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    Q & A Jaguar World's technical advice service

    Oct 29, 2021 4 minutes
    Edited by Ray Ingman

    Tom Walkinshaw’s XJ12

    I am embarking on the full restoration of my 1986 XJ12 Series 3. Having owned and enjoyed it for over 15 years, it has become a little ‘down at heel’ with faded paintwork and blemished chrome bumpers. The latter malady set me thinking, I have seen pictures of Tom Walkinshaw’s personal XJ12 on the internet, fitted with (to my eyes) an attractive styling kit, Speedline wheels and no doubt, many under bonnet enhancements. I decided that I would like to build myself a replica, both negating the need to source new chrome and creating an unusual variant in one fell swoop. Acquiring a set of 16in wheels with TWR centre caps presented no

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