MOST WANTED: What would you like?
Not much has been happening here recently, I’ve been very busy as usual trying to make a bit of money (looking at my bank balance, it’s not working!).
However, I’m hoping to find a week or so sometime this summer to do some heavy lifting on the site. I have a small list of “fixes”–mostly code improvements. But what would you, as a site visitor or user, like to see? All ideas are welcome, but I can’t promise I’ll actually do any of them!
Leave your ideas below. Anything goes, this is meant as a brainstorming session–from minor changes to new additions or getting rid of dead weight.
I would think that a simple direct way to correct obvious errors on the data plate and in the written text would be handy. A new posting in the comments seems to be a clumsy way of dealing with obvious errors or omissions. If it is already there please point it out to me as I seem to have missed it, THANKS!!! I think your web site is really handy and informative.
Comment by Gordon S. Tompkins — April 14, 2008 @ 6:35 pm
Hi Roger, great website!
I’m not currently an eType owner, but have been following ebay sales recently for the past 12 months. I’ve been an MG owner for the past 20 years. I would love to see a “buyer’s guide” on this web site for people like myself. I’ve heard horror stories about people completely getting ripped off with an eType purchase – no matching numbers, rusted out, coupes butchered in convertibles, etc. It would be very helpfull if you posted information on what to look for when buying an etype. Obviously there will be generic items standard to most cars – rust (huge problem in most British cars), engine, compression, etc., but what about typical things to look for when buying an XKE?
Do many people buy $50k + etypes, sight-unseen on eBay? I find this very risky.
Best Regards,
Shaan
Toronto, Canada
Comment by Shaan — April 15, 2008 @ 8:05 pm
Roger
Searches baseed on engine and body numbers could be of use. Along with the a new tab to allow the entry of engines only that are not installed in a car.
Great site as I have said before, loved my calendars and we need t-shirts !!!
Cheers
John
Comment by Kiwi John — April 16, 2008 @ 8:27 pm
Another search idea. The ability to seach by the name or email address of the person who added a car or posted a comment.
I have added cars in the past and then wanted to find the entry but couldnt remember the chasssis number so had to do a search based on model etc to try
and locate the entry.
Comment by Kiwi John — April 22, 2008 @ 4:28 pm
Hi Roger,
1.) A search by owner for cars on the websites (like XK and E, for example) might be useful. Some of us have added owner photos, so it would be interesting to see what cars a given person owns.
2.) I’ve often wondered how cars are added with just the serial number and very little else. Adding an explanation of how the post came to be; example: found in magazine XXXX, or listed for sale on XXXX. website, or met owner at the 7-11, etc.
Jerry Oliver
Olympia WA
Comment by Jerry Oliver — May 8, 2008 @ 9:07 am
Hi I submitted my XJ-S serial # SAJNL5846KC15742. This a a correct #. It is a Canadian car. This # was taken from the #s on the windshield and the body plate. Sugestions?? Thanks, Joe
Comment by Joe Rowe — June 1, 2008 @ 12:37 pm
Whoa, Roger you are fast!! #875309 was just listed on E;bay and you already have the images in the database!! I am curious, shouldn’t this OTS have outside bonnet latches? You’ve got a great website! Very useful for research. – Larry
Comment by Larry Sakas — June 26, 2008 @ 9:57 pm
I recently looked at an XJS for sale at a local dealer. In asking about the car, I forgot to ask what year it was. I have no idea what changes/features distinguish
an ’89 from a ’90 (if there are any), so a guide showing the changes for each model year would be useful.
Comment by Raleigh Champion — August 4, 2008 @ 8:08 pm
I recently looked into buying an XJS. When I asked about the car I forgot one very important piece of info. What model year was it? A guide showing the changes/updates for each year
of production would be useful.
Comment by Raleigh Champion — August 4, 2008 @ 8:12 pm
Hi Roger,
Great site and very useful one.
We’re few french speaking users and most of us speak (or at least read) english, but if you want some help in translating this site I’d be glad to help.
E- 860343
120 – 681467
…
Regards,
Bernard
Comment by Bernard — August 13, 2008 @ 11:39 pm
Hello, Instead of waiting for few pennies from auctions on ebay, why not create a for fee auction OR classified section for jag parts (maybe one for cars too)? I think it would work and make money for the web site>
Comment by James Burr — August 16, 2008 @ 10:07 pm
Hi Roger.
Thanks to this site the Cabriolet Register has increased rapidly;
I have added a few photos however I some 60 unidentified photographs ( no Vin’s)
How can I go about posting these to see if anyone recognises theirs.
Any Ideas would be appreciated. I need to get the message across
My aim to have mire Cabriolets thanConvertibles.
Bleasie
Comment by Bleasie — September 23, 2008 @ 1:00 pm
Hey Roger..It would be cool to post a request to those folks who have had their cars re-sprayed, restored recently, to publish paint companies and color codes of the top-coats utilized to achieve what they percieve to be the factory correct shade of colors on their cars. Other readers may then mix up those codes with their painter/shop to see if it is correct or acceptable for a particular application…ie; :for “Jaguar Racing Green, we sprayed PPG color DBC 47xxx” and so on. It would probably open up quite a discourse on current color codes. Probably 75% of the codes in the “Resources” link are no longer current with worldwide paint manufacturers…Does that make sense?? It is late…It is imperative that the paint supplier, ie: PPG, Glasurit, Dupont, etc is stated, as well as the paint type (urethane, enamel, etc) and factory code is stated. Moss Motors tries to supply old paint codes in their catalogs for particular applications, but this info is useless as the codes are obsolete, and are not recognized by the companies due to re-formulation of mixes to comply with VOC laws, etc. The numbers change with reformulation. Cheers, Mark.PS: I will try to forward some updated photos of the ’67 OTS, as well as the ’74 OTS and ’65 FHC that have found their way into the Jones garage.
Comment by Mark Jones — October 14, 2008 @ 12:30 am