Archive for August 10th, 2006
Anyone have any experience with David Manners Ltd for Parts?
Does anyone have any personal experience with David Manners Ltd when it comes to ordering and receiving parts for a Mark 2 or XJ6 Coupe?
An example of a $125K Mark 2 and a New London Taxi
I found this photo will going through some pictures from last year’s Winter Park Concours. The Mark2 in the picture is from a gentleman in Sarasota who bought it from another car owner who had invested almost $125K into the car!! It’s a nice car – but 125k?? BTW, the cool car next to the Mark 2 is our 2003 London Taxi which we displayed in the Concours.
Enjoy.
Tail Light Hell
Nothing like a few hours trying to get a tail light installed on the car to reinforce one’s opinion of British car manufacturing. The problem is getting the tail light body seal, the tail lamp and the bolts to match up. See what I mean:
You can see from the bottom picture that the rubber grommet in the middle of the seal doesn’t exactly fit. I’m finding that the light fits the car perfectly – but when the rubber seal is placed behind it – it doesn’t fit exactly and causes the light not to sit flush on the entire seal. arghh!! Any ideas anyone? BTW, these are new replacement seals and I did find the originals that are no longer useable – and the same problem exists. So I am wondering if during the bodywork restoration is that the holes created in the rear wing are slightly off??