£4000 MANUAL XKR Inspected By Jaguar! 

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Got to agree with the orange center console. I'd try and get a wood console if possible. Maybe even have one made

Thanks Jag for being such sports about this and treating us so welcoming.

Can't believe a man of your age slagged off the Pierce Bronsnan era Mike 😢

I knew Graham in my Jaguar days ! I was in powertrain, on the V8 programme. I think, IIRC, Graham owns an E-Type, or certainly did ! (Edit: Since confirmed !)

The music selection is preposterous. Give the old guys some proper rock!!

You guys have real gem here... the stance and wheels fits perfect. Condensation in headlight and center console (I'd say wood too) sorted it would be even better. 👌🏻

At this point, this is quite simply one of the coolest XKRs on earth - I would be more than proud to drive it. The fact that she was all but forgotten, rotting away was sad but she's risen like a phoenix

It’s incredibly cool to be able to do something like that with Jaguar, hopefully we can see more stuff like this!

Thats a 45/50 score for me. Looks amazing from few feet away and the manual swap is so cleanly done most would have a difficult time saying its not a factory option.

I rescued a prototype Jaguar V8 engine and manual box from a scrapyard not long ago. Well, I left the engine there. The gearbox was a Getrag 265 five speed as used in the 3.6 XJS and XJ40. Jaguar engineers used a custom flywheel and a standard 3.6 clutch with an engine to gearbox adaptor plate plus a trigger ring for the TDC sensor. It had been a test bed unit and was never fitted to a car. I couldn’t get any interest from Jaguar Heritage at all. I sold the gearbox to a guy converting an E Type to five speed and the rest of the bits went to a Jag specialist. I bet that was the only one to escape being scrapped.

The stance on that car ! ❤ I like the x100 over the x150 just because of the low roofline and body lines . I guess the rear taillight is where the car slightly falls apart but like the rest . I love how they look

If I had a lot of money, I'd buy a dozen XK's and have the all converted to manual. Then resell them, and see what they fetch. This has to be the absolute coolest Jaguar XK ever. There are way too many automatics in the US. Long live the manual transmission. Thank you.

11:15 now that, ladies and gentlemen, is the E-Type that was driven overnight from Coventry to Geneva for an additional test drive car for the 1961 Geneva Motor Show because the demand for it was higher than expected. And it's the one Jeremy Clarkson drove in Top Gear S17E01.

This was awesome, can't believe you were up close to all those jags!

You got to lose 2 points on exterior for tailpipes alone if they aren't matching. On the positive, it means it should be a quick 2 points reclaimed. Window trim etc take you barely any time and you've already got an 8 or 9 so do it and suddenly your score is very decent. Definitely sort that dash/cente console out...

Im sorry mike but Pierce Brosnan's Goldeneye is one of the best bond movies ever made!

11:49 couldn't disagree more with that statement

I'd de-chrome the outside, change the dash and centre console to carbon fiber and I loved the quad exhausts on the XKRR.

I would def cover the bell housing void sooner rather than later. Getting schmoo into the bell housing is a recipe for trouble, esp given the rain and salt Britain is known for.

What a great idea ! Great that Jaguar were up for partnering with you for this video. Great music and visuals. Love that old pale yellow car in the background during the wrap up

Whos picking the Intro songs for the guests ahaha

I bought my 07 XJ8 from Swallows 6 years ago ... 100k. miles later the car has never let me down! Great car

(Prefers Daniel Craig to Pierce Brosnan) Do you want your James Bond to be John Wick or James Bond?

Grahams intro alone deserves a like from me 😂

Bet they aren't inviting Alex to bring his XJR down to have a look at... Just saying one car is a proper job, the other is an AutoAlex shed. I know it's near-impossible due to it's nature, but I would LOVE to see the XKRR be let out for a drive with the DriveTribe Jag, just to get that final comparison of the OG manual XK and the modern inspiration car.

