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​1974 Jaguar XJ12 L Series 2 Saloon

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 ​​​​With only 27,236 miles from new, this is a perfectly preserved and highly desirable carburettor-spec XJ12L.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1974 Jaguar XJ12L Series 2 for sale British Racing Green 1974 Jaguar XJ12L Series 2 Executive British Racing Green 1974 Jaguar XJ12L Series 2 Executive rear view British Racing Green 1974 Jaguar XJ12L Series 2 Executive rear three quarters view British Racing Green 1974 Jaguar XJ12L Series 2 Executive front detail British Racing Green 1974 Jaguar XJ12L Series 2 Executive side view British Racing Green 1974 Jaguar XJ12L Series 2 Executive side view British Racing Green 1974 Jaguar XJ12L Series 2 Executive green leather interior British Racing Green 1974 Jaguar XJ12L Series 2 Executive green leather interior rear seats British Racing Green 1974 Jaguar XJ12L Series 2 Executive cockpit British Racing Green 1974 Jaguar XJ12L Series 2 Executive steering wheel and instruments British Racing Green 1974 Jaguar XJ12L Series 2 Executive engine bay British Racing Green 1974 Jaguar XJ12L Series 2 Executive engine British Racing Green 1974 Jaguar XJ12L Series 2 Executive wheel detail

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  • Overview

    An incredible original survivor

    27,236 miles from new

    Rare LWB, V12 carburettor example

    Just 4 previous owners

    Time-warp original trim

  • The long wheelbase Jaguar XJ12: the rare Executive model and the reserve of CEOs and cabinet ministers. Yet this example is rarer still, being beautifully original and having covered 27,236 miles at the last count.

    An early 1974 car, this XJ12L is one of the few and desirable carburettor examples made during the first year of Series 2 production. Finished elegantly in British Racing Green and with its charming original green leather, this XJ is the epitome of 1970s luxury motoring and still looks at home prowling around Parliament Square. 

On file there are the 3,000-mile and 6,000-mile service reports from the 1970s stamped by the John Coombs garage in Guilford, which had of course enjoyed a particularly special relationship with the Jaguar marque in both racing and road car capacities. Quite nicely these Coombs stamps also feature in the original service book, which forms part of the full and seldom seen original book pack.

Also on file is a short biography from the Jaguar Drivers Club, which used the car on a show stand in 1984, authenticating the car's originality and describing it as a multiple award winner. It is not difficult to see why!

Many XJ12s have simply not survived, with fates sealed by oil crises and the second hand market, but this Jaguar stands among the very best. Its exemplary original condition is without doubt due to it having had only four doting owners from new, two for 18 years each, all of whom ensured that this car survived as a benchmark example.