THIS IS the story of life with a classic car. I drive a 1972 Jaguar XJ6 and write about it here. I'm Martyn Moore, former editor of Classic Cars magazine. This is a two-year story about the roller coaster ride of classic car ownership. The most recent entries come from a classic car rally in 2005, the last journey I made in the car before putting it into storage. Use links on the right for earlier entries.
Saturday, May 14, 2005
Nits picking
I'm not bringing the Jaguar to any more shows. The state of the paint attracts too many critical looks. People paw the wings and shake their heads in dismay. One bloke even suggested I take the car back to the restorers and ask for my money back. Well for the car was restored between 1997 and 1998. Seven years ago! It's done about 30,000 miles since then and they rusted a lot faster when they were new.