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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

https://youtu.be/fvWE0DTeifo

Only need to watch the first five minutes.

Interesting fuel related problems related to 45 year old XJ12C

[Andy B]

Have you watched the restoration video on this car? The amount of rot cut out of it was unbelievable from what looked like a reasonable car in the first place. He spent £20-odd thousand on the engine alone ..... IIRC the total build cost was knocking on the door of £70k! 
Stunning car in the end though .... apart from the extra pedal they fitted! 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Have you watched the restoration video on this car? The amount of rot cut out of it was unbelievable from what looked like a reasonable car in the first place. He spent £20-odd thousand on the engine alone ..... IIRC the total build cost was knocking on the door of £70k! 
Stunning car in the end though .... apart from the extra pedal they fitted! 

I love the style of the coupe version of the XJ6/12.

I imagine they were 'thrown together' in the seventies by people who would rather be doing something else.

[Sir Tigger KC]

I used to drive a Mercedes truck with twin tanks and the fuel return went to the smaller tank.

There were no gauges and there were manual valves outside, so you had to keep a close eye on the fuel level in the small tank or you'd leave a trail of diesel behind you. 

[Rangie]

Nice car, a mate of mine had  Mk10 Jaguar (1963 model) back in 1970 beautiful car metallic gold 4.2 litres cost him just under £500 he swapped it for an XJ6 and regretted it from day 1 it was nothing but problems, funny enough a lot was related to the fuel system.

[biggriffin]

I used to drive a Mercedes truck with twin tanks and the fuel return went to the smaller tank.

There were no gauges and there were manual valves outside, so you had to keep a close eye on the fuel level in the small tank or you'd leave a trail of diesel behind you. 

 How old was it,,, an old 1644

[Sir Tigger KC]

I used to drive a Mercedes truck with twin tanks and the fuel return went to the smaller tank.

There were no gauges and there were manual valves outside, so you had to keep a close eye on the fuel level in the small tank or you'd leave a trail of diesel behind you. 

 How old was it,,, an old 1644

Nope an even older 1617! 

[Doctor Gollum]

No wonder Africa moves at the pace of cold molasses... That would barely pull itself over a kerb... 

Mind you, I notice around Nairobi it is either older Mercs and Dafs or much newer Chinesey shit.

[Sir Tigger KC]

No wonder Africa moves at the pace of cold molasses... That would barely pull itself over a kerb... 

Mind you, I notice around Nairobi it is either older Mercs and Dafs or much newer Chinesey shit.

In the 1990's the roads were so shite you couldn't go much faster than 80kms anyway so the 1617's were fine.   

They were surprisingly capable off road as well, even the 2WD with no diff locks and only got stuck a few times which was more down to driver stupidity than anything else!  

Most of the HGV's on the road in East Africa back then were ex-UK Mercs, Scanias and MAN's and I knew an English fella living just outside of Nairobi who was importing all sorts of trucks, cars, tractors, plant & machinery you name it.  He once imported a few ex MOD Land Rover Defenders and almost caused a diplomatic incident when he and his mates roared into Nairobi like a scene from the film Wild Geese! Apparently the Kenyans literally thought a coup was happening and the bunch of white fellas in military LR's were mercenaries! 

[Doctor Gollum]

The world was a much simpler place then

[Sir Tigger KC]

The world was a much simpler place then

Ain't that the truth! 

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Africa is now importing Scarnia 3-4series
Daf 105,and FH3. Because Europe is running out of old analogue type trucks. In STH Africa they now have V5 Volvo and next gen Scarnia..