From: southern@sunny.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Lawrence Buja)
Subject: Re: Jaguar Parts Suppliers in UK? 2nd. attempt!
Reply-To: southern@ncar.ucar.edu
Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:56:10 GMT

Ed Kuspiel asks....

>I am looking for manufactures of Jaguar sedan parts in the UK and the
>USA.  I am purchasing a 1961 Jaguar Mark IX and would like to establish
>contacts for sources for parts for this car.  This car is need of a
>complete restoration.

 The English magazine Jaguar Quarterly is a very nice, high gloss rag
 with hundreds of ads for Jaguar spares.  At $40/year, it's a bit
 pricey, but it's one of those cases where you get what you pay for.
 See also Thoroughbred and Classic Cars.  A good domestic rag is
 Hemmings Motor News.

 If you can FTP, check out the british-cars parts places list available
 via anonymous FTP from hoosier.cs.utah.edu:/pub/sol/british_parts.ascii
 Most of it will not address Jaguars specifically, but there should be
 some applicable references.  Lots of fun british-cars stuff is archived
 there, tech articles (*.tek), GIFs of various british-cars (including
 my Daimler!) and other good stuff.

>If there are any other Jaguar sedan owners out there, I would like to
>hear from you!  I will be needing all the advice I can get.
>I have completed the restoration of a '58 MGA coupe and have initiated
>restoration on my A-H 100/4.  I do all my own work including welding
>and painting.

 If you are not already a member, you should consider joining the
 british-cars e-mail list.  There's 10-15 Jaguar owners on the the
 british-cars list (and about 200 wanna-be's :-).  Not quite enough to
 start a separate e-mail list yet, but the time will come.  There
 usually isn't that much Jaguar content, but there's always lots of MG
 and A-H traffic.  I've included the welcome to british-cars file below.

 Also, this list was posted to british-cars last March... 

  Supplier                   Comments
  _________________________________________________________________
  Welsh Jaguar         Exc. inventory of parts, new and used
  Steubenville Ohio    Can offer helpful technical advice
  800 875 5247
  614 282 8649
       
  XKs Unlimited        Also good inventory and advice, but pricey.
  San Luis Obispo CA   Nice catalogue.
  805 544 7864         Has a restoration shop that did a nice job
                       sleeving brake cylinders in stainless.
       
  British Auto USA     Exc. inventory of interiors and body parts.
  Manchester NH        Limited inventory of mechanical parts but I
  800 452 4787         always check them out because they're cheaper!
                       (I avoid Barrets for Jag interiors)
       
  British Vintages Inc  Have their catalog but so far never used them.
  San Luis Obispo CA
  800 350 JAGS
  805 541 5986
       
  British Wire Wheels   THE place to go for correct reconditioning
  Santa Cruz CA         of your JagWires.
  408 479 4495          Also to buy THE correct tires.
       
  Jaguar Cars Inc       For a fee will authenticate your VIDNs
  Public Relations
  Mahwah NJ
  201 818 9770
     
>Sorry about the previous incomplete posting.  I am a novice at using
>the VI editor on this SUN station.

 Do yourself a favor and take the time to learn emacs.

/\      Lawrence Buja           1966 Daimler 2.5L V8
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