Description
This lot will be auctioned via Iconic Auctioneers, The Classic Sale at the Warwickshire Event Centre on Saturday the 7th of December, Warwickshire Event Centre, CV31 1XN.
Originally a 3500 SD1 rebuilt around 20 years ago and upgraded with a 4. 6-litre V8 apparently once fitted to one of the Paris-Dakar Discovery racers, manual Vitesse gearbox, modified suspension and brakes
Finished in Atlantis Blue with full blue Vanden Plas leather and matching blue Webasto full-length sunroof
The engine spec includes; 4. 6-litre Paris-Dakar block, cross bolted mains, crank, rods & pistons, modified Vitesse cylinder heads with ARP studs, RPI RP4 cam with duplex steel timing gear, Mocal oil cooler, Edelbrock four-barrel carb and manifold, Carter electronic uprated fuel pump, Mallory ignition with non-resistor plugs, Moroso leads, Rimmer exhaust with heat-wrapped tubular manifolds, 3- core radiator with thermo switch, electric fan, Vitesse transmission and a Helix Motorsport clutch
Further upgrades include Jamex 60mm springs with adjustable Koni dampers, poly-bushed all round, Jaguar XJS V12 front discs and calipers, aeroquip hoses and Vitesse 15” alloys
Magazine featured in Practical Classics March 2004 and Retro Cars Jan 2005 (copy included).
63, 793 miles indicated, MOT until November 2025 (no advisories) and recently serviced
Supplied with a huge history file, lots of old tax discs including its first, the original 'Passport to Service', and a photo album from 2005 on disc
