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1974 Jaguar Xj6 Base Sedan 4-door 4.2l on 2040-cars

Year:1974 Mileage:38000 Color: Green Sand /
Bisquit

Location:

Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

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Body Type:Sedan
Engine:4.2L 4235CC l6 GAS Naturally Aspirated
Vehicle Title:Clear
Fuel Type:GAS

Year: 1974
Exterior Color: Green Sand
Make: Jaguar
Interior Color: Bisquit
Model: XJ6
Number of Cylinders: 6
Trim: Base Sedan 4-Door
Drive Type: U/K
Mileage: 38,000

Condition: Used: A vehicle is considered used if it has been registered and issued a title. Used vehicles have had at least one previous owner. The condition of the exterior, interior and engine can vary depending on the vehicle's history. See the seller's listing for full details and description of any imperfections. ...

Welcome, thanks for looking. You are bidding on a bit of a rare bird here. What I have available is a 1974, very early series II short wheelbase XJ6, Right Hand Drive. The car is extremely clean and was my daily driver when I lived in Australia. I am a Jaguar enthusiast and this will be apparent in the details. The car spent it's entire life in the scorching Western Australia desert until I brought it home to Canada. The original leather was toast as a result of the dryness so I swapped out the seats from my '76 parts car over there ( pictured - yes, the BRG car was for parts..) and once home we stripped out the interior, reconditioned the entire assembly from door panels to console and seats.
I ordered and installed genuine jaguar SWB carpet and it looks perfect. I did some engine clean up with various parts being media blasted, powder coated or clear coated. It's really in the details, like laser etching the leaper on the cam cover where ordinary cars would have a sticker and on the twin K&N filter housings. I converted the car to electronic ignition including a flame thrower coil. It fires up with half a turn of the key.
The twin SU HS8 carbs were sent out for a polish and rebuild and work as they should. I installed a new engine wiring harness as well.

What makes this care a true rarity is a combination of things. For those of you who know, the XJ series II was launched in 1974 on 2 platforms - short wheel base and later, long wheelbase due to customer demand. Short wheelbase cars were only built for the first few months of the series and the chassis carried over to the XJC for 1975 - 77. On top of it's low production, you are looking at a UK spec car, unencumbered with ugly side marker lights, rediculous rubber bumpers, smaller headlights w/ surrounds and the useless stromberg carbs. And of course it's right hand drive, the way a British motor car should be. Other details of course are the powder coated factory wheels, high temp coated exhaust manifolds, new windshield (without hold down clips) and rubber.

Having said all of that, this car is not perfect. It was my daily driver in Australia. The paint looks decent but could really use a respray to be perfect. There are a few scratches and dings here and
there but overall looks pretty good from 10 feet. It was resprayed once before my ownership, judging by the paint I'd say 15 yrs ago? The chrome is original so the rear bumper has that spider web look to it up close with minor dings. All of the trim is in excellent shape. The walnut dash clear coat is delaminated but it isn't ugly enough to do anything about yet. There are a few electrical gremlins such as the interior dome lights don't work, one fuel tank reads empty even full, the heater/fan controls are tempramental, power door lock is hit and miss and one rear power window won't go down. I just haven't spent the time chasing these things up yet.
The last thing is that I believe the 4.2 engine is due for a head gasket replacement.

This is a great affordable classic car for an enthusiast to get into. If you plan to rip out it's heart and do a V8 swap, buy an impala instead. I'd rather have it crushed.

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