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1987 Jaguar XJ-SC V12 Automatic – Copy of Princess Diana’s car
Exterior : Moorland Green Metallic Paint
Interior : Doeskin Leather Interior
The car comes with a substantial history file and original service book and owner’s manual.
Please don’t confuse this car with some run of the mill XJ-SC’s – it is in great condition and is fitted with extremely rare options (hardtop and rear seat conversion) as explained below.
This Jaguar XJ-SC was registered in Guildford in March 1987 as a standard specification car. Just after being registered, the first owner (M. D. of Jaguar Guildford) sent the car to Lister Cars in Leatherhead to have various modifications done to it – hence the Lister badge on the rear of the car.
The car had the following conversions carried out from its original Jaguar, Coventry build specification: -
> A rare rear seat conversion (complete with inertia reel seat belts)
> A very rare rear hardtop
> A twin headlamp conversion
> Adjustable front and rear suspension
Once the work had been done on the car it was a direct copy of the car that was being driven by Princess Diana 6-months later in 1987 – a coincidence - perhaps? Full article on Princess Diana's car can be seen here - details above
Note that the car used as Princess Diana’s car in the Crown on Netflix, recently sold for £ 70 000 at auction – and that was not even a V12 Auto like this or the real one.
The car has a great service history record going back to 1987 – showing that that the car was regularly serviced and suggested it resided in the southeast of the UK until 2006 before moving up to the North West where it resided for 18-years.
Date Miles Garage Location
27/ 04/ 1987 887 Wadham Stringer Guildford
01/ 12/ 1987 4612 Wadham Stringer Guildford
03/ 10/ 1988 10463 Wadham Stringer Guildford
13/ 06/ 1989 15989 Wadham Stringer Guildford
04/ 12/ 1991 22712 Lancaster Jaguar Sevenoaks
27/ 07/ 1993 25528 Lancaster Jaguar Sevenoaks
08/ 08/ 1994 29567 Lancaster Jaguar Sevenoaks
20/ 03/ 1995 38301 CMC Motor Engineers Uckfield, East Sussex
20/ 09/ 1996 61092 Steve Sterling Hastings
12/ 02/ 1998 70660 Steve Sterling Hastings
25/ 03/ 1999 76808 Steve Sterling Hastings
07/ 02/ 2000 79862 Steve Sterling Hastings
16/ 03/ 2006 81404 Clarkes Jaguar Specialist Cross in Hand, Heathfield
20/ 05/ 2008 84870 Auto Repairs Bolton
24/ 07/ 2009 86164 Auto Repairs Bolton
06/ 05/ 2016 87493 Robinson Douglas Chorley
13/ 04/ 2017 88034 Classic Car Workshop Chorley
10/ 04/ 2019 88309 North West BMW Bolton
09/ 06/ 2020 88440 North West BMW Bolton
16/ 07/ 2021 88475 North West BMW Bolton
19/ 07/ 2023 88700 North West BMW Bolton
In January 2006, the car had been left standing for some time by its then owner, and it was sold to Clarkes Jaguar in Heathfield who carried out some restoration work including sill repairs, a full respray plus a full wax oil of the underside. Photographs are included within the documentation held with the car showing the work that had been done at the time.
The car was bought in April 2006 and remained in the care of this owner for 18-years until March 2024.
During the latter stages of the last owners time with the car, it had a full high quality respray in November 2021 as he advised that there were a few scratches and blemishes that needed to be dealt with and it seemed to be an easier option to have the respray rather to do cosmetic repairs to different areas of the car. The car is remarkably rust free (which is not always expected on an XJS!),
During my short ownership, I have carried out the following work on the car bringing it back up to working order and it is now ready to enjoy for years to come.
New plugs, HT leads, Distributor cap and rotor arm.
New anti-roll bar links.
Electric window switches stripped and cleaned.
Door speaker connectors cleaned and reconnected.
Door mirrors and switches stripped and cleaned.
Horn fixed (it had started to short out in the steering column)
New wiper motor cover fitted.
O/ Side front and rear wheel bearings adjusted.
New front discs and pads fitted.
The car is currently MOT’d until July 2024, but I will put a new MOT on it at the point of sale and prior to collection.
I am open to sensible offers, and should you have any questions or wish to come and view the car (I’m located just outside of Leamington Spa in Warwickshire),
