Jaguar XJ6 1978 | Major RUST Repair and Body Strengthening | Pt 10

Welcome to our 1978 Jaguar XJ6 Series 2 barn find. The Jag was stored in a garage not far from us, only a couple of miles away since 1999, 25 years ago, when it was taken off the road for maintenance by it’s previous owner.
In this episode we tackle the major rust repair to the rear suspension and jacking point area.
The challenge we have set ourselves in this Jaguar barn find series, is to revive the Jag and to get the car back on the road again.
So let’s crack on, We hope you enjoy the episode
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[@johndavey72]

Terrific work Mark . Your skills would eclipse many so called specialist's .Well done .

[@julianlord2697]

Like the two of you together. The fast forward section complete with multiple tea breaks was great.

[@johnhorton178]

Great to see you hope your both well sorry not to have seen you lately please give us a we're still here just to let us know there's not a serious problem hope to see you soon

[@davidcarter4913]

Great bit of fabrication & welding stronger than factory

[@richardautenzio8117]

New sills too and then lots of fisholine inside after completely finished and painted is a must. Been there done that 40 years ago.

[@gregsmachines8386]

Love watching these. Also love watching your dad watching you.

[@darrenellis7044]

Great to see you back

[@recreativesigns4571]

So glad to see you both on my screen working on one of your projects. The body work on the Jaguar will certainly keep you busy and provide us with some more content to watch as you get further stuck in. Keep up the good work.

[@user-jr2fm1sg6b]

Love the fact your Dad is with you instead of sat in front of a TV set watching crap! Well done with the car.

[@joeyhenry3946]

Great to see you two back and looking well.🍻👍

[@geoffh2560]

very nice job on that welding - looks strong as anything now!

[@blackbuttecruizr]

Well hello Gents!!!! Missed your content!

[@timnixon10]

Top job, methodical approach not a bodge job. Keeping classics alive

[@patwilkes4122]

Great video today, thorough job done. Thanks.

[@malcolmlane-ley2044]

Very bold, you guys never seem phased by unappealing repair jobs, well done.

[@jrushen4235]

I'm absolutely amazed at this. Brilliant job.

[@affordablevs]

Great to see the time and effort going into the structure of the old Jag. Alot.of times people just focus on the shiny bits and forget about whats underneath!! Good work.

[@johntovey3928]

Excellent work , I’m happy to see you guys back

[@ccshell]

Nice to see you back boys 👍🏼

[@jonjoyce3188]

Good to see you back 👍Nice job !

[@peterjones4785]

Impressive work. You've done that before lol. Great channel 👍

[@as3cs3]

good to see youz back. not even watched the video yet but was thinking just the other day 'hope these guys are ok 🤞'

[@martincunnington2154]

Brilliant to see you back

[@kennyyellop]

Long time no see.But realy good to see yas

[@robinharrison3907]

Fantastic Video 👍👍Many people would have give up on The JAAAG but Not You and Your Dad 👍👍Great Work 🥳🥳

[@stevestone4346]

Brilliant. Keep these videos coming. Don’t stay away too long.

[@andyjrichie6709]

Good to get rid of that horrible rust😊 good to see you both again, it's been a while 😊

[@michaelstaley2241]

Nice to see you gentlemen back I hope you’re okay.. wonderful content..

[@markwallis7199]

My XJS looked like that. A year and a half later all sorted and MoT. Good luck.

[@1997flakey]

Great to see you both back. Missed watching your channel. Good bit of fabrication. Much stronger for the suspension mount as well. Looking forward to be see some more. Take care and stay safe.

[@johnglendenning379]

Great job, looks fantastic. I think you forgot the bumper stop. Love watching you guys. I'm restoring a series 3

[@johnlad1481]

Great work. That was definitely a bodge job before hand glad you sorted it.

[@thomasshepard6030]

That was the same colour of my XJC 4.2 manual with overdrive

[@jimcameron4672]

Great to see how its done , awesome

[@noelwallace5257]

That’s not how it’s done

[@user-bj6tz1eo4n]

Hi , your doing a grand job .I Iike the common sense mods they need doing all the time ! I recon your in need of big blocks of wood or timber towers ive made my self , a 4x4 x7 ft fence post chopped into 8 lengths cost me a £10 some threaded rod to bolt it together . be far safer to work on motors than any thing else . there is only one chance to get it right eh ! be safe ... Kevin Fullard

[@davecooke914]

Great job great see you both bk keep up great work look forward to nx video 👍👍

[@molsky13]

Nice work glad to see you back😊

[@billyreeves4360]

good job looks like dad is doing ok great

[@jamesmoon8947]

Well done those good fellas, greetings from Spain.

