Really scary close call!

I was just walking past a caryard when I spotted a 1980 Jaguar XJ6,
with a price tag of only $1900!

I only just barely escaped! With my wallet intact![1]


BTH
[1] Surely just standing next to one of those induces a bloke to start
tearing up $20 notes?

 

That's it! Don't just think of the money that you have saved, also
think of the time that you won't have to spend re-building it.
Rockit

 

Just one XJ6?

You should be able to get a brace of GPXs and a postie bike for that!

Moike

(although the XJ6 might just have more pull with the goth chicks)

 

In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 6 Dec 2004 14:06:30 +1100

Indeed, just ask JohnL!

Zebee

 

(BT Humble) wrote in

I don't see the problem? If someone offered me $1900 to take
an 1980 Jaguar XJ6 away, I'd do it. A hundred bucks worth of
petrol, dump the bastard in a side street in Bondi, you're
$1800 and half a day in front.

Works for me.

G

 

Just have to bite on that one. .cars or .bikes... I'm away anyway.
Back in the early '70's when I was a bit of a nob around Melb., (says I),
I owned an XK fixed head(?).. reg No. XK 150... it had a bit of race
stuff ex Bob Jane on it. I went even better and got reg No. XK 150,
when that was released... had it on a Renualt R4(?) front seat like deck
chairs. Decided to rebuild the Jag... had it well stripped down; was burning
oil.... then decided to get out of that hell hole and go bush, where I still
am.
Sold the Jag for $2500 to a Jack Griffiths was at the Caulfield Instit of
Tech.,
then sold the Renault for $500... ah well!!
Rockit
wouldn't have gone around bends as well as my bikes do.

 

I know where you can get a really good one for not much more....

JL

 

Not at all, a good XJ is very reliable. It's when you buy one that isn't
running that it can take a while, but that's not an XJ

JL
1963 Mk2 - 10 years into a 3 yr resto

 

Hi Rockit, can you contact me offlist please, friend of mine looks after
the XK register and you may well be able to fill the ownership gaps in
the history of someone's car

JL
(when they're old and relatively rare certain strange anorak types get
all documentation happy

 

Ain't that the truth!

My father has records of most Daimlers in the country. You should have seen his face when a bloke
that used to work in a Daimler dealership rocked up to the club with documentation on a shite-load
of pre-Jag Daimlers that were sold in this country (chassis and engine numbers, first owners,
original colours, etc)

 

he most be so disappointed that you chose to ride those "Japanese" bikes

mh

 

I assume he's only interested in Pre Jag ones ? If not I can send down
the chassis numbers and etc for him

JL
86 DD6 vdp

 

You're a bit serious about this JL. Nailed to my shed wall is the body ID
plate of Mercedes chassis number 002.

The second chassis made by Mercedes in Australia. A 220S.

Theo

 

Funny bugger ! Was only offering to lend him some electrons I'm
afraid (although for a small sum he can indeed have the metal plate
bearing the chassis number and I'll throw the rest of the car in free.

Kewl.

JL

 

Eh; Mercedes in Australia?!!?
More info please.

Clem

 

Hutch with the XK150?

Al

 

yeh it called the Kingswood Premier

 

Pfft; No such car!
Kingswood was just one spec' level for 70's Holdens (as were Premier &
Belmont) but somehow "Kingswood" has become synonymous with "Holden" for
that era.
Clem

 

ah my bad

how about the brougham

almost a mercedes and sounds euro like

 

Nah....it was the Nissan Cedric