The car as I found it.

I liked this car because of its very good rust free chassis and very nice bodywork fit.

Even if this is a real California car, it has obviously stood outside without it's rear window, so there is a lot of work to be done in the rear end.

It certainly follows the general advice that if you want to restore a car, it is best to buy the worst looking example you can find.

It was sold to me as a 90% complete, and after fanatically collecting missing parts for 2 years now, I would stay it is 91% complete. As least all the important and difficult to obtain parts are there now. What is still missing can be sourced easily from the different companies specialising in XK parts.