The Vehicle Restoration Co (est 1986)

Jaguar XJ12. 1978. 29,000 miles.

Jaguar XJ12 Saloon. 5.3. Series 2. 1978. 29,000 miles. Remarkable condition.

2 Owners from new.

To view 50 high resolution enlargeable photographs of this Jaguar please click on this link that will take you to a page on our website.

 http://vrc1986.co.uk/id32.html

This 1978 Jaguar XJ12. 5.3. Is in remarkable condition. It was supplied new by Jaguar Main dealers “Henleys” of  Chester to the 1^st Owner on 4^th August 1978. The Jaguar was serviced and maintained by them for many years, there are 8 stamps in the service book up to 23,352 miles.

The mechanics are wonderful, it starts first time every time and the V12 5.3 powers the car effortlessly, it has the Pre HE version of the Jaguar V12 engine although less economical then the later engine from 1979 onwards it is more powerful and these V12 early cars are becoming highly collectable, the ride is whisper quiet and on the road it is a joy to drive performing beautifully.

The interior is almost in mint condition and we hope the photographs will clearly demonstrate this, please take the time to view them all.

The body is rust free and the paintwork virtually unblemished, we have never seen better in our 23 years in business.

The 2^nd owner  who acquired the car in June 2006 had a bare metal respray and re-chrome carried out costing many thousands of pounds during 2007, the body condition etc is frankly just wonderful and we think you will struggle to find better, please look at all the photographs on this link page (enlargements) http://vrc1986.co.uk/id32.html , it is fair to mention although this Jaguar is HPI clear (we have a clear HPi report with the car) that sometime in 2005 this jaguar was subject to an Insurance claim, the details as we understand it were that is was parked one parking bay away from a Peugeot that caught fire, although the fire was attended to quickly the Jaguar suffered some paint damage, the Insurance Co decided not to repair the car and paid the 1^st Owner accordingly, we are informed the car was acquired by the service manager of the local garage and in turn was purchased by the second owner in June 2006, in 2007 the 2^nd owner had a full bare metal respray and much re-chroming etc carried, we have some pictures of this work in progress, the end result is a wonderful car that in fairness has been subject to a non accident damage insurance claim, this is noted in the log book, some potential buyers may possibly be put off by this and we accept that, but it does we hope represent excellent value for money and is HPi clear.

A search will find few of these cars for sale, the only ones we found available (only 2) of similar quality were priced well in excess of £10,000, we think this Jaguar is priced very fairly, please look at all the photographs (enlargements).

This is a wonderful car in remarkable condition.

Part exchange for a Classic Car/Cars welcome.

For any further details please contact Tim Collins

01243 828908/07834 086565