2024-09-30 11:16:14 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 10/24

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Auction description:

9th Oct, 2024 Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire

1971 Jaguar XJ6 4.2 Litre

Denny family ownership since at least 1978

Estimate £9,000 - £11,000

Registration No: YGE 67J

Chassis No: 1L13067BW

MOT: September 2025

Owned by the Denny tailoring family of Southwold whose clients have included the author George Orwell since at least 1978

Repainted in its factory colour and treated to a minor overhaul in 1990/1991 but otherwise highly original

Regularly MOT tested but little used in recent years

Nicely proportioned short wheelbase variant

Credible 79,000 recorded miles

"If you do not intend to buy a XJ6, don't try one, for ordinary cars will be spoilt for you thereafter. This is a very special kind of motoring" Autosport (06/08/1970)

First registered in Glasgow on 5th February 1971, chassis 1L13067BW was purchased by the vendor’s father from Mann Egerton of Norwich seven years later at a time when the family tailoring business - ‘Denny of Southwold & Saville Row’ - could boast George Orwell, Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Alfred Munnings, Adrian Bell, Rennie Mackintosh and even the future King Charles III as clients. Treated to a respray in its original hue, sundry mechanical fettling and recoloured leather during 1990-1991, the Jaguar had its power steering overhauled in 1994 and headlining renewed in 2002. Believed but not warranted to have covered some 79,000 miles from new, the XJ6 passed its most recent MOT test on September 10th 2024. Pleasingly original in terms of its factory-fitted 4.2 litre engine, interior trim, boot liner and dashboard etc, ‘YGE 67J’ rode the country roads to and from the photography location notably well. Representing the iconic XJ6 in its purest form, Series 1 cars are increasingly sought after especially when finished in such a fetching colour combination and coming from long-term ownership. Offered for sale with V5C Registration Document, history file and current MOT.