Thank you for taking us around that great collection, very enjoyable. For those cars to get the much needed love they require they must find new homes. Otherwise they’ll just sit there forever.
Gosh Brett ! Rather sad to see these cars looking so neglected but we all know that most of these were bought at bargain prices . Must say those XJ12's were very desirable . I think one was in Caramel and the other in Amethyst and l drove all V12 varients in the day including a Double Six Coupe . Even back then l knew these would be rare . And for me the later 6 litre was the ultimate "Wolf in sheeps clothing !" Thankyou
Gee Brett what a fantastic collection. I wonder if I have ever worked on any of them? If you ever find books with either, Pymble Preatige, Ron