<![CDATA[Jalopnik: Xj6]]> http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: Xj6]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/xj6 http://jalopnik.com/tag/xj6 <![CDATA[eBay user selling Jaguar that burst into flames mid-auction]]> The seller of this 1975 Jaguar XJ6L — left sitting for five years — had apparently intended the car not be on fire when it hit eBay. Yet, just after the auction started, so did a conflagration somewhere in the forward compartment. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5832260&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The 24 Hours Of LeMons Texas Gator-O-Rama Über Gallery: The Europeans]]> As always, there was no shortage of BMW E30s at the last LeMons race, but we also saw representatives of British Leyland, German subsidiaries of the Detroit Big Three, and a whole squadron of Saabs. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5179645&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[1986 Jaguar XJ6]]> Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. The Jaguar XJ6 sold in fairly large numbers in North America during the 70s and 80s, but you don't see many of them on the street these days. Perhaps that's because brutish, ham-fisted Americans (and those Moosehead-swilling, tuque-wearing Canadians) can't be trusted with such precision British machinery… or maybe all those British car jokes really do draw from a well of all-too-painful reality. Either way, a few of these cars are still alive in Alameda; we've seen this total beater '78 and this semi-nice '84, and now we're going to look at this somewhat rough '86.
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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5049553&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[1984 Jaguar XJ6]]> Considering how many Jaguar XJ6s I see in the junkyard, they're not so common on the streets of Alameda. My guess is that dead Jags languish in back yards, garages, and driveways for year after year (it just needs a few "minor repairs," really!), until an enraged wife or landlord dispatches them to The Crusher. Whatever the reason, it's been quite a while since we last saw a Jaguar in this series, so I was pleased to spot this decent-looking '84, not far from yesterday's DOTS Porsche 912. Close examination of this car reveals a few warts, but try to imagine the post-Malaise cocaine-fueled optimism of Jaguar ownership in the mid-80s when you look at it. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=368320&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Junkyard Find: 1969 Jaguar XJ6]]> It had to happen, given how flaky power antennas always are: one of the BMW antennas on the Junkyard Boogaloo Boombox went on the fritz, so I had to do some junkyard shopping over the weekend. Happily, I found a suitably functional antenna on a Saab; that accomplished, I decided to see what interesting inventory could be found on the yard. Sure enough, here's a fairly solid-looking Chevy-powered 1969 Jaguar XJ6; it had been picked fairly clean, but it still had all the JTR swap components available. It's sad to see a car like this finally reach the end of the line, after nearly 40 years of defying Joe Lucas and staying on the street. Hmm... is that a late-80s 735i next to it? More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=331741&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[When Is Too Much Enough?]]> Today's question is courtesy of the fine Mr. B. Borman. Poor guy's in Project Car Hell!! However, we think you'll agree that his demonic trouble just might be worth the flames. Have a read:
My adored '77 XJ6 is back in the shop for some repairs I have neither the time nor the space to complete on my own. The carbs have recently been rebuilt. The front left double wishbone suspension replaced. New front tires. A new oil pump. All of the vacuum leaks tracked down and cured. But now that the engine is running right, it's spitting oil everywhere. And the oil is eating through all the gaskets, causing the transmission to leak. And I still need to replaced the right front suspension and the mufflers.
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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=297348&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[1978 Jaguar XJ-6]]> Normally, a 70s Jaguar XJ-6 doesn't really grab my attention, but you don't often see a total hideous beater Jag parked on the street. The reason for this is pretty obvious- most Malaise Era Jags didn't last long enough to become beaters. More »
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