2016-07-27 18:07:41 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 7/16
www.handh.co.uk/buy/1987-jaguar-xj-sc-36/13080

Auction description:
Lot No 116
XJ-SC 3.6
Year 1987
Vehicle Registration D31 XCF
Chassis Number SAJJNACC3CA140215
Engine Number 9DPAMA111274
CC 3590
Body Colour Black
Trim Colour Doeskin
MOT Expiry June 2017
Estimate £6500 - 8500

- 1 of 316 surviving XJ-SC Auto / XJS C-3.6 cars known to the DVLA
- 87,000 recorded miles, Doeskin leather upholstery, 3.6 litre straight-six engine
- Current ownership since 2011, MOT'd until June 2017

Bodywork: 'Sound and very good for its age'
Engine: 'AJ16 said to be 'bulletproof' and so far it has been'
Electrical Equipment: 'Minor idiosyncrasies need sorting. No air-con'
Paintwork: 'Minor attention needed'
Gearbox: '4-speed autobox sound'
Interior Trim: 'Usual problem with ski-slope veneer. Rear converted from seats to storage'

2016-09-23 03:39:10 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction 9/16
www.brightwells.com/classic-motoring/past-results/classic-vintage-past-results/p ...

Auction description:
Lot number 50
Sale Price £5,300
Make & Model Jaguar XJ-SC Cabriolet 3.6 Auto
Registration D31 XCF
Year 1987
Colour Black
Engine Size 3,590 cc
Chassis No. SAJJNACC3CA140215
Engine No. 9NPAMA111274
Documents V5C; MOT July 2017; service book; invoices

Not only does Jaguar's wonderful XJS pull off the tricky feat of getting more handsome as every year goes by, it also has that magic carpet ride that no longer seems to exist in the cars of today.

This 1987 model was delivered through Guy Salmon Jaguar in Surrey to Morgan Stanley International Ltd in May of that year. Of the 5,000 or so Cabriolets built, just 1,077 were fitted with the 3.6-litre engine. Of these, just 106 had automatic transmissions, 85 of which were right hand drive and only four painted black - lord knows how many of those were fitted with Doeskin interior!

It has a well-stamped service history from 1987 to 2003 with most of the maintenance having been carried out by either Jaguar or Jaguar specialists. By 2006 it had covered 81,500 miles, a mere 1,500 miles having been added before it was purchased by the vendor in 2011, the car having spent some time off the road in the intervening period.

In July 2012 £1,793 was spent reconditioning the front sub frame, which was stripped and powder coated before being built up with new disc brakes and calipers. In June of this year, a filter service was carried out by EE Services of Milton Keynes at a cost of £300 and a month later they attended to a worn rear gearbox mount at a further cost of £219. The odometer now reads a whisker over 87,000 miles from new and its current MOT expires in July 2017 showing no advisories.

Complete with its original roof fittings, including the rear soft-top, tonneau cover and boot satchel for the Targa panels, it also retains a complete tool kit and a rare rear hard top which effectively turns this very smart XJS-C back into a snug coupe.

With XJS prices on the march, we can't help but think that we would all be better off putting our meagre pension pots into quality cars like this, rather than watch our fund managers struggle to work out where on earth to invest our hard-earned cash in this uncertain world. At least you could drive it!

2016-09-30 18:20:05 | pauls writes:

Sale Price £5,300

2017-08-29 19:34:43 | pauls writes:

Ebay item 8/28/17
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAGUAR-XJS-C-CABRIOLET-3-6-AUTOMATIC-/322675791631
Classified Ad price: £10,950, seller magnidec, now said to be in Barry, United Kingdom, 88k miles.

Sellers description:
I'd been looking for a Dry Sump Turbo Lotus Esprit for a long long time when this car became available. It was in such good condition and so unusual I had to buy it. This was in January this year (2017) Now my longed for Esprit has popped and I had to buy it quick, so now this has to go. It's been great fun and I've been genuinely impressed with it.

Since purchase I've had new Quad headlamps fitted (export model style) at a cost of over £700. I've also fitted replacement maple veneer panels to the gear slope, both radio and switch panels, together with a matching maple panel to the instrument binnacle. These were all supplied new by Myrtle Productions, specialist in wood veneer replacements. I also have a new, unused Maple steering wheel also from Myrtle, included though not currently fitted. All these came to some £800+

Additionally I've had fitted a new Sony all singing and dancing stereo CD unit that is Bluetooth and Hands Free with voice activated dialling (who wants to get caught now with the new laws ? ) and I've also had 2 new bonnet rams fitted.

The rarest piece of kit though has to be the hard shell winter roof. I'd heard of them but never ever saw one until now, and this comes with the sale of the car. It's in matching black as per the removable targa roof panels. This I'm advised by the JEC would be about £2K alone and that's if you could find one for sale.

The car has done circa 87K miles in 30 years with the engine still pulling strongly. Comes with a brand new MoT on 30th June 2017 with no advisories and the inspector showed me that much work had been done to the front end suspension, antiroll bars, bushes and cross member etc (not by me but a previous owner)

The floor pans and boot floor are all good ( a weak spot on XJS's and can be horribly expensive to repair) The paintwork is generally very good with good hard wheel arches (another weak spot) A few blemishes but bear in mind this car is 30 years old. Four good quality tyres fitted with plenty of tread left.

Since fitting the maple binnacle panel, the oil pressure gauge has decided to pack up but I suspect just a dodgy electrical connection as it worked before, and oil pressure is satisfactory.