2021-09-08 15:08:46 | pauls writes:

Car at auction 9/21

www.carandclassic.co.uk/auctions/1993-jaguar-xjs-40-coupe-Z8qZyg

Auction description:

Year 1993

Make Jaguar

Model XJS

Colour Red

Odometer 137,214 Miles

Engine size 3980

Location London

Country United Kingdom

It was a car that the current owner had always wanted and last year after being pointed in the direction of a particularly nice example, he swept up it up. The stacks of paperwork have the reassuring repeat invoices from the same garages.

The Jaguar has clearly been loved by every single one of its previous caretakers and the present custodian has the same feeling that such a lovely car needs to be taken care of.

After enjoying it for several long trips to the south of the country he hopes that it will find another good home to keep this example shining into the future.

The Paperwork 

Last year before the purchase was made of L463 OFM a full AA inspection was done, which it passed. Looking back there are stacks of invoices accompanying the service book, these roll year after year with the same garages. 

Names that any Jaguar enthusiast will notice such as Guy Salmon Jaguar, Nene Jaguar Specialists and Clarke’s Jaguar can be found among others in the paperwork.

Delightfully there is a handwritten list of work that a previous owner felt important to draw future owners attention to. This includes improvements to standard parts or important service work that is noted down to leave no doubt whether it was done.

The Interior 

Slip yourself behind the wheel and into a seat that still has the big GT bear hug of a comfortable but supportive perch. Everything inside showed itself to be in excellent condition with the only minor wear to the leather, all commensurate with age, but certainly in better shape than many vehicles that have travelled this many miles.

A look onto the door cards showed nothing broken or sagging and in the boot the carpet was clean without any signs of damp or staining. The vendor commented that anyone that has worked on the car has told him it is in very good condition and it doesn’t take long swivelling your head around the inside to see exactly what they mean. After a thorough search, a crack in the corner of the plastic binnacle for the dials was noticed, it hasn’t gotten any worse in the last year and is in the bottom left corner so doesn’t disturb the view of the dials behind it.

The Exterior 

A truly stunning vehicle both when the sun ran along the styled lines of the exterior and when the clouds came overhead. The condition is to the merit of all the previous owners of this car, it has clearly been loved by each and every one of them, a legacy that the vendor hopes will continue with whoever comes to take this cherished example to a new home.

The vehicle is dry stored most of the time in an underground car park with a car cover over the top of it. A very critical eye was needed to find any flaws with the vehicle, such is the excellent condition, there were a few stone chips and the chrome lens around one of the near side lens had began to degrade on one side, apart from this there is little to report.

The Mechanics 

Open up the bonnet, stick your head in the wheel arches and stare at the brakes, all appear in fine condition and nothing untoward was reported when the car was serviced last December, just 3,000 miles ago.

All six cylinders leapt into action, as any healthy AJ16 should, and idled smoothly as well as working its way through the gears effortlessly. It sounded in fine health and as ready for a trip to the supermarket as it is to drive the length of the nation. The owner did want to point out that he had previously heard a slight noise from the exhaust that didn’t sound right to his ear, but a check at a local garage reported no issue, even so, he wanted this mentioned for transparency.