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Some of you know that we've been negotiating to sell the lovely white '75 Jaguar coupe. Today, the deed was done. We sold her to man in Massachusetts who knows and loves Jaguars, and seems very excited to own this car and ready to give her the loving attention she deserves. (If he doesn't...

Yes, yes, I know we have discussed this topic a gazillion times. But I'd like to have one place where we post our resources for high-quality MFs, and I'm not finding that such a list exists elsewhere here on Autopia. If this thread stays focused and informative, I'll make it a "sticky" in the...

I need to find a detailer within striking-distance of Salem, Mass. (Boston area),who feels competent to detail a '75 Jaguar. Paintwork needs minimal attention, but if you can do major-league work on the moderately-detailed engine, that would be a plus. If you feel like you fit that bill, you can...

My old EZ-Up canopy died today. :( (Two of the cross-braces broke, and none of my attempted repairs worked ... despite our best McGiver efforts.) So I must buy a new one VERY soon, since I lack a garage, and I'm soliciting your recommendations. I plan to buy another EZ-Up. Tonight I've...

It's taken me a while to post these photos. The last weekend of May, for the first time, we took both of the 1975 Jaguar XJ6 coupes to a show, held on High Street (the main downtown street) of our little town. This was the first time we had shown the "twin Jags" side-by-side. It was a...

I've been looking around, trying to decide what will be the next addition to the stable, as a daily driver, and I'm intrigued by the looks of the BMW 323 coupe. (Mind you, I have to buy a used car; I can't afford these new-car prices. :( ) I want something that's fairly sporty-looking, but...

In our work on turning this '70 Karmann Ghia into a JagGhia [BTW, for those who haven't seen the pix of this vampiric transformation, you can see them here ] we're picking up lots of parts from junkyards ... errrr ... I mean auto salvage yards. Most need some serious rehab/polishing. I have...

In the last few days, I got a flyer from a company that does "on-site" oil changes. That is, they come to your home or office to do your oil/filter change. This has some appeal to me, 'cause I just HATE taking time off work to take my car in for an oil change. It got me to wondering ...

I had an awesome experience with Meguiar’s PlastX today. Pulled the taillight lenses off the ’70 Karmann Ghia, figuring I could polish them up a bit. (I'd guess nobody has paid attention to the taillight lenses in the past 34 years. :( ) Here’s what happened after...

We've embarked on a thoroughly silly project to turn a 1970 Karmann Ghia into a half-Ghia/half-Jag beast, using a Ghia we bought for a song on ebay, and using parts from a series III Jaguar XJ6. Pix of the transformation -- from the "sale pix" in June, thru my efforts to resuscitate the paint...

Thanks to BradB for tipping me off to FotoTime, I've finally posted a whole bunch of pix of my Jaguar at various 2002-03 Concours and -- best of all -- lots of different Jaguars at the St. Louis Jag Concours held in September. They're available here if you want to check them out. The St. Louis...

Now that Jag concours season is over, I'm finally taking time to work on the sadly-neglected '93 Benz. I know the engine hasn't been cleaned in 4 years, and I strongly suspect it's been much, much longer than that. :( So I tackled the engine this weekend. This was the condition when I...

Had a great chance to try out some products yesterday at the Autopians GTG, and I've made a couple of brief remarks, but wanted to do a more organized report. The plastic headlight covers on my Benz are a sort of "ribbed" plastic. They were horribly yellowed (I think Forrest said...

I've been remiss about posting this little item, so apologies for the late notice. The St. Louis Jag club is having its annual concours this Sat., Sept. 20. Cars will be arriving around 8 am for cleanup, judging and display starts at noon and goes til about 4pm. It's at the Mo. Historical...

Today on one of my conservation listservs, I got this nifty announcement from NLM's National Institute on Health: Date: 3 Sep 2003 From: Dan Riss <dan_riss@nps.gov> Subject: Household products database The National Library of Medicine has a new web site...

I've spent all weekend trying to polish the supposedly-red '70 Ghia. This was an Ebay acquisition. Paint condition: like tomato soup cooked with milk -- more orange than red. My partner-in-crime figured it was a candidate for a repaint. Now, after reading for months on Autopia, and now (thanks...

I had picked up a good tip here -- to use brake cleaner for engine-cleaning. On much of the engine I use the EFHI or Gunk's engine cleaner. But on hard-to-reach places, I like the brake cleaner because it does a good cleaning job and evaporates quickly -- so it's great for hard-to-reach spots...

Some of you know that I've had the '75 red Jag in the paint shop for the past couple of weeks. She's now fire-engine red. I love the color ... BUT!!! the paint job sucketh. :( I went for a cheap paint job, in hopes of selling this Jag in the next few months. And cheap is what I got. (The...

If you've noticed my sig line, you may notice that I seem to be stuck in the '70s when it comes to car purchases. Here's the latest. We've found a '69 VW Karmann Ghia with only about 90,000 miles that's been "in mothballs" (actually, it's been sitting in a rural barn) for the past 20 years...

We're settled on September 13 at Brad's Sanctuary. What time do you want to begin? Please only vote if you're planning to attend the event.