Loved the build, love the car, I personally would like to see more engine development done, proper long tube headers, Whipple supercharger upgrade, intercooler upgrades, you know stuff like that but that’s serious money we’re talking there so probably not in the cards. Always wondered how much potential those V8’s had but never actually seen anything more that what’s been done to Steve’s race car, would be cool to see a street version of that!

Just go drive it! Paint and trim can wait, and adding more mechanical mods may spoil what you've created. Drive it for a while, then ask, "What should we change about this car?"😊

Lovely simple exterior. 17:20 So nice.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Do the exact same conversion to a 2006- 2014 Jaguar XK or XKR !!! That is what the factory SHOULD have done !!! It would be AMAZING !!! An Aston Martin KILLER !!!

Depending on spec of ZF, the Tremec T series would either be 350-600lbft rated and a strong box. Def the Drivetribe build looks more factory. Much prettier exhaust system too

Great project one i think many of us have daydreamed about. Awesome of Jag to show their stunning prototype as well

I think a European road trip is very fitting for this car! I’d love to see it!

Even Jag themselves can't help but drop a T56 in a project car.

Nice choice with the PRX bud.

It’s not leaking oil it’s sweating power 💪💪💪

I have both a 98 XK8 and a 01 XKR coupe. The XK8 had a manual swap like this almost 10 years ago. I have about 140,000 miles on it now. XKR is a black coupe right at 100k. I thought i could get down to one but I just cant. MAYBE a manual XKR would do it but I really love the drive of both cars. Both are lowered on Mina springs. Worth the cost of the swap? Definitely but while the XK8 manual performs much as the XKR it is a bit slow off the line. At speed they feel the same.

Nice a flashy fun paint job.

I love this project, it's an extremely baller Jag, also See if anyone spots the FK8

13:00 I was lucky enough to attend a seminar by a Ford engineer who has been working on aluminum chassis vehicle his whole life. I'd imagine this ALC coupe is one of those using the technology, which is still rare among production car till this day.

Absolute banging car! 👏👏

Hold on , golden eye is probably the best 007 film and water ingress in those headlamps, if I remember there was a tube change for the breather upgrade or warranty. Something like that .

If it's not leaking oil there's something wrong

whats the car in the back at the start with the leyland livery?

Some one has stolen my x type jaguar today which my dad bought for before he dead last year.its a 2005 2 litre diesel.i hope they catch the people that have done this.the car is priceless to me and my family.

DUDE! I don't know what curve you are using but by standard flat percentage score 37/50 is 74% which is a middle C meaning AVERAGE! Certainly not close to an A which requires at least a 45 out of 50.

The wheels on the ALC concept are perfect!

Not a bad score I think a bit more tlc is in his mind with the paint and trim, I think you could take the Jag to the proving ground that the boys used to take their cars to back in time were they have the top speed track that James used the Bugatti Veyron SS and hit the 253mph. You may need James to drive the Jag.🤣🤣🤣

Golden Eye is da bomb... 💣

*intense rap music starts* Me: oop here comes Graham!

Nice Jaag, nearly in the baag. Seeing as you're asking, I'd sort some classy aero, paint those calipers black, and start thinking about more power. And the wood, if it were to be retained I'd have it redone darker.

Agree with the Ice Blue prototype, what a stunner, can only imagine the worth of it

I was there today , I just love the place The first Sat of Oct there was getting on for 700 jags of all ages for the Jaguar Breakfast Club , it’s held at Gaydon on the first Sat of the month

Did Graham choose his own entrance music?

An interior restoration of those seats would be cool

Ask Ben Collins to drive it .

The music in the transitions made me switch off and go watch something else.

Agree with other comments on this. Must be a nice long road trip maybe to Le Mans where Jaguar have great race record

Hi, the first thing I would do to the jag is restore the dash so all the wood matches.

You're crazy, the Shaguar XK and E-Type are legendary and pure British.

I'm about 6 months away from being 40, which is insane, but as a childhood Jag lover from the states, I want this more than most any internet car.

