Highlights

Only 42,000 miles from new
Gorgeous Lavender Blue with dark blue leather
Interior refreshed with leather treated and fed in 2022
Full bare metal respray completed in 2021
Extensive service history including original Passport to Service
Carburettors recently fully rebuilt with new gaskets, needles and floats
Dry stored all its life
Current keeper since 2016 who says it has never let him down
One of the last carburettor-fed V12 Daimler XJ models built

The Appeal

In the early 1970s no saloon car came close to Jaguar’s superlative XJ. It rode better than a Rolls, looked fantastic and had that louche long, low style and old-school mix of leather and wood that only Jaguar could deliver.

The arrival of the 5.3L V12 engine made things even better, while the Daimler badge turned the luxury dial to 11. Just 1,925 Series 2 Daimler-badged XJ12 cars were built, and this late 1974 car is one of the last to be built with the more reliable carburettor-fed set-up.

It is a gorgeous example, finished in rare Lavender Blue with dark blue interior. The vendor acquired the car in 2016 and confirms the authenticity of the 42,000 miles from new. He has continued to use it sparingly, reporting that it has always been reliable.

In 2021 the car received a full respray in the original colour and the following year the blue leather was treated and fed. The carburettors have also been rebuilt with new gaskets and needle floats. The seller tells us the car shows good oil pressure, starts and runs well and both fuel tanks work correctly. It was freshly serviced prior to sale.

The vendor says:

“This car is in absolutely beautiful condition, there is one little bubble that come up on the bottom wheel arch size of a 2p, Water must’ve got under the paint work because there was no rot there at all, this car is very very solid and needed,

“The car has been dry stored all its life. This is an historic vehicle so MOT and tax exempt , this car deserves to be at the shows, but I’m just not getting the time, only selling due to trimming down on my collection.”

History and Paperwork

First registered 2nd December 1974
One of the last XJ12 Daimlers built in 1974
Six registered keepers
Current keeper since October 2016
Vendor confirms the displayed 42,000 miles from new
V5C in current keeper’s name
Historic vehicle status - MOT and tax exempt
Extensive service history available as shown in photos
Original Passport to Service book with 10 stamps
Lots of old MOTs to support displayed mileage
Thousands of pounds worth of invoices according to seller
Typed history details in photos
Workshop manual
Alway dry stored by current and previous keepers we are told
Ongoing improvements detailed above and below
Vendor states that the car has always been reliable

The Condition

Very appealing Lavender Blue paintwork which we understand is the factory colour
Full bare metal respray completed in 2021 with photos available
Paintwork continues to present well with few indications of use
Solid body with hardly any rot found during respray according to seller
One small bubble (size of a 2p coin) on bottom wheel arch as shown
Appears solid underneath according to seller
Chrome wheels in good general condition with slight tarnish
Tyres show perishing and some sidewall bulges in photos
Exterior chromework presents well in photos
Dark blue leather interior is original and very well kept
Leather treated/fed about three years ago
New headlining installed recently
Door cards, switchgear, veneers and carpets in very good condition
Classic radio doesn't work well which vendor says is possibly due to aerial issue

The Mechanics

5,343cc V12 engine
3spd automatic transmission
60lb oil pressure according to seller
Recently had a full service
Carburettors fully rebuilt with new gaskets, needles, floats etc
Both fuel tanks work and have been checked, we are told
Vendor reports that car starts and drives well
No modifications from standard according to seller
Has never let the owner down since 2016

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