HubNut buys a cheap Daimler! (Jaguar XJ40). Will it get home? 

I heard a gasp of relief from the last owner as the car was driven away !!!

The great thing about Jags/Daimlers is even when they don't work you have a really comfortable sitting room extension. Having a snooze in a Jag is a pleasant past time all on its own.

I've been looking for a channel where someone buys....lets face it....shit cars instead of carbon-fibre covered supercars which aren't plausible for 99% of us viewers. I much prefer older cars.. more interesting and attainable. Subscribed.

Apparently, after you collected it, the police were called to the former owner’s house due to neighbour complaints. Seems that the celebration party went on to the early hours! LOL

I absolutely love these videos, I always had the idea that all Europeans drove new Super Cars all the time! My Farther in law would have loved these videos too, he always had a strict limit of $500 when he bought a car, his weekends consisted of mending the old gals so they could take him to work through the week and a few beers while he worked. He raised 5 kids on a custodians salary, Lord how I miss him. One of the most successful men I ever met, he was happy!

Thoroughly entertaining! Like a Top Gear challenge minus the idiocy.

You really are completely mad but it does make for very entertaining viewing. Keep the madness coming.

So much better than watching supercar tubers. Subscribed. My dad had a bottom of the range k plate 3.6. Even had cloth seats. Super smooth though. I bought a 4.2 s3 after, picked it up for 1700 quid back in the day, absolute steal.

Even in this shoddy state, it's such a nice looking car! Must've been glorious back in the days when it was new... but man, life's been hard to it since then.

A £350 Daimler bought unseen and a massive journey home? lol. What could possibly go wrong? :) Another great vid. Look forward to the next instalment.

Have a very rare 1990 VDP Majestic ($55,000 new) here in Connecticut which is forerunner of your Daimler-These 4.0 Cats are great cars if you take care of them- We do love these Jaguars here in the States as they are a great value, very distinctive, drive like sports sedans and my other car is a 1996 XJS 2+2 Roadster which is a gas to drive. Both Jags get a lot of looks whenever I take them out and have accumulated many awards at the car shows. SuperFIFTHGEAR is totally wrong about the Americans not liking Jaguars but it was true when they were mechanically unreliable years ago, thus the bad rap. Has nothing to do w/patriotism-We love the Brits as I've owned a 1972 MGB Roadster and a1980 TR7 Roadster, both a lot of fun. Remember British Leyland had a few problems too!

My girlfriend said she's already watched this. What she meant was, she'd lived through my purchase of a jag xj40 which had almost all of these problems.

Back in the 80’s I’d had a passion for old Jaguars. This is where I’d learnt that there was nothing easy to repair on old Jags. That aside they are remarkable cars with a soul and a spirit that makes up for it... This is why eventually I transferred my automotive passion onto 928’s. Love watching your videos they have a sense of reality to them, which Top Gear never had or had even tried to acquire...

Hubnut your'e a star! The best motor related programme on RU-vid. Brewer & company-eat your collective hearts out. Stay as honest and as natural as you are. "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth". Such an interesting and informative presentation.

Subscribed immediately. Had enough of Clarkson with tea and biscuits at some BS upscale location. Greetings from a Brit residing in the USA.

Just found your channel tonight and subscribed. I applaud your dedication to keeping the memory of these, um, unsung automotive heroes alive!

Fantastic. I wanted one of those from the moment I first saw one. Thank God the tea holder works.

Drove a 61 LWB landrover back home from Somerset. Fresh mot but brakes were oil and brake fluid contaminated ,rears not working at all. Front dumb iron welded on so badly I had to reweld it fairly quickly. Carb flange distorted so didn't idle when hot either. Oh and the steering was almost solid!Got home ok though and still got it two years on. Bloody sight better now. Good fun. Rode an 1954 bsa500 cc single from Norwich to home ( Sussex) 190 miles. Took a while, pretty scary on the M25 dartford crossing, minorA roads for the rest. Made it fine!! Again, stupid but a great adventure. Enjoyed this vid. Cheers

Picked up an 94'' Xj40 for $800, now planning on restoring her to running condition and keeping her. Congrats on your new purchase.

I Absolutely Love Your Motoring Vlogs! So Entertaining! Your As Nuts As I've Been With Cars Over The Years!!!

Really enjoy your videos. Keep them coming. Your dry sense of humour is marvellous.

Love it! Done that many a time over the years. Its like a wee adventure. Excitement, apprehension all in one. Then victory when you make it home💪

Love watching your videos, Watching with my dad, Cars we used to have.

Congrats on your new car and thank you for another great and entertaining video.

these are great cars. I wish I was brave enough to take one on, well done for trying to save one.

