Well my car has app't with the upholstery shop for a complete redo of the interior next week. Definitely won't be the box pleat due to unobtanium and if the buckskin leather comes out looking well I won't decry originality...!
Not really, Jaguar notably cheapened out their cars in the 1960s, certainly by the time of the 240, 340, 420 and 420G. In fact short of Rolls Royce and boutique manufacturers I can't think of any Brits who used full leather by the 1970s. I don't generally regard it as an issue anyway. I'm a bit of a heretic in that I don't actually like leather that much. I'd take nylon boxpleat in excellent condition as easily the most comfortable. Probably puts me in a minority of 1.
If it's of any help, YouTube does have a feature that will put up subtitles for you - it's on the settings menuwe need subtitles as well, my hearing aids dont have a translator built in...
If it's of any help, YouTube does have a feature that will put up subtitles for you - it's on the settings menu
I do love Craig's videos....Interesting about the car being a re-import.
Perhaps it was CKD spec, the fabric does look correct for a p6 just fitted differently and the headrests are cloth trimmed.
There are some utterly epic mis-translations with that feature - the more regional and stronger the accent is the funnier the sub titles become.thanks for the hint..
I tried that and some of the words were not translated correctly because of the accent, it was quite funny in parts due to the miss translation, still an amazing fellow and his enthusiasm is boundless..
Peter
nice looking car. note as normal the engine compartment ha been sprayed gloss black. seen this at NEC shows too. though my understanding was the cars were all originally sprayed 'satin black' and not gloss.
assume originality comes second as it looks better when shiny. though wonder if museum show cars would bother as we wont see cars with bonnets open anyway. still like many things .shiny and sparkly does look more attractive so would expect any car rebuilt to now have shiny too. sadly mines still on original paint and many other original bits too. like anti roll bar. springs .