27,000 Miles, Serviced, Drive It Anywhere on 2040-cars
Kingston, Pennsylvania, United States
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This is a very nice 1988 XJ-S.
The car has somewhat over 27,000 miles.
I recently went through the car and serviced everything that needed it:
New Water Pump
New Belts
Oil Flush and Change
Brake Fluid
Transmission Fluid Flushed and changed.
Ignition upgraded from dual-coil to single coil
changed the fuel filter
and addressed some annoying issues with sending units to dashboard cluster.
The car has minimal surface rust in a few small areas, but generally rust free, absolutely no penetration or lower side rust whatsoever, due to the miles I'm sure.
Car also needs a headliner, but they're available as replicas right here on eBay, or can be done by any competent upholsterer for even less.
The wood veneer is bad in spots but not all spots, restoration kits are also available here on eBay for less than $150.00.
This is a nice car that is driven by me frequently.
It's inspected in PA till 3/14 but only has about a thousand miles since the state inspection so it'll pass the next one easy enough.
This is a super-nice car that I've worked on a bit to put into great shape. Could be driven daily relatively drama-free, runs very cool, lots of sweet V-12 goodness: 65 MPH is around 2,000 RPM and if you give it a stomp, it pins you to your seat. Not a sports-car as much as an English version of an Eldorado. I have other Jags that I'm currently driving and using and don't want to use this one through the NE winter season. If you've always loved these cars or have already had them, this is the one you want.
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Now, in 2013, Jaguar is planning a new 3 Series challenger based on the platform previewed by the C-X17 Concept, while Ford is attempting to take the latest Mondeo upmarket. The moves have both brands recognizing where, why, and how the X-Type failed. "It didn't look mature or powerful or anything. It was just a car," Jaguar's current head of advanced design, Julian Thomson, told PistonHeads. Basing the X-Type on a front-drive car while giving it styling that was meant for a rear-driver lead to proportions that "were plainly wrong," Thomson told PH. Ford's European head of quality, Gunnar Herrmann, added that the X-Type was "a fake Jaguar, because every piece I touch is Ford."
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