2014-04-18 14:15:33 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 6/14
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Auction description:
Lot number 0
Estimate £3,500 - £4,500
Description Jaguar XJS V12 HE Coupe
Registration JAG 103L
Year 1985
Colour Silver
Engine size 5,343 cc
Chassis No. SAJJNAEW3BC121165
Engine No. 8S033344HB

2014-07-02 10:07:18 | pauls writes:

Car to return to auction 7/14
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Auction description:
Lot number 21
Estimate £2,250 - £3,250
Description Jaguar XJS V12 HE Coupe
Registration JAG 103L
Year 1985
Colour Silver
Engine size 5,343 cc
Chassis No. SAJJNAEW3BC121165
Engine No. 8S033344HB

First registered in March 1985, this particular XJS was bought by the vendor in 1993 when it only had around 5,000 miles on the clock. A lifelong Jaguar fanatic, he has since added some 90,000 miles to this total and reports that the car has always been a pleasure to drive, has never missed a beat (except once - more of which later) and still feels capable of a genuine 150mph.

Finished in silver with a Burgundy hide interior, the car has recently been treated to a new alternator and battery and it rides on good Avon tyres with two spare wheels. A replacement gearbox was fitted in 1999.

In 2002 a coolant hose split while the vendor was on his way from Pembrokeshire to Goodwood and by the time he noticed that the temperature gauge had gone up, some damage had already been done so he had the car recovered and delivered to RM Classic Restorations of Kent for a full engine strip down and overhaul when various ancillaries were also replaced. Since then he reports that "the car has been running as well as ever".

Currently taxed and with a long MOT before the sale, it is only reluctantly being sold due to the advancing years of its long-term owner who now only wishes that it goes to a good new home.

2014-09-17 16:18:50 | pauls writes:

Car sold for £1,300