Working on a budget, I always like to strip the car myself to get the best possible job and avoid any need or temptation to cut corners in doing so…. Make life easy for the painter so he can concentrate on the job I can’t do and he’s best at

what a gorgeous Jag and that 4ltr straight 6 is a class act

Those jag XJS are a beautiful car, they were ahead of their time, and have aged wonderfully.

What a lovely looking car 👌🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Gorgeous Jaguar xjs ❤

Beautiful car - it will be stunning after you guys have sorted it out!! Can't wait to see it finished.

Another excellent video!
I hope your honesty helps grow your business, you fully deserve it.
I’d bring my cars to you without hesitation, but I’m a bit far away, love from Australia 🇦🇺

As a trade car painter for the past 50 years I’ve completed  lots of these  “toffee apple” jobs for private and trade customers who just won’t /can’t pay for a pukka strip out quality job …just like this one ….that looks ok from 50 yards on a galloping horse with blinkers on!Think it just comes down to market forces at the time .Carry on the great work, thanks again.

The 968 in the background… 😍😍😍

Love this it’s the first question I ask when talking to a paint shop and I just walk away when they tell me they mask up..  Not on my cars.. 🚙 I bought a used car and the dealer offered to polish it up and make it nice for collection. I said don’t bother you won’t be able to do it to my standard, I’ll do it myself. 😮

Absolutely spot on. Great insights for those you don’t know what to look for.
You get what you pay for, almost never more, often less.  Since working at a body shop in my mid to late teens, I’d never have a car painted without proper disassembly.

Exactly right, it is all in the preparation and the detail work.

Great video to show people what to look for when they are potentially buying any classic car… What you need to do is to tell people they will get no change from £15k to strip the car and bare metal the car paint it correctly.. Other issues are the retaining clips etc are not available so good luck with that..

Very educational and same happened to my antique car years ago and looks like it's still happpening, probably for commercial reasons rather than ignorance in this case

Makes total sense

I was told many years ago that there are 3 types of job; good, quick & cheap. You can have any 2, but never all 3. Good & quick won’t be cheap. Cheap and good won’t be quick. Quick and cheap will never, ever be good.

Late 80's, early 90's XJ-S - same era as my Daimler.  Agree 100% with your views on masking; there really is no other way to a great finish than to remove everything that can be removed.  Hope you work this one into a series for us 👍

I suppose you pay the money and make the choice.   My problem was they paid trade price and still got a retail finish !😊

I remember you guys show'd JP Auto paints from over here - real joker - this is his kinda repaint world.🤠
I watch a lot of UK based shows - you have plenty of cowboys over there too.
Keep up the real work guys 😎

Very interesting vid.
Has to be said that XJS looks really well in that colour in the sun. It's a design which has become better with age.
Well worth doing right as modern cars just don't compare.

A caveat to ripping the paint off with a jet-wash, that only happens when you don't want it to! I foresee many hours of sanding pain ahead... Looking forward to seeing this car done, such a handsome car when painted properly.