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1998 Jaguar Vanden Plas Base Sedan 4-door 4.0l on 2040-cars

Year:1998 Mileage:98799
Location:

Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States

Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States
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I purchased the vehicle a couple of years ago with a blown engine & slight accident damage to the left front. The previous owner had the transmission rebuilt & not too long after the nicasil cylinder lining on the engine block gave out. Because of that the engine had no compression & would not run. I bought the car because I always liked the long wheel base Vanden Plas but unfortunately I can't afford to keep it. I had an extra 2002 XJ8 engine with bad valves, so I rebuilt the short block from the 02 engine & had the cylinder heads rebuilt from the original engine. i also installed all new timing chains & guides with upgraded metal tensioners. The engine also has the 2002 high volume oil pump which actually squirts oil on the timing chain.

As far as the body damage, which was only very minor, I bought a used left front fender & front bumper, the fender was already blue but the bumper needed to be painted. I should have painted the fender because after time passed the clear coat is starting to peel a little bit. The right rear quarter has a little bit of rust, which probably can be repaired fairly easy.

The interior is in very good shape. All of the seats are in nice condition, there is no tears in the leather. The rear headliner is sagging but is held up with some straight pins. I removed the factory radio & installed a Pioneer DVD, Navigation & iPod head unit. Normally you can't fit a double din radio into this dash, so I had to customize the opening to make it fit & look factory. In my opinion it looks excellent.

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