2016-08-25 12:23:31 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 9/16
www.coys.co.uk/cars/1977-jaguar-xjc-2

Auction description:
ESTIMATE £15,000-£20,000
Auction 2016 Fontwell
Lot Number 146
Reg. Number UK Registered
Chassis Number 2G-1435BW
Year 1977
Make Jaguar
Model XJC

The XJC we have for sale here is a 1977 car that the current owner purchased five years ago from a Jaguar enthusiast and retired senior engineer at British Aerospace. He had owned the car since 1989 and had overseen extensive restoration works, including works carried in the 1990s by David Scott Moncrieff Ltd and subsequently by David Manners Ltd in 2002 at a cost of just over £40,000 (receipts included with the sale). The total restoration effectively amounted to a complete rebuild of the vehicle. The owners objective with the restoration was to produce an improved and updated version of the XJ coupe, which he felt Jaguar ought to have built but didn't, and which incorporated many of the improvements which appeared in the later Series 3 XJ saloons. For example the opportunity was taken during the restoration to install a replacement 5.3 litre engine with an HE cylinder head, GM 400 automatic gearbox, stainless steel exhaust system and Series 3 external mirrors. The car is not therefore a matching numbers example but does benefit from improved fuel consumption

The vehicle was little used following its restoration and had covered only 62,300 miles when the current owner acquired it in 2011. Since then the car has still only been subject to fairly light use and current mileage stands at around 69,000. The present owner had the car re-commissioned at JD Classics and has spent over £16,000 on it in the last five years. It is described as being in generally very good condition with excellent bodywork. Taking part in the Jaguar Trophy at the Holyrood Palace Concours d'Elegance last September is testament to the quality of the car. Offered for sale with a current MoT, this is a fine example of an elegant long distance tourer that has been lovingly restored and updated.