{"id":218,"date":"2013-08-18T19:53:31","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T02:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rustycars.net\/?p=218"},"modified":"2013-08-18T19:56:31","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T02:56:31","slug":"218","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rustycars.net\/?p=218","title":{"rendered":"…and it’s off to the golf club…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve had a few older XJS’s over the years – all coupes, and the newest was an ’86.. but last week, I became the proud owner of a ’94 XJS convertible. It’s a 6cyl and has a list of issues as long as my arm.. but hey, it makes a change from switching head gaskets on Land Rovers. I drove it 75 miles home and didn’t hit any real problems… which I count as a result, right?<\/p>\n

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So far, I’ve fixed:
\n-Convertible top goes up but not down (bad relay + contacts)
\n-No turn signals (bad flasher contacts)
\n-No left-side lights (bad contacts at headlamp)
\n-Terrible throttle response (throttle cable stretched almost 1″)<\/p>\n

…and need to fix:
\n-Both front seats are mostly destroyed
\n-Front footwell carpets are missing
\n-Right rear turn signal lens is cracked
\n-Driver’s door is dented
\n-Some genius removed the rear spoiler but didn’t fill the holes in
\n-Clearcoat on trunk is bizarrely faded
\n-Stereo is truly, truly awful
\n-Steering clunks like it has no bushings in it at all
\n-Car pulls to right under braking<\/p>\n

I count that as not too bad a list….. for now.<\/p>\n

The car apparently has quite the history – it came to me with a sticker for a well-known retirement home in the back window and a story that the previous-previous owner had to sell it because he had his license confiscated. At that explains the bizarre damage to the driver’s door…!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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