/Cornwall - bloody bright! Or is it one of those meteor things the Ruskies had last winter but one? Obviously a good omen, you "followed the star". Magnificent Rustbucket and HMC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 It's a lot older now than the Withnail & I one was when the film was set, and in much better condition, so it's doing pretty well. It's not far off the age of the withnail jag when the film was made! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Superb. Can you see the mismatched wings from the driving seat? - You can see the flute down the top of the wings on an XJ40 from inside the car - the X300's wings are rounder and I can't remember whether you can see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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