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Our 1996 Jaguar XJR Supercharge is almost ready to leave our workshops so as always we call the experts in to give it it’s final detail. As the car has undergone a full respray the engine is already complete but…
Our beautiful 1996 Jaguar XJR Supercharged restoration is now complete and ready to be go home. Having owned the car from new this as been a very unique and very special restoration.
A big thank you to the guys at GP Products in West Sussex for producing a brand new set of Jaguar XJR door handle gaskets for us. Amazingly, these gaskets are almost impossible to find as spares (like a lot of spares…
After a full interior detail and a deep clean of the carpets. the newly refurbished interior has now been refitted.
Our wheels have returned fully refurbished thanks to the guys at Wheelworx in Bury St Edmunds. Now fitted on brand new Continental 225 45 17R tyres supplied by Ken and the team at Fast-Fit next door. We are now on the final stages of…
Tommy has successfully completed the welding repair of our 1996 Jaguar XJR seat. Once finished, he coated the brackets in gloss black ready for Pete to refit.
A huge thank you to the guys down at Demand Engineering as we now have a brand new, custom made stainless exhaust system fitted to our 1996 Jaguar XJR Supercharged. The mufflers and tailpipes are yet to be fitted as the…
The ceiling cloth has been removed so that we can make up a brand new one. It is a common issue for the Jaguar XJR ceiling cloth to drop as a result of the adhesive that was originally used not…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our 1996 Jaguar XJR has returned from the paint shop and is now ready for the clean and refit. The loose external components can be fitted back up but before the newly refurbishment seats can go back in the new…
Our Jaguar XJR body preparation is now complete and the car has been primed, ready for paint. Tomorrow morning we’ll apply the first coat of gloss black.
The body rectifications have now been completed on our 1996 Jaguar XJR Supercharged. The car is now off to the paint shop to prepared for paint.
We have now completed the final sill repair work on our 1996 Jaguar XJR Supercharged. We’ve cut out, repaired and replaced the inner and outer sills on both sides of the car and now we are only days away from…
Just as we thought we had addressed the rotten areas ready for paint we uncovering more behind the inner sills. Not a huge task but one that was unexpected so Tommy is busy working on correcting the areas.
The new wheel arches are now fitted up and ready for shaping. Tommy is now removing the inner sills and fabricating new as a direct replacement. As you can see, the sills have suffered hugely over the years and the…
Tommy has made real progress over the last few days removing the existing wheel arches, repairing the internals and replacing with new. From leaving the factory, the Jaguar XJR inner arch was sealed using a second layer to help position…
Rather than replacing original parts unnecessarily we have spent some time cleaning up the original heat shield and refitted. It now looks as good as new.
The rear axle is now fully rebuilt and Pete and John have secured it safely into position, back on top the car ready for her to be put back onto her wheels.
We are now on the final stages of building up the axle of our 1996 Jaguar XJR Supercharged. It has taken us a little longer than expected due to parts coming in from Jaguar but now we have them Pete…
We’ve removed the front and rear seats in preparation for the colour feed treatment. The seats will be cleaned up and carefully fed with new colour before being imprinted with the leather pattern. This process is a fantastic way to…
With the underside almost complete Pete has sealed up the arches before building back up the suspension components.
Here we have a collection of key components that require a preparation and a re spray to freshen up the look.
With the underside now fully stripped and certain areas cleaned back to metal it’s time for Pete to mask up the areas in preparation for the underside treatment. The treatment will will be applied once the cleaning is fully complete…
Pete has started to strip back to bare metal the areas underneath to fully clean up, repair, treat and repaint the underside ready for the new suspension components to be fitted up.
The strip down process has now begun on our 1996 Jaguar XJR Supercharged. The rear axle, front suspension, shocks, springs have all been removed and stripped down to reveal the corroded fuel pipes running through the underside. With the rear…
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Today we’ve collected one of our next projects, a 1996 Jaguar XJR Supercharged. Owned by the family since new, it has been stored in a barn for a number of years not being used. It is now time to get…