2011-04-08 17:28:39 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 4/11
www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19280/lot/332/

Auction description:
Sale 19280 - RAF Museum, Hendon,Collectors' Motor Cars and Automobilia, 11 Apr 2011
Hendon, RAF Museum
Lot No: 332
1976 Jaguar XJ6C 4.2-Litre Coupé
Registration no. NUW 873P
Chassis no. 2J.1989BW
Engine no. 8L.27449-S

Estimate: £6,000 - 9,000, € 6,900 - 10,000

One of only 6,505 4.2-litre Coupés built, this automatic-transmission example comes with its original release note from Henlys to R A Creamer & Son Ltd of Kensington, who used it as a demonstrator. The car was supplied finished in black with matching non-standard interior trim, air conditioning and chromed steel wheels for a price of £7,287 (purchase bill of sale on file). Sold to a Mr Rowland Gee of Hagee (London)) Ltd, Shaftesbury Avenue, the Jaguar returned to Creamer in 1982, remaining in storage with them for many years before being purchased by the current vendor in 2008. Displaying a believed-genuine 30,600 miles on the odometer, the car is offered with the aforementioned documentation, numerous expired tax discs and MoT certificates, Swansea V5C document, MoT to March 2012, and recent bill from West Hoathly Garage for a replacement water pump in March.