My friend has a 74 XKE been in his garage for over 35 years and has never touched it, rusting to pieces I suspect.
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Yes they are rust buckets....
Yes they were rust buckets......
I remember in 1965 a wealthy man in Ludington MI I new bought one new roadster.... it was rarely driven and he died in 1977.
I was interested in the car so I asked his widow if I could see the car with the purpose of buying it.
I went out in his barn where it was stored with a cover over it.
I unlocked the door and tried to open the door... it was rusted shut and could not open it.
I did not buy it....
The red car I restored and had to buy all new Martin Roby panels from England in 1985.
The whole lower unibody structure had to be replace.... that was a mess.
They had Lucas wiring which were braided wiring with with push-in type copper connectors that were prone to shorting out...... especially when it got damp or wet.
The joke was the British like warm beer because Lucas make there refrigerator wiring too.
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The rear ends were really hard to work on.
The Thornton Power Lock rear ends were hard to rebuild...... I did one!
Being the entire bird cage had to be removed as a unit... and I had a hard time removing the axle shafts from the inboard dis brakes.
I found a dealer that had a "J-7 tool"
Braking the 200+ lbs of torq and they had a Locktite thread locker at factory.
I remember the Jag mechanic using a braker bar 6 ft long bar and he was dancing on the other end before it loosen up.
The whole rear pumpkin had needle bearings in all the pivots attaching the bird cage to the pumpkin..... and had duel coil-overs on its independent rear ends.
and of course the calibers were made of plain steel and they all rusted solid if you did not use the dot 4 brake fluid(Lucas Girling).
New calipers or re-machined to for stainless.........
too expensive to have it done at a dealership. Cant remember for sure but is was over $1000 to do a rear brake job.
The rear ends were all most indestructible.
I had the red one up to 130 and it was so smooth.
The Thornton Power Lock rear ends were hard to rebuild...... I did one!
Being the entire bird cage had to be removed as a unit... and I had a hard time removing the axle shafts from the inboard dis brakes.
I found a dealer that had a "J-7 tool"
Braking the 200+ lbs of torq and they had a Locktite thread locker at factory.
I remember the Jag mechanic using a braker bar 6 ft long bar and he was dancing on the other end before it loosen up.
The whole rear pumpkin had needle bearings in all the pivots attaching the bird cage to the pumpkin..... and had duel coil-overs on its independent rear ends.
and of course the calibers were made of plain steel and they all rusted solid if you did not use the dot 4 brake fluid(Lucas Girling).
New calipers or re-machined to for stainless.........
too expensive to have it done at a dealership. Cant remember for sure but is was over $1000 to do a rear brake job.
The rear ends were all most indestructible.
I had the red one up to 130 and it was so smooth.
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, a car with a lot of history and significance right there. I only met the current owner once but he is on the sister site FCBO. 
There were two in Toledo in the seventies one was sitting in a driveway in the eighties for a good long time gone now.
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I saw this right outside a paint shop recently. 
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