44 YEARS AND COUNTING
I fired her up today after 3 years sleeping under a car cover. A little 3 ampere battery charger overnight got the battery happy enough that it spun right off. It is a one-owner car. My wife's pride and joy. People have often run her down to comment on the car. It is probably the ONLY '71 XJ6 with a working air conditioner in the world ... which is to say not much of anything because the ventilation system is about as effective as you would expect from Brit machinery ... just roll down the windows ... if the GM knock off window regulators will work. Hard to say how many miles are on it. Upward of 200,000. It has a Series III engine with all external Series 1 stuff ... carburetors, etc. but a workable alternator and a Series III fan. I expect at 1,000 miles a year on a hard year it will see me forever. Brand new paint and bright work polish although it has been sitting under a cover for 3 years and needs shined up again. All it is missing is one backup light lens and I will have to fabricate one or find one scrap. It even has new windshield seals. Yeah, a lot of little things would need done to make it "show ready" but why bother. These things are not a highly desirable collectibles anyway ... more of a curiosity. Tires need air. I will take her for a test drive and get them filled up and the old gasoline thinned out with some new stuff. It can serve as my backup wheels.
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