For the maintenance, repair and projects that I outline, I have used the following: Continue reading “Resources I use”
Resources I use
The Car’s History
I am the fourth owner and the second enthusiast owner of the car. The third owner kept a detailed log of service and parts, so the car has a detailed history from ’85 to present.
The car was originally silver and was repainted GM Arctic White by the second owner in ’83. Above is what the car looked like new.
Homecoming
At the time I was living in Milwaukee, so I took a flight to Omaha, was met by the seller and we went to see the car. It looked amazing. We finished the deal and I hit the road for the drive back to Milwaukee. Continue reading “Homecoming”
The Hunt
Sometime in ’97 I saw an interesting coupe in our town that I couldn’t recognize. After some investigation, I found out that the cream with black vinyl top car was an XJ6C. I researched the car and found out that there was a V12 version. That sounded really exotic….who wouldn’t want to own a V12 car. I had grown up around American muscle cars, but didn’t really feel like I fit in a black ’76 Trans Am any more. This V12 coupe seemed to have the DNA of any good muscle car……a large engine packed inside a shorten sedan body. Continue reading “The Hunt”