2024-10-12 11:20:54 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 11/24

www.iconicauctioneers.com/1977-jaguar-xjc-r-rec14097-1-nec-1124

Auction description:

The Iconic Sale at the NEC Classic Motor Show 2024

JAGUAR XJC-R

Registration Number YFM 697S

Chassis Number 2J3109BW

Engine Number -50387

Transmission Manual

Body Colour Signal Red

The original 1977 Coupé had covered less than 100,000 miles and was already a sound example having benefitted from a restoration in the 1990s. It was a great basis to turn this 1970s icon into the refinement of a 1990s Jaguar, starting with the removal of the original 4.2-litre six and its replacement by an AJ16S supercharged six-cylinder offering 322bhp and 378lb/ft mated to a Getrag 290 5-speed manual gearbox. All subframes and suspension are from the mid-1990s X300 XJ with Brembo brakes from the X100 XJR. Other improvements include an Emerald K6 Plus ECU running the fuel-injection and bespoke exhaust system by Fast Road Conversions, with the engine now generating in the region of 370bhp. The full build inventory is too vast to list here but is well documented in the history file and obviously the ten YouTube episodes of 'Jaguar XJC Restomod' will provide lots of answers.

In driving terms, this beautiful Coupé is obviously a vast improvement over its heavier 4.2 and V12 stablemates and may well be the way forward in offering the XJ-C, undoubtedly Jaguar's best looking post-war saloon, an extended lease of life.