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Well anyone thats looked at my garage pics will have seen my sad looking black XJ

How she started out

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This is her now

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A few small jobs to do, clean and petseal the tank, one overall and final polish of the brightwork.

Then hopefully find her a new home,

What ye think?

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Bloody hell thats looking good :blink:

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A few small jobs to do, clean and petseal the tank, one overall and final polish of the brightwork.

Then hopefully find her a new home,

What ye think?

You've managed to do a cracking job on that restoration, mate, nice one, although I do also like the original 'nekkid' look it had too!!

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Her list is as follows

Replaced engine with younger lower mileage one 25k

Clocks read 48k but kept original engine for spares

Only swapped cause of mileage and a broken exhaust stud

NOS polished footrest hangers

NOS rear grabrail

Polished fork brace,sprocket cover, genny cover, oil pump cover, rocker cover

Pods installed

Replaced exhaust, recoated headers, (PJ1 great stuff)

Replaced all bodywork with original,

Repainted frame, hammerite, was before had sandblaster and compressor but not great but no rust

Braided lines front and back

New friction plates

Complete service

Much more like greasing parts etc, so it's good as it can be

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Bloody good job done there.

Where ya get the belly pan or did ya have it allready,,,,,,just wondering ! looks good :thumb:

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No had no belly pan, bought from a fella from ebay, got tank front mudguard and pan from him, not bad, the pan i had to fibreglass on the inside to fix a crack, but can't hardly see it,

So hard to come by can't be fussy

He sent the tank with a locked cap on so that was fun to get out,lol

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