Not a V12 is it?
My apocalypse car
It's big, it's ugly, it gets 14mpg, but it's a damn sight more solid than 90% of the stuff on the road.
I'd take on any lexus, mercedes, honda, whatever without a second thought if it gets ugly out there.
I present to you, the battlejag
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I'd take on any lexus, mercedes, honda, whatever without a second thought if it gets ugly out there.
I present to you, the battlejag
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Did u take apart the interior paneling and install armor?
Hey, I'll try to take these in order...
It's a straight six, 4.2l
1986 (not late 70's)
No armor. The headliner tried to fall off the other day and I used about a whole can of that spray adhesive to put it back up.
No, it does not scream "I've got money"
It whispers "look, I got a free car and I'm too cheap to do anything but drive it and whine about gas mileage"
The engine has been very good so far, it has a few electrical bugs (Lucas, prince of darkness) and the trans is a GM T400. Pretty solid unit. I'd lose a match to a real truck, but oddly, you don't see too many of those where I live. Everything's made of plastic. I win.
And as for battlejag? Drive around in the San Francisco bay area for a while. Every commute is a battle. I make toyota's quiver with fear. Very easy to drive in heavy, fast, and aggressive traffic in this tank, you give a courtesy signal and do your thing.
Everybody thinks California drivers are crazy, it's just survival skills we've picked up rubbing fenders at 90mph
It's a straight six, 4.2l
1986 (not late 70's
)No armor. The headliner tried to fall off the other day and I used about a whole can of that spray adhesive to put it back up.
No, it does not scream "I've got money"
It whispers "look, I got a free car and I'm too cheap to do anything but drive it and whine about gas mileage
"The engine has been very good so far, it has a few electrical bugs (Lucas, prince of darkness) and the trans is a GM T400. Pretty solid unit. I'd lose a match to a real truck, but oddly, you don't see too many of those where I live. Everything's made of plastic. I win.
And as for battlejag? Drive around in the San Francisco bay area for a while. Every commute is a battle. I make toyota's quiver with fear. Very easy to drive in heavy, fast, and aggressive traffic in this tank, you give a courtesy signal and do your thing.
Everybody thinks California drivers are crazy, it's just survival skills we've picked up rubbing fenders at 90mph
Maybe people are just more afraid of hitting it because of the insurance cost
Oh yeah, parts are easy to find for those, especially the v12's
Ok. 1986 is when the next generation XJ came out.Hey, I'll try to take these in order...
It's a straight six, 4.2l
1986 (not late 70's
No armor. The headliner tried to fall off the other day and I used about a whole can of that spray adhesive to put it back up.
No, it does not scream "I've got money"
It whispers "look, I got a free car and I'm too cheap to do anything but drive it and whine about gas mileage
The engine has been very good so far, it has a few electrical bugs (Lucas, prince of darkness) and the trans is a GM T400. Pretty solid unit. I'd lose a match to a real truck, but oddly, you don't see too many of those where I live. Everything's made of plastic. I win.
And as for battlejag? Drive around in the San Francisco bay area for a while. Every commute is a battle. I make toyota's quiver with fear. Very easy to drive in heavy, fast, and aggressive traffic in this tank, you give a courtesy signal and do your thing.
Everybody thinks California drivers are crazy, it's just survival skills we've picked up rubbing fenders at 90mph
That is a late '70s design.
Looks more late '70s with those wheels, never seen here on '80s Jags, they were originally introduced on the XJS in 1975 and were gone from them by 1981.
'80s XJs usually have pepperpot wheels.
So.....it does look like a late '70s even if it is '86.
I hear that a Chevy 350 will drop right in there.It's big, it's ugly, it gets 14mpg, but it's a damn sight more solid than 90% of the stuff on the road.
I'd take on any lexus, mercedes, honda, whatever without a second thought if it gets ugly out there.
I present to you, the battlejag
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