in 1995/1996 or so--
I had a 1976 Jaguar XJ-S Coupe, Silver with Oxblood and black leather int. the V12 was toast and the former owners Son had done a "Conversion" to a 350SBC with a 4spd auto 200R4. It was smog legal -- barely.
I spent most of my ownership "Reconverting" portions of the car. Cooling, fuel system, intakes , etc.
---the leyland-Jag electrics and vintage hacked and badly welded "Conversion parts" were the bane of its existence.
It was my daily driver at the time and I was coming up on some serious downtime on the car and --well-- it had to go. -- but when things were going right, - a very cool car.
Had to do most of the work on the car myself, as no shop i took it to would touch it. --
Replaced it with a trouble free 1986 300ZX that drove nice ---but was like dating a 1980's geisha mannequin vs a 1976 Catherine Denuve.
Steve