[@as3cs3]

the small sort of triangular sill-end closing-panel used to be available from Martin Robey etc for around £15 iirc. Can't believe the previous guy just fibre-glassed it in 🤦‍♂

[@narrowbeamdaydream]

Very neat and striong job! Well done!

[@JonDingle]

That was an interesting repair task young man!

[@woodrimcars2324]

Nice to see that your continually saving this old XJ6. I can smell the grinding and welded metal here in France. Good Work indeed.

[@Handschuh.]

Gott schütze uns vor Sturm und Wind & Autos die aus England sind 😉

[@richardautenzio8117]

Usually when sills are rusty then the box frame inside is also very rusty

[@spencereagle1118]

Got to admire the ability and work ethic but I was puzzled by some of the decisions made. 28:45 why leave the rotten and holed end of the inner rocker poking out then weld the closing panels to it? Surely that section of inner rocker should have been replaced, not least for structural reasons. Even though you undersealed that projecting seam rot will start again there pretty quickly being the wettest spot on the car.

[@johnkinnane547]

G’day and greetings from Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺 you and your Dad are doing a great job of the Jag my late Father had a series 1 and it was mint. It’s great that your father is there as well I think I would be around his age, what was the phumatic saw that you used ? I could do with one like that great job with the welding it looked terrific anyway good to see you kind regards John

[@upbuild4397]

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[@lesliesmith9155]

Guts to save an old cat load S of luck to you had all that with a 66 rover 3000 😊

[@berwhaletheavenger]

A pity about the music crayoned over everything - good repair though.

[@as3cs3]

the repair-panels for this area didn't include the large domed boss (for the radius arm) or the heavy plate on the top that the jack-point plate screws in to. I had to transfer the parts from my rusted originals to the new panels. Measured 10 times before welding them on lol

[@bobfrankish8883]

Always good to see you two back at it again. I think some of your viewers and commenters may be missing a point on the Jag. You clearly state that it is your goal to get the car back on the road, not to do an in-depth restoration like you have done with the Mini. It is obvious that the Jag is pretty much far gone when it comes to rust and would just not be viable to restore properly, consequently you will be making repairs rather than restoring. You always do a good job though, so I'm sure it will end up a lot better than when you got it.

[@Retiring34]

Confucius he says you know when getting near end of job when less sweeping up of floor afterwards 😑

[@as3cs3]

nice repair but for all that was left of the sheet-steel between the two parts of the jack-point might have been better to cut it off, remove the screws, separate the 3 parts and transfer it on to your nice new bit of sheet-steel

[@more.power.]

So nice to see you both out and working on the Jaguar. Dad looks great but your weather looks like crap. I always love watch your work building and restoring cars. Thanks for sharing with us on your channel. Cheers

[@upbuild4397]

Thanks 👍

[@ianc7866]

How the hell did that pass an MOT?

[@jimfoster9980]

What happened to the mini you was doing didn't see the end of it

[@hhansen3551]

At 2:55 you will see outside of the garage. Nothing happened 😁

[@davidbrown8365]

That was a good video and a great repair! Any progress on the mini recently?

[@cskeise]

💙👊😎💙👊😎

[@upbuild4397]

👊

[@4418CARLOU]

Great work and content, SACK the music.

[@johnwalker283]

I"d double up that 12 x 2 in the middle of the roof.

[@paulmarriner5906]

There called radius arms

[@kevinpollard2642]

what thickness of sheet metal do you use for the body repair panels?

[@upbuild4397]

For this section I used 1.5mm, I use the 1.5mm for any of the floor sections or anything more structural but for body panels and repairs I use 0.8mm as usually there is more shaping to be done in these areas which can be done with the thinner material. Usually all car body panels are around 0.8mm. Regards Mark

[@highfidelity1st]

What a lashup, welding in rust not attending to the corrosion of the inner sill panel also the seat belt anchor point is weak. When I was panel panel beating in the 60s 70s and 80s all rusted panels were removed and I remade all to original spec to me this is bodgework. No doubt it will all be covered with a thick coating of under seal..

[@Nicholas-ok9no]

Okay

[@becko1969]

That's a perfect example of why classic vehicles should not be MOT exempt. Previous repairs are shocking, welding, (if you can call it that ) is to a very poor standard. I really hope your getting it mot'd correctly and not just signing the disclaimer to say it's fit for the road. Hats off to you, not easy welding on your back, bet the other side is exactly the same.

[@JonDingle]

Well said.

[@adeh503]

Absolutely spot on 👍

[@fishaussie9112]

🇬🇸Need subtitles - funny English

[@carlsnowball7610]

Ee Man that's rotten!!

[@godofawsome03]

Well a least you have Joe Biden there helping ya 😂

[@kennethtalbott2233]

glad that's not my car you're working on.... i think you have the skills but could have done a better job.