A full KWE K12-spec XJ12 from 1991 donor car. Finished in regency red with new engine, suspension and repaint.
LPG multipoint conversion. This car is highly specified by the owner (pictured) and includes built-in satnav in bespoke centre console, bluetooth, advanced audio, parking sensors, automatic driving mirror and much, much more.
Status: Complete
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- Usual wing rot
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- Doors & Wings off
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- LH Sill off
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- Nearside sill repairs
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- RH A post exposed
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- Left sill coming off
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- Not too bad at rear end…
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- Still needs new end cap though
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- Always nasty at this point
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- New sill in place
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- Detail at LH front end
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- LH Sill repairs
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- Nearly there!
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- New arch & sill
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- New wheel arch
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- Difficult job – done
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- RH front – done
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- Engine bay originally
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- Strip begins…
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- Multipoint LPG installation
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- Cylinder and toroidal LPG tanks
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- Engine Coming Out
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- Engine In Work
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- Engine in Stripdown
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- Adjustable Height Damper/Spring Assy
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- Rear Suspension ready to go in
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- Front Suspension ready to go in
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- Engine bay before…
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- Body In Primer
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- New Paint (Regency Red)
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- Getting Intimate!
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- 300bhp raring to go!
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- Note LPG distributors
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- Ready for 300bhp…
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- In she goes…
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- Just a couple of wires to connect…
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- First stage of cooling…
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- …plus radiators & air con
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- Engine fully installed & running. A lot of plumbing!
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- Rear quarter panel. Note rustproofing in progress
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- …and fitted
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- Rear boot & quarters finished. Note parking sensors and LPG filler in bumper
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- Last few jobs
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- Custom made mid console, designed to allow flip up SatNav screen to clear minor switches and trip computer
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- Rear screen heater switch is moved to window switch console and analogue clock added. Leaper moved up too! All in European Walnut veneer
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- Custom veneered steering wheel, magnolia piped burgundy leather interior
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- Finished at last!
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- Happy (and patient) owner!