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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