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THIS AMAZING CONDITION VERY EARLY PRE HE XJS WAS TREATED TO PROFESSIONAL RUSTPROOFING FROM NEW. SUPPLIED THROUGH PJ EVANS OF BIRMINGHAM ITS FIRST OWNER WAS WELL KNOWN JAGUAR CLUB RACER ROB BECK. HE OF EGAL E TYPE FAME THE MODSPORTED E TYPE FITTED WITH A GALAXY V8 ENGINE.
IT IS THE 570TH RHD XJS MANUFACTURED AND WAS DELIVERED IN THE CLASSIC COMBINATION OF BRITISH RACING GREEN AND BISCUIT TRIM. BECK USED THE CAR SPARINGLY BEFORE RETIRING TO HIS HOME IN SPAIN WHERE THE CAR RESIDED IN A HEATED GARAGE UNTIL JUST A FEW YEARS AGO AND RETURNED TO THE UK. THE CAR WAS DISCOVERED TO BE TOTALLY RUST AND ROT FREE AND WAS THEREFORE QUITE POSSIBLY UNIQUE AMONGST MOST RHD JAGUARS OF THE 70s. BECK HAD PAINTED THE CAR ON THE OUTSIDE IN HIS RACING TEAM COLOURS TO MATCH THE FAMOUS E TYPE, BUT IT WAS DECIDED TO RETURN THE CAR BACK TO ITS FACTORY BRG. A FULL PHOTOGRAPHIC BARE METAL RESPRAY WAS CARRIED OUT TO THE HIGHEST OF STANDARDS. AT THIS POINT SUSPENSION WAS OVERHAULED AS WERE THE BRAKES AND POWER STEERING RACK. THE CAR HAS FEATURED IN BOTH JAGUAR WORLD MAGAZINE AND JAGUAR DRIVERS CLUB MAGAZINE IN MULTIPLE PAGE ARTICLES. COPIES OF WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE FILE, ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL PASSPORT TO SERVICE BOOKLET SHOWING ITS FIRST YEARS SERVICING AT THE FACTORY AT BROWNS LANE, COVENTRY. THE XJS HAS ALSO BEEN DISPLAYED AT THE HAMPTON COURT CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE AND THE BROOKLANDS JAGUAR FESTIVAL. CURRENT MILEAGE IS 50, 200.
THIS CAR IS 100% JAGUAR AND HAS REQUIRED NO REMEDIAL BODYWORK WHATSOEVER.
THIS REALLY IS A ONE OF KIND XJS AND MUST SURELY BE A MUST FOR ANY SERIOUS COLLECTOR OF JAGUARS AND A LOVER OF ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREAT GRAND TOURING MOTOR CARS.
