2025-12-08 12:36:35 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 11/25

www.manorparkclassics.com/auction/lot/lot-106---1973-jaguar-xj12/

Auction description:

29th Nov, 2025 The Barons November 2025 Auction

1973 Jaguar XJ12

A remarkably well-kept and low mileage V12 saloon

Estimate £6,000 - £7,000

Registration: RTT 296M

Chassis: 2R1171BW

Odometer: 50,090

Transmission: Automatic

MOT: Exempt

Anecdotally, the XJ12 has been referred to as ‘The Best Car in the World’.

Jaguar’s ‘best’ XJ, with the desirable 5343cc V12

Displaying some 50,000 miles

Yokohama tyres and evidence of maintenance over the years

A Series 2 XJ12 L, this example was first registered on the 1st October 1973, a majestic long-wheelbase V12 iteration of the XJ with 5 former keepers recorded. ‘RTT 296M’ wore its first and exclusive number plate, ‘LVP 42’, for over 36 years, the current keeper acquiring the XJ12 L in 2022 and has subsequently enjoyed taking it around car meets and shows for the last couple of years. Presenting well, for its years, it’s finished in Sable Brown, with a complementing gold pinstripe. Inside, there is the usual luxury you’d expect of the 5.3 litre V12 with tan leather, wood and co-ordinated carpets. This XJ12 L is fitted with the automatic transmission with top-of-the-range driver comforts such as air conditioning, electric windows and power-assisted steering. Showing consideration for the car, the four corners are shod with Yokohama tyres on the XJ's steel rims.

Whilst we have no information regarding any restoration or major work carried out within paperwork, there are approximately 30 invoices for minor maintenance from 1982 through to 1993, such as attention paid to coolant and air conditioning hoses, spark plugs, ball joints and exhaust. Additionally, there is a collection of paper MOTs dating from 1978 until 2015, a wiring diagram for car and air conditioning, a Radiomobile guarantee form signed in 1973, and paperwork which might suggest a previous owner was a member of the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club. There’s also an accompanying Jaguar service book which contains 4 stamped entries, a spare key and a current V5 Registration Document.

Sold for £5,635