Well the main let down of this film was the sorry jungle music as an introduction for the two Fellers coming on scene to review the Jag.

Full detail and PPF. Make the black pop ❤

Oh dear. All Craig films over all Brosnan films? Yeh, sure.

Funny how so many people want to see carbon fibre dash, not keen on it myself, would prefer a decent veneer.

I like how the sound editor thought to himself “what music can we play to best embody a 55-yr old British engineer from the Jaguar Heritage Trust called Graham?” “I know, gangsta rap!”

I think it’s time to get the exterior detailed with us and restore the inside to get that cog score up ;-)

XKE, then XK120 and XK150 are my favorites by far of any Jag.

In USA some states allow the front license plate removed; so vital for this xk series.

That paintwork now needs some love - there's a lot of ripples in it, orange peel as well, generally pretty tired. It would look stunning if the black was mirror smooth. The gearbox 'hole' and those bolt holes would be quick and easy fixes. Leather reconditioning & dyeing, and re-do the wood to make the colour match and remove the cracks. then it would be perfect ;-)

I would have liked them to highlight the fitment of the clutch and the pedal box. Especially since it seems an S-Type diesel 'box would fit

That jag deserves a road trip to the nurberg ring

Graham, you were wasted in your previous life - TV presenter extraordinaire!

Amazing work Love this model I have an x103 model Would be be nice to put them next to each other

i wonder how much of the newer XK dash would fit it... I noticed the silver/grey trim on the lower mirrors, maybe this can be incorporated across the body after a refresh; diffuser/lip/window trims perhaps? Few cars are worth the efforts, but a manual XKR? Its EASILY up the with the E60 wagon

That James Bond Jag has 4wd.

One of the aston products used the t56 as well and given the tailstock configuration I would guess that's the donor car, not the corvette. If it was american it would be the fbody over the corvette for similar reasons.

My 2016 Jaguar F-Type is completely dry underneath. It also has a 6-speed manual transmission.

Woah that James Bond L take was unexpected. Craig's Bond has about as much charisma as a kitchen cupboard. 😂 Austin Powers is a national treasure quite frankly, on par with Mr. Bean & the rest/best of them.

The Shaguar is a beautiful beast

Id cover the wood interior with an matt ash black vaneer. That way you'd still be keeping it wood, but i think it would look much more modern

It’s a lot better looking then a 5. Geoff Lawson crafted one of the best looking Jaguar’s ever made in the modern era. Only 2nd after an E Type Coupe Series 1. But who knows. In 20 or 30 years it could be just as coveted. Maybe your car just needs a polish.

Forgot the XK180R swb, the car you should have made fella 😎

Mike: “ What shall we do with the Jag next?” Me: I’m not far from the motor museum, so just drop it off on your way home. Thanks

Would love to own this car one day.

Stipt polish point!! (Netherlands)

🤣🤣🤣🤣 That Jaguar expert walk in was something out of Zoolander. I mean did everyone just miss that in the comments or is this a standard walk in for a car show on RU-vid in 2023? Things have sure changed... First time I heard about the Jaguar XKR was in Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit in 1998.

Tint the windows, chance the wood trim for either engineer turned aluminium or smoked walnut, loosing especially, that centre panel.

great video.. one question: what was the outro music? it gives me the vibes, does anybody knows?

2:45 🤘

I want to hear it more, drive bys and accelerations.

Not liking Brosnan's Bond? That's a paddlin.

You need to get that XKR-R's spoiler mate

What a loverly car !!! Mike, what is the name of the watch You have on your wrist ?

Complete respray and recently detailed and it got a 5/10 😂😂

It's an epic car. But the steering wheel and shifter can be premier for sure.

I don't know why people don't lime the H-Shaped chrome in the front, it really shows it's pedigree from the E-Type.

I think we know a bit about Mike's grades in maths if he thinks that score is an A haha!

Goldeneye is class. The rest I agree with.

Shame about the starter hole in the bell housing, clutch could get a grubby in winter weather causing unwanted slippage 😩