In the late 90s with some redundancy money I bought an XJ40 Jaguar Sovereign 4 litre, which I loved dearly but it was a real money pit. The service department at my local Jag dealer used to rub their hands with glee when I came in. It blew the head gasket once and it cost me two grand to get it fixed. Seeing your great video brought back memories - thanks.

The video that got me subscribing to your channel. It was epic and reminded me of me buying sheds in the past.

Can't believe I haven't seen this before😳 Loved every second of it👍🏼

That car is the epitome of cool. Good luck

Great video, thanks for uploading, reminds me of collecting an N reg Citroen Synergie (bought unseen of ebay) from Norwich, it turned out to be a fantastic car which served us well for many years, I remember felling quite elated on the drive home.. Happy days !

Always enjoy your videos, keep up the good work.

My dad had a brand new XJ8 by far the best jag ever built. Beautiful car even by today’s standard 👍👍

another fun trip thanks for taking us along. Still got a bit of class (you and the Daimler), despite the latter showing her age 😆. Interesting to see how things pan out. Thanks for the links added you on twitter.

Great video... very enjoyable to watch! So many memories of (and similarities to) my old 1979 BMW 730. Although in that the heating was stuck the other way... which was painful in winter.

I found this video so entertaining the other day I have had to come back and watch it again. Beats Eastenders by a Mile. Love the bit where the engine made horrendous noises so you decided to go inside and pretend it didn't happen. LOL.

I had an X300 Jaguar XJ Executive. It was fabulous, reliable and well built. I wish I still have it.

Love the humour and the content. Its like. Sitting in the car sith you! 😂

Great watching this. I own a later member of this family. A 1998 XJ8, lovely car to waft around in

This man has more excitement than James Bond, I do admire your get up and go and nothing fazes you great to watch. 👍

One of my weaknesses is breakdown anxiety and traveling on public transport I am usually stranded due to electrical faults I love your attitude and love watching what is for me therapy and entertaining.Thank you for sharing your adventures.

reminds me of the time i bought an e36 323 touring long distance unseen, i got there found various "quirks" (kind way of saying broken bits that weren't mentioned before i bought it), thought i'd managed to fix the worst of them to get home only to get caught in a torrential downpour 200 miles from home to find that the wiper controls had an electrical fault that only came to light when the wiper motor got hot. Or was it more like the time i bought a CRX del Sol sir and got home with flames coming out the right front wheel because the caliper had jammed mid way through the journey... Both gave that "what the hell have a i bought" moment.

LOVE HUBNUT.I HAVE WATCHED MOST UPLOADS UP TO DATE.THIS IS THE BEST BY MILES

XJ40,, beautiful drive. it gives you a feeling of well-being...I had one in Thailand,,, it was cheap to maintain there,

I have a neighbour who loves old Jags verging on an addiction. Trouble is, he is a pensioner on a low income with limited savings and is not of a mechanical persuasion. One truly beautiful - but endlessly haemorrhaging XJ-something-or-other was almost a permanent feature at the local garage years back. They were happy to take all his money, of course, but in the end that one ended up as a garden feature for a while before it's final trip to the scrapyard.

early December 2004 flew from Edinburgh to Luton airport picked up 1972 Rover P6 3500, before it made it out of car park points and condensor needed replace (by the AA did not bring any tools on the plane) it made it all the way back with only petrol. 3 headlights. Hole in bulkhead between engine and cabin (blanking plate missing) meant the freezing air blew right onto my legs the whole way....

Make your videos longer as I’m a London bus driver and watching your videos makes my day go quicker 😂😂

Fantastic and entertaining as usual. You make my Friday night, pissed up purchases on eBay look lame. Keep up the good work.

You are a brave man!

Another story for you: I used to do quite a bit of work for Lucas in Birmingham in the early 90s (service & repair of their climate testing room where they would test to see if all the systems worked on a car at the extremes of -40 degs. C & +50 degs. C) so I got to see new models before they were released to the general motoring public. One day circa 1993 they had the new XJ40 V12 in for testing & I had a good sniff around it, being the petrol head that I am. I noticed a big red emergency stop button on the centre console & asked what it was for. Apparently a couple of times testers were slowing down for, say, a roundabout & the car would go full throttle all of a sudden. It was as much as the tester could do to hold 6.0 litres of V12 back on the brakes whilst scrabbling for the ignition key to shut it down lol. Hence the emergency stop button until they'd ironed the bugs out. Turned out to be radio interference to the engine management system from residential house alarms.

Reminds me so much of an impulse buy X300 (P plate) I won on the bay of E. Drove home lovely from Doncaster to Leicester but was quite thirsty, which I expected. Turned out to have a very dodgy MOT and some genius had "repaired" a leak on the fuel delivery hose ( near the filter) with garden sprayer hose. Needless to say it was diverting most of its dinosaur juice on the road, rather than to the engine.Such a nice steer but I was always surprised (given the size of it) at the lack of room in the front. The chassis looked like it had served time as a sea anchor too. Would still own another, but eyes wide open next time. Bought back some great feels this video.

Possibly the 1st HubNut vid I watched 👍

My old man had two of those (albeit Jags) and the heaters were stuck on hot, the windows wouldn't wind down, central locking wouldn't work. No coincidence that both cars had same faults. Also of note, if you need to weld the front cross member, it if filled with foam to quieten things down but probably promotes the rust in the first place.

Oh the joys. Me being 20 years old bought my first xj40. Six months in thought I'd do a service my self. All was good until I tried removing that bloody fuel filter. Snapped the pipe and replaced it with some rubber tube that decided it would leak everywhere and no matter how much I tried to repair it it would piss out. So no longer had a fuel filter but some rubber pipe instead. Then a wheel bearing went when I was doing 70mph, how I didn't die is a miracle . then I lost the fuel filler cap and so it filled with water and took ages to pump the water out. Probably a few weeks. Ever ran right after that. Then I couldn't replace the brake pads because the bracket holding it was as tight as a nuns pratt. My most cherished car that bloody hated me. You ever tried removing a wheel bearing hub that was mangled. So difficult!!

Long distance sight unseen cars are just such an adventure and really get the adrenaline going. Bought a Lexus LS400 sight unseen 400 miles away off ebay once. Looked worn with 275000 miles on it for £400 but ran fantastic all the way home. That was 8 years ago and after a service ran it for 3 years without any issues. Its still going strong locally with its new owner. Look forward to the next video thanks.

Great video, reminds me of some of my own bad buys, especially the bit where you're starting to drive it and think hey, its smooth and not that bad before the awful truth intrudes again.

Love your gumption. I drove a 21yo Datsun 2200 miles, 4 days after purchase, broke down day after arrival. Faulty clutch pad. Easy fix, though (thanks dad). Good work, great vid.

Oh, XJ40... my only dream car except for my XM. I love how the lunch is replying to you at 6:46 ! :-D

I have a mate who is doing up an XJS. When he bought it, it was rather flatteringly called "rough". He's been at it 12 years now, he's rebuilt, refurbished, or replaced just about everything on it. Lovely thing, and the 6 litre V12 is quite an engine, effortless power and torque delivery. At first I thought he was mad, but now I'm a bit envious.

Yay, our neck of the woods, ish. Glasgow is about 50 miles away. Love the picnic tray 😍 haha belt lock - too modern! 😂 Glad it was drama free

😂😂😂 lol 'lifting the carpets up is a really bad idea' I had a similar hole in the foot well of my Spitfire, it made an excellent drain hole when the soft top leaked!! Good on ya buddy it's all part of the fun 👍😊

watching this makes me want to go out and buy one ...

great vid on things to look for coz these are a great car for the price you can get them

Well made video. I have a jaguar xj6 3.2 (1990)

Funny video. Owned a XJ40 myself for a few years. Liked it a lot but many technical issues...

Helped a friend buy one from an east London used dealer and ship it to New Zealand. (Despite being warned) it was actually a very good car after many repairs. A far better car than the Series 3. I find it sad how few are still around.

great videos of interesting cars .top work

I've had three XJ40s - every single one of them was fucked. You're a brave man!!!!

And I thought you were mad going to south Queensferry for Rita! Enjoyable video as always.

Iv owned a 1990 4ltr twr xjr since 2004. For me Its been bullet proof. It's rare looks menacing in black, quiet and comfortable. Just nice to own something that's not German built and litters council estates estates like prostate cancer to middle aged men.

The XJ 40 3.6 was one of the best cars i ever bought. It just seemed to waft along effortlessly. I remember only getting 2MPG driving up a steep drawn out hill in Cornwall though.

Came up on my feed, I think this is my first HubNut experience.

Going to sub you now bud,you’re car history is similar to mine,love these old things,I have an e34 and it’s great,I used to buy them for £500 lol drive them into the ground but now I’m 34 and I’ve gone back to my roots and it’s so reliable,needs a window regulator but that’s about it,cheers

Beautiful cars.

10:35 You're doing this so I don't have to! I did this once, but decided to leave the car, a BMW 535 where it was - regretted that ever since as would have proably turned out alright with a ton of cutting compound and good clean. Will look forward to the next cheap car you buy! (I've put the comment on the correct video now duh!)

I'm not alone! I've taken at least a dozen nervous train expeditions to buy an unseen ebay shed. Only really caught out once with a 160 mile trip back on two AA low loaders. Latest shed is a £500 52 plate Grand Espace with no faults or issues 2 months in. As its the diesel, the clock is ticking though...

