[JAGNUTS] Up date as the new owner XJ12 VDP Trials and tribs

[ed]

Ken:

You should be able to fix most of those shortcomings for a few hundred 
dollars

Aftermarket brake rotors are not expensive. You may have to buy them from 
the US to get the best prices.

http://www.autopartsway.ca/autoparts2/index.cfm?fetch=detail~ID=1989~Jaguar~XJ12%20Vanden%20Plas~241660~241660~22

http://www.drivewire.com/products/jaguar-xj12/brake-rotors/17499/

Nor are ball joints expensive.

http://www.autopartsway.ca/autoparts2/index.cfm?fetch=detail~ID=1989~Jaguar~XJ12%20Vanden%20Plas~241495~241495~46

http://www.drivewire.com/products/jaguar-vanden-plas/tie-rod-end/556/

Ed Bratt


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Exner" <kexner at sasktel.net>
To: "JAGNUTS Regina" <jagnuts at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 7:02 AM
Subject: [JAGNUTS] Up date as the new owner XJ12 VDP Trials and tribs


> Here is the update as the new owner of the XJ12 VDP, the Provincial Safety
> Inspection did not go to well as the car did not pass...having said that
> there are no real major issues with the car! It is quite structurally 
> sound
> and has no serious mechanical/drivability concerns. Most of the 
> deficiencies
> are maintenance issues such as tyers (which I knew about already), leaky
> seals (no surprise there either, just show me a Jag over 5 years old that
> isn't oozing some kind of goop) and worn steering components (ball joints,
> tie rod ends) and last on the list, the brake rotors and pads did not meet
> the safety specs for thickness. Overall should I have to put a couple of
> thousand into the car for these issues I still think I will have come out 
> on
> top with this one.
> Did you know that in 1989 a Series 3 VDP sold for $67,900.00......I am gob
> smacked!
>
> Anyway, that is the latest.
>
> Enjoy your run to S'toon! Cheers
>
> Ken Exner
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jagnuts-bounces at autox.team.net
> [mailto:jagnuts-bounces at autox.team.net]On Behalf Of ENGL
> Sent: July 13, 2009 8:45 AM
> To: 'JAGNUTS Regina'
> Subject: Re: [JAGNUTS] The new Owner
>
> I was wondering how long you could be without the trials and tribulations 
> of
> British car ownership.  Well done Ken!
>
> Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jagnuts-bounces at autox.team.net 
> [mailto:jagnuts-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Ken Exner
> Sent: July 12, 2009 10:49 PM
> To: JAGNUTS Regina
> Subject: [JAGNUTS] The new Owner
>
> Ok .. Just in case some of you were wondering ...I bought the XJ12 VDP 
> today
> will get it sometime tomorrow.
> Thanks for your help and the moral support in the investigation. (of the
> car). Any one know a good place to get it safety inspected ..you know the
> ones that have broken their magnifying glass.
>
> Ken E
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