2017-10-01 13:11:07 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction 9/17
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Auction description:
Lot number 95
Sale Price £15,000
Make & Model Jaguar XJ6L S2 4.2 Manual Overdrive
Registration GJM 870N
Year 1975
Colour Fern Grey
Engine Size 4,235 cc
Chassis No. 2T.10297DN
Engine No. 8L.11098-S
Documents V5; MOT August 2018; one old MOT; owner's bookpack and service book; recommisioning invoices etc

This stunning Fern Grey XJ6L comes with the rare manual overdrive gearbox and has covered only 9,159 miles from new in the hands of just three owners. As the original Jaguar quality control docket confirms, it left the Browns Lane production line on 15th November 1974 and was supplied new by Leigh Park Motors of Datchet, Bucks, to Mr HA Napier of Solihull in January 1975.

He kept the car for exactly one year before selling it to a Mr SW Barnard, also of Solihull, who was to keep it until his death in 1988, at which point it was bequeathed to the current keeper, a neighbour of Mr Barnard.

As a letter on file from the current keeper states, dated 25th July 2017: "I acquired this vehicle in 1988 as a legacy in the will of Stanley William Barnard. I have been the owner for the last 29 years. It has been in dry storage since 1994. As far as I am aware it has only been in the rain on one occasion and that was when the former keeper drove it to Barmouth. Mr Barnard was only a small man and found it difficult to drive and as I worked for him he asked me if I would like to drive him where he needed to go so I have been virtually the sole driver.

"The true mileage of the vehicle is 9,150. I had it insured with the Jaguar Driver's Club where the car was valued every two years and the mileage noted on a certificate of which I have four, 1994 being the last time I insured the vehicle. The vehicle was at the same standard as it left the factory, no radio, no aerial, no exterior door or wing mirrors. Everything else was standard."

Just prior to the auction the car was recommissioned for sale at a cost of over £2,500 (invoices on file). This included the following new parts: both fuel tanks; fuel pump; front brake discs and pads; upper and lower ball joints; track rod end; spark plugs and a new battery.

The car sailed through its MOT in August, the only advisories being 'o/s/f brake binding slightly; all tyres perished' - hardly surprising as they are probably the same tyres that it left the showroom with 42 years ago. All we could really fault it on otherwise is the headlining, which has sagged in places and would ideally be renewed or re-glued, and the rear bumper which has a slight dent in the middle.

Other documentation includes the original owner's bookpack in the original wallet, the aforementioned Jaguar quality control docket, four JDC valuation certificates, one old MOT issued in December 1988 at 8,053 miles and an old style V5 registration document.

Totally original and in museum quality throughout (it even retains the spare key bolted to the front inner wing at the factory), this superb low-mileage Jaguar would sit well in any collection. The best XJ6 we have ever offered, it is no doubt capable of scooping many awards on the show circuit should the fortunate new owner feel so inclined.