SOLD SUBJECT TO A SUCCESSFUL LIFT.

The advert cannot be paused, the sold message will be removed if the current successful offer is unable to remove the vehicle. The first lift attempt failed.  See update section below for details and what you might be up against should your turn come.  The contact feature has also been turned off as there isn't currently any point in getting in touch.

1999 Jaguar XJR 4.0 v8 supercharged 98,000 miles offered for spares or repair.  These cars are so easy on the eye!

Firm valuations for the XJR ending private plate are hard to come by but range between £600 - £1200.  With a scrap value of £400 theres not much risk at the £1,000 asking price.  Just can't bring myself to scrap it!

Purchased in October 2013, needing some minor TLC. Driven for several years during which floor pan welding was carried out along with other minor remediation work.

The cars original engine had Nikasil liners, as a result the engine was changed by Jaguar when the car had around 50k on the clock.  The green indicator for the change can still be seen on the engine block.  While the engine is therefore low mileage it hasn't been started for years.

Why has it come to this?  At some point in 2016 the headlining fell, a common problem without great solutions.  The car was parked while options researched.  With others cars to drive and a new business started, if fell down the queue and year after year passed.

Eventually projects for the engine (C-type kits) surfaced, each more fantastical than the last, given oxygen by petrolhead friends!

As bubbling around the wheel arches is appearing, its time to cut this one loose and let someone else have a crack at it.  More pictures of this will be added.

While I appreciate your undoubted enthusiam, showing up with a jerry can of fresh fuel and high spirits won't result in you driving it away.  You will need to arrange to have the vehicle towed away I'm afraid!

UPDATE: 14/05/2024

The car sold within an hour of listing.  Interest in the car has been overwhelming, 2,700+ views, 165 watchers and dozens of calls and offers at this point. I'm just unable to respond to them all.  This means £1k is firm and way too low a price.

Currently the vehicle is sold awaiting collection.  The first collection attempt failed, here's what we learned and what you would need to aware of should your turn come.

A regular roadside recovery vehicle service won't be sufficient to recover the vehicle in its current condition.  One was sent and it failed.  We found out that;

- The engine does readily turn over (needed the recovery vehicles battery booster)

- The battery is dead (attempts made to recharge it)

- The brakes may well frozen/seized, the car couldn't be pushed but then the tyres are flat

- A specialist recovery service will be needed

- The underside of the car appears solid following a quick visual inspection

It may be that the car could be moved on dollies to better position it but there are things we don't know;

- If the brakes are actually frozen

- State of the fuel pumps, the engine turned and sounded as if it would start but didn't even with a bit of new fuel.  I wasn't able to determine if they activated.

- Whether the tyres will hold air.