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Captain Crappycrimp and I are now bravely venturing into the Motor Trade 
. We're establishing a startup Limited Company to restore sadly neglected older vehicles, bringing them back to life, and selling them on. Most of this grubby commercial activity will be in cheaper, Lesser, Cars, so of limited interest to this forum, and often even to us. (Astra, you say..? Mind you, Cap'n C may occasionally use this thread to regale you all of his occasional non-Jag horror stories, for our entertainment and his spleen-venting purposes.) Sometimes, we make good use of his deep specific type knowledge of slightly more interesting cars. For example, he has a Saab specialism, and is now finishing a now very tidy 9-3 convertible, ready for what's left of the Summer Season. 😎 That work has recently taken priority over completing the XKR 'Ajax'.
At the higher (and slower) end of this refurbishment business, we've now decided to concentrate on the X100. Because They're Worth It. Here at the Mustard and Crappycrimp Home for Ageing X100s, no healthy XK is ever Parted Out. They are lovingly restored (in between cussing and swearing) and test driven on the Yorkshire Moors, before being released to their carefully vetted Forever Homes - if we can ever bear to part with any of them.
Alongside Ajax and XKVert, we now have a third one on the books, collected yesterday, which then came on a fly-by over here to Chateau Moutarde. This is named Immobile, for two reasons. The engine is in bits and also lacks a battery, and it was from the Coventry area, remaining where it was built, 21 years ago. We bought this, because, while likely needing a replacement gearbox for XKVert, we noticed you can get an entire dead XK8 for just a few quid more. How strange. And with Cap'n C's magic hands, assisted by his buddies, left and right hand men Diagnostic Dan, and his Tame Mechanic, Carl, there's a reasonable chance this can be brought back to life. So, here's hoping. The interior looks good, apart from sagging roof liner, and the bodywork is OK too.
So, this thread will cover our continuing X100 trials and tribulations, all done for fun, possibly modest commercial gain, and always in the best possible taste.
Here, (camera-shy) Cap'n C with shades, car dealer trilby and mask surveys the straps securing Immobile. This thing is heavy, such that it had snapped the winch cable on loading. More expense.
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And to complete the thread introduction / merge...
Ajax
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XKVert
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. We're establishing a startup Limited Company to restore sadly neglected older vehicles, bringing them back to life, and selling them on. Most of this grubby commercial activity will be in cheaper, Lesser, Cars, so of limited interest to this forum, and often even to us. (Astra, you say..? Mind you, Cap'n C may occasionally use this thread to regale you all of his occasional non-Jag horror stories, for our entertainment and his spleen-venting purposes.) Sometimes, we make good use of his deep specific type knowledge of slightly more interesting cars. For example, he has a Saab specialism, and is now finishing a now very tidy 9-3 convertible, ready for what's left of the Summer Season. 😎 That work has recently taken priority over completing the XKR 'Ajax'. At the higher (and slower) end of this refurbishment business, we've now decided to concentrate on the X100. Because They're Worth It. Here at the Mustard and Crappycrimp Home for Ageing X100s, no healthy XK is ever Parted Out. They are lovingly restored (in between cussing and swearing) and test driven on the Yorkshire Moors, before being released to their carefully vetted Forever Homes - if we can ever bear to part with any of them.
Alongside Ajax and XKVert, we now have a third one on the books, collected yesterday, which then came on a fly-by over here to Chateau Moutarde. This is named Immobile, for two reasons. The engine is in bits and also lacks a battery, and it was from the Coventry area, remaining where it was built, 21 years ago. We bought this, because, while likely needing a replacement gearbox for XKVert, we noticed you can get an entire dead XK8 for just a few quid more. How strange. And with Cap'n C's magic hands, assisted by his buddies, left and right hand men Diagnostic Dan, and his Tame Mechanic, Carl, there's a reasonable chance this can be brought back to life. So, here's hoping. The interior looks good, apart from sagging roof liner, and the bodywork is OK too.
So, this thread will cover our continuing X100 trials and tribulations, all done for fun, possibly modest commercial gain, and always in the best possible taste.
Here, (camera-shy) Cap'n C with shades, car dealer trilby and mask surveys the straps securing Immobile. This thing is heavy, such that it had snapped the winch cable on loading. More expense.
And to complete the thread introduction / merge...
Ajax
XKVert