Great vid thx for sharing

Fuse 1..... washer motor, heater controls and coffee percolator.

It's beautiful! Rusted out and in need of love, but still beautiful! :D I did much the same sort of thing when I rescued a 1993 4.0 XJ6 Daimler / Vanden Plas. I LOVE it to this day. ^^

Sounds wonderful under acceleration

Very interesting, especially as I love cheap old Jags (had 4 of them so far, though the last one was 10 years ago), but it might be an idea to have the camera behind you as you drive along. We can still hear you, and the view of the dash, bonnet and road ahead is a lot more enjoyable.

You are doing what some of us think of doing and after a short risk assessment think we'll pay a little more and save the possible agro. Would make a great TV series if you had another bonkers colleague to share the madness with. Would like to be a fly on the wall when you're negotiating on the price.

I absolutely loved this video. You are a born presenter / narrator. £350! What colour was his balaclava? 😉 My first Daimler was a 1980, 4.2 straight six. What was left of the paint was Manor Blue! And the boot was air conditioned 😉 and I loved it. It was a bag of spanners, but I didn't care. Replaced it with an S3 V12 in Embassy Black. Awesome, awesome awesome. When I first got it, it was so smooth and quiet I kept looking at the rev counter to make sure it hadn't stalled ☺ ️Currently on an XJ8 in BRG. Once you go Jaguar, you don't go back 👍 Good luck with it, and I will certainly keep my eyes open for updates.

well done, i bought a 25 yr old jag xj6 3.2. just sorting the niggly bits out !

Love jags. ..had a x 300 xj8...kickdown was awesome. ..ran like a Swiss watch de chromed model with blond wood cream leather...£1076 full mot. .stunning blue colour Celtic alloys....stunning car...if you haven't driven a v8 it's a must...

Have a 1993 jaguar xj6 4.0 liter she runs like a beast only 70 k miles and has no issues at all looking to sell very cheap, only issue is the front right bumper interior and exterior is excellent other than the hit and run cosmetics.

After owning an XJ40 you can look forward to moving up to a car with better build quality such as a Trabant ot a Lada.

Bloody Good Show!Well done . Keep Her running on .

I'm trying to enjoy this and not pick up on any stress. Shifting through the gears bit of video I felt this deep sense of peace. Hope you got back ok. (I had to call out road side rescue a week for running out of fuel. hope you're impressed. That's 5 miles away. I suppose you would have pushed it)

Did a trip from the Wirral to Cornwall in a jaguar xj6 320 sport ( ? ) The driver was an absolute lunatic who did not do less than 100 mph on the motorway. I was very surprised at the amount of engine noise that was transmitted into the cabin considering its a premium brand vehicle. In contrast I drive a Vectra 1.9 cdti. i waft along at 70mph in almost silence whilst getting 59 mpg !!

One of Jaguars best engines and far more reliable than the original XK engine

There was a Daimler double 6 V12 at the Glasgow car auctions few months ago. I wanted to buy it lol

Can't help but wonder how big the floor ventilation was once you'd cut all the rust away. Never fear,you could use it for ice fishing if your local river ever gets frozen that hard. Congrats on getting such a majestic steed though.

I bougt myself a couple off unseen cars in Internet .... Peugeot 605 3.0 v6 had to drive 700 km with it home for 700 euro ,BMW 525 tds had to drive 660 km home for 1000€ and two times a Peugeot 607 ...one had to drive 500€ back home .... And Two times a Citroen xm 2.5 te from Vienna to Schmirn that's 37 km from Innsbruck at a height from 1400 meters high up in the alps , they where cheap cars to ( and I loved them to drive ) Always nice adventures

Loved this post. I Just looked at one today, 675 USD..ran, but NO reverse, and the floors were rotted out, huge gaping holes with metal screwed over top - drywall screws-both sides of the car from front to back..oh yea, something was leaking under driver side rear seat - fuel pump ? headliner fallen down, other rust in gas cap filler and trunk lid, rear lights had RTV on them, and door handles (2) did not work..seller said, you are the ONLY one to come out..in 12 days..make me an offer, no, you might take it ! .Even free, it probably is a bad deal....

on our first visit to the UK, we were taken to the train station in a Daimler - great car :) You could try to wash the seat belt :)

This really made me laugh, thanks. "look at that mould, or is it cocaine..."

That will be a really nice car once all it's issues are seen to. I have a 1999 x308 (the last proper XJ as far as I'm concerned) with the 3.2 V8 as my only car and daily driver. Fuel consumption and rust are my two enemies, everything else about it is perfect LOL.

So thats where Arthur Daleys Jag ended up!

Reminds me of the mad escapades across the States by Anthony Gozzo and Specialty Motor Cars. Except there's Lincoln's, Grand Marquis' and Cadillacs involved.

You're very brave!!!