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 and 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 in the file)
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
