Sometimes when opportunity knocks, you end up hauling home a non-running V12 Jaguar. That happened to us in late Fall. What started out as an excursion to help a local Jag owner determine what was wrong with his XJS turned into realization he was looking to sell it. We made a deal, and purchased it non-running.

Today we'll do a quick walkaround and intro the project. But already to upload, we have 2 more parts to this series - can we make this car run? Subscribe and you'll see soon!

Parts links: Note that these are Amazon affiliates links, so we may get a commission. As always I only share links to things I have personally bought, or would buy as an alternative item. I am not sponsored by or affiliated with any of these products.

ACDelco D1906 HEI Ignition Module:
https://amzn.to/42slZ7q

Continental / VDO Head Unit:
VDO Continental TR7412UB-OR European Style 12v Radio Orange Display Bluetooth
https://amzn.to/48XFcRb


They also make two other versions:

A Blue lit unit:
TR712UB-BU 12v VDO Continental Radio Blue Display Bluetooth
https://amzn.to/42rCNvj

And this "Sliverline" unit - which I almost bought. I wanted a non-colored display, and figured this appears to have that, but it appears the overall body of the head unit has a lighter silver color tone too. If you go for this, would love to hear how it looks - I had trouble finding real life images of it.

Continental Silverline TR312UB-WH Radio Stereo Receiver with Bluetooth OEM Quality
https://amzn.to/42rfhyK