Chrome: let it shine!

Valma chrome cleaner, an old towel and some patience....

More (moral) support: Interior, wipes etc get done!

Great event: (moral) support was on it's way from the far north in The Netherlands:

And don't underestimate the (guardening) power of the dog. A great help!

With two we went on doing the sound insulation carpeting for the car, fantastic progress in just a weekend. (Headlining was done on Saturday).

A Jag is not build by one man...

It's true the Green Lady can actually handle more than one man!
A friend and colleague offered to make his hands dirty, it took me less than a sec to be convinced...

After 60mins the new restored air filter was build in, piece of cake!

No issue to reward with a cold one later on.

A fresh air blowing in, restoring the driver air van

I always wondered why the airblower on the driver side was so silent...
Well, the common answer to 90% of your Jag issues: it must have been water.... And so it was....

And with some love and passion (and a 1000watt drill with iron brush!!) it looks like this...

Testing was done, the worn engine blows lake a hurricane. 1,5 hours for re-assembly, and the blower can be re-installed:

Interior, getting the last parts in

Yes, finding the right parts to restore her is not easy. Just to give you as smell how my Saturday morning looked like:

8.00 Ready & fruity on the way
9.15 Carpet Right Oosterhout: I finally found it! The perfect (affordable) sound damping: Egalbase:

9.40 Jag Parts & Cars: great service, in one go I got the left door armrest, mid-console, and front door armrests. Ontop a good talk and some further advice on the Jag. A real recommendation.

12.30 Hornbach Breda. Great assortment. Got the spray glue (Bison) and tubes I need for the heater.
13.45 Arrival home. A great surprise, my wife ready with a fresh made lunch, what else is there to desire?