Sad this that Jaguar ended up here. The damage is easily repairable. If it was mine, I would have fixed it for sure. Insurance companies always let you down, but nothing stops the owner from repairing the car. I did so with insurance write-off BMW and Alfa Romeo and both ended up great and still owned.

John is My best friends dad. haha I rode in the back seat of this more times than I can remember. Sad to see it in this state

Hi Mitch, I like your R.I.P. Jaaag vids. Sad but interesting.

Id love to have it for parts but mine is a 99 vanden plas so not much except for body panels. Good to see you mitch 👍. You are good man.

Pretty nice car to be in a pick-a-part! Bad transmission?

He's helping us all out today, Dan is

I'm John, the prior owner of this Jaguar XJR. I loved that car...my favorite! Very sad to see it in this condition. It was in near perfect condition when I finally sold it after nearly 15 years of owning it.

Every car has a story. From the story of it being built. To the memories the first owner had driving it off the lot. To the final owner before it ends up in a wrecking yard. Thank you for the video Mitch. You stay safe out there

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I used to make the panels for these cars in press shop jaguar halewood Liverpool very big bonnet wings roof ,

Hi Mitch, maybe worth getting the screen and the bonnet (hood) liner, maybe take the wood trim and wrap it, guessing you don't need the engine after you sorted yours. gas tank too. gas suspension? nice video.

Fix it up

Congratulations to your niece, her husband, & to you & your entire family . 👶🏻👏🏼🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Your home is absolutely gorgeous!! ❤️

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I hope and pray they find them 🙏. My dog 🐕 Rosie Mae went missing 4th of July due to fireworks she was just under a year old and I have been searching everywhere I don't think I will ever find her again.

We just went through this. I would highly, highly recommend lap of love. They are the best. 😢🐾

Thank you Mitch!!! Dan was a lovely man. RIP Dear Dan 🐼🐼🐼🐼🐼♥♥♥♥♥♥

Gone but never forgotten Dear Dan ❤️🙏🥰🐼🥰🙏❤️

Watching this on Oct. 8, 2024: I live in Ohio, I have a 1987 Alante (Hard top & rag top w/burgundy interior). Drives me but needs electrical work. Help I love this car.

Their septic dig guy left them years ago he was real good . Try central septic .

Had to put my baby down today, sorry you had to go through this Mitch. Hardest thing I’ve ever had to do, we also gave her a fantastic last day with all she could eat nuggets from McDonald’s and an ice cream cone from Dairy Queen. This was the last act of love we could do for our babies, we took their pain and made it our own. They’ll live on with us and good lord willing and the creek don’t rise they’ll meet us at the pearly gates

Why you want money per Paypal? To keep this channel going, you say, nice joke. You connected with Dan for the only reason people will subscribe to your channel and donate.

Did he answer you a lot? .. strange to see him again.

Wheres part 2 ???? What did u do wrong so i dont make the same mistake

A real loss, this man was amazing. I sure miss him.

What a great tribute ... Thank you Mitch

I watched Dr. Dan's cancer journey. He is the most positive person I ever knew and such a good man. He had a large following of people his "Panda Family" that love and miss him. One very special man. RIP Dr. Dan - you are loved!

I really miss Dr Dan. Thank you for this. 💔🙏🏻

I was there for the journey. Still makes me tear up. Thanks for putting that together. 🙏🏾🫶🏾

Poor guy had a creative block. It Happens to all of us.

I had a jeep Cherokee would do the same thing to me. I would drive it for a time and one day it would stall and leave stranded all day the next day it would start right up. And drive for months without issue. It was possessed I swear.

You was supposed to heat the pie up

I worked security the last night. My regular gig was Backstreet. They called me and asked if I would help out. Knowing it was the last night of course I jumped on the chance. I still remembering people leaving backstreet saying, "We're going coving." God the memories from the time I worked security for Backstreet, just one of the chapters in my life.

I totally agree, I’ve been doing it for years…. It defeats the purpose of buying old cars cheap if you can’t maintain them yourself!

You can definitely drive an old car as a daily driver, that is what people used to drive daily back then... Anything built after the interstate system was built, basically cars from the late 50's early 60's on can be daily driven. Cars built before the Interstate system are not meant to be driven at high speeds, a lot of them struggle to do over 65-70MPH. Now, if you can't do the repairs yourself, and maintain the car yourself, it is probably not worth it, mechanics will kill you as you found out...

I'm buying an old jag like that because I can do the work. You get charged premium because of the brand and then the work is sboddy.

WHO IS THIS GUY????

Bought a 2003 bmw on Bringatrailer 2 months ago. 50k on odo and basically flawless. So far so good....drives like a dream! Timmy C Arizona

Great Series on your Jaguar! I think I missed what happened to the second one you bought. You always say your don't know much about cars! What?! You Do! I have learned so much from you when it comes to repairs. Great video!

Hi Mitch, i'm Paul from England and i've got a 24 year old XJR which i've now owned for 14 years and I do pretty much all the repairs and maintenance on it myself. I have heard that American mechanics are not keen about working on European cars but I am astonished at the prices for repairs. I think it is probably much cheaper to keep these Jags on the road over here and much cheaper still if you do it yourself. Keep up the good work, they are beautiful cars and worth keeping.

From the wet and cold UK you can totally aily drive a XJ8. Had a 2000 X308 for 2 & 1/2 years 8k miles / year. Now running a X358 Super 8 2008. Just need good mainteanace and love.

Bought the same car (different color) a few months ago. I would have grabbed a few of those parts.

There she is! Miss Patina II. Thanks for posting Mitch! As for your question on your other post. I have a 1976 Firethorn Red TA aka the Norwood TA. Built in Norwood and has lived here all its life. I’ve had issues with mechanics like you and I’m trying to sort them out now. When I get it sorted I’ll let you know.

Might want to check timing and points on that 2nd gen. I have never had to pump and crack that long to start mine. Then again by the cobwebs it looks like she has run in some time, thanks for the video Mitch

Awesome love this video. ❤

Great video Mitch! I would love to see an update video on the TA.

I am sorry to worry you, but the headliner was changed by the previous owner (poorly), because it is cracked in some places

I agree 100% on your oppinium. Please keep your Jaaag as long as possible - looking forward for more of your vids to come!