2025-02-09 20:41:23 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction 11/19
www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/9b215b4226c63b744a77cbf9d6b89db7/0af8d2454 ...

Auction description:
Charterhouse Auctioneers
Estimate £8,000 - £1,000
A 1986 Jaguar XJS 3.6 Coupé, registration number HIL 8389, chassis number SAJJAEC7CC128274, engine number 9DPAMA103037, Antelope. This desirable five speed manual XJS was purchased as a barn find by our vendor in 2015, with the Jaguar having been in storage for the previous twelve years. Since then the Jaguar has been the subject of considerable restoration and refurbishment. The body was completely stripped to bare metal and resprayed in the original colour of Antelope (windows out with photographs before and after), the alloy wheels were refurbished and new tyres fitted, a new clutch was installed, the engine was found to be in good condition and was serviced with new components (50psi oil pressure), the radiator, hoses and header tank are all new, the brakes are all new, as are the front suspension and rear shock absorbers. Both front and rear screen rubbers were replaced with new items. The cream leather interior has been refreshed with new carpets and headlining. All of this hard work cost approximately £8,000 not including labour and took approximately eighteen months to complete. This well presented Jaguar will be offered for auction with a history file and is only for sale so our vendor can concentrate his efforts on his next project, an XJ6. V5C, MOT to July 2020