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  Nov. 30, 2010 4:53 p.m. friedgreencorrado SuperDork

  Hi guys! Just looking for recommended suppliers. Yes, it's only an XJ40, but I'd really like to do business with a company that loves the marque, and knows it well.

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  Nov. 30, 2010 5:18 p.m. Karl La Follette HalfDork

  I think I have a front grill and a starter xk140

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  Nov. 30, 2010 10:00 p.m. dougie Reader

  I've had great experience with XK Unlimted http://www.xks.com/.

  Dougie

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  Dec. 1, 2010 12:17 a.m. DneprDave Reader

  +1 for XKs Unlimited.

  Dave

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  Dec. 1, 2010 3:57 p.m. Basil Exposition Reader

  In reply to DneprDave:

  I've been using SNG Barratt USA for all my stuff. Prices are typically better than XKS Unlimited. Plus, they are on the east coast so I get my stuff within two or three days of ordering, even UPS Ground. I've been very pleased with their products and service. This is for an E-Type, so I don't know what they have for your car.

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  Dec. 1, 2010 6:57 p.m. DneprDave Reader

  I have a '76 XJ12-C. I live on the west coast, so I get stuff from XKs Unlimited pretty quickly.

  I'll have to check out SNG Barratt USA.

  Thanks for the tip.

  Dave

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  Dec. 1, 2010 7:58 p.m. friedgreencorrado SuperDork

  Thanks, everyone. Like I said, it's only an XJ40 (although we're loving it!), but I figure if y'all with real Jags found somebody good, they're who I want to deal with. Car's running good at the moment (but has a little oil smoke on startup, it'd been sitting up awhile..), but the brake rotors are warped. I guess I'll do that first.

  How can it be a midlife crisis, when I've driven sportscars my entire life?

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  Dec. 2, 2010 8:13 a.m. Basil Exposition Reader

  friedgreencorrado wrote: Thanks, everyone. Like I said, it's only an XJ40 (although we're loving it!), but I figure if y'all with *real* Jags found somebody good, they're who I want to deal with. Car's running good at the moment (but has a little oil smoke on startup, it'd been sitting up awhile..), but the brake rotors are warped. I guess I'll do that first.

  Oh, that's a real Jaguar, all right. Even got a real Jaguar engine in it, rather than the later Ford V8's that were just so danged modern and reliable and stuff.

  I'm sure you'll enjoy the car until you are tired of working on it, like the XJS I used to own. I've now got an early E-Type, though, and it is comparatively simple to work on. Although, to paraphrase Peter Egan, it has more complexity in the throttle linkage than in my entire MG Midget!

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  Dec. 2, 2010 11:52 p.m. friedgreencorrado SuperDork

  Basil, thanks for the vote of confidence! It's a 94, and has the 4.0ltr in it. To me, it's a little slow off the mark (I haven't figured out how to use the "J-Gate to row the slushbox around..and honestly, I'm not sure I want to stress it that much.. ), but once up to speed on the highway, there's plenty of thrust to do whatever we'd like to do..

  It still boggles my mind that the ride is so smooth, but yet the car has such great balance in the curvy bits. A very different experience than my old BMW 4-doors, but no less rewarding.

  And of course, since SWMBO isn't quite the "hard-core" enthusiast I am, she is enjoying it much more than I do. Her previous ride was a 93 Oldsmobile Bravada (we're keeping it..when you need a truck, nothing else but a truck will do). She loves the XJ40 because it actually goes where she points it, and stops when she tells it to.

  

  How can it be a midlife crisis, when I've driven sportscars my entire life?

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  Dec. 3, 2010 8:18 a.m. Basil Exposition Reader

  In reply to friedgreencorrado:

  Nice. That's what the Jag sedans are all about. Grace, pace and space.

  I drove a later one with the CATS active suspension system in it once. Wow! The handling was amazing while no sacrifice in ride. I drove a newer BMW 5 series that same week and was disappointed. It had the 6 in it and seemed downright sluggish and certainly harsh compared to the Jag, while handling no better.

  You might check out jag-lovers.org. There is lots of info and forums there to help you keep it on the road.

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  Dec. 3, 2010 8:19 a.m. Basil Exposition Reader

  In reply to friedgreencorrado:

  Nice. That's what the Jag sedans are all about. Grace, pace and space.

  I drove a later one with the CATS active suspension system in it once. Wow! The handling was amazing while no sacrifice in ride. I drove a newer BMW 5 series that same week and was disappointed. It had the 6 in it and seemed downright sluggish and certainly harsh compared to the Jag, while handling no better.

  You might check out jag-lovers.org. There is lots of info and forums there to help you keep it on the road.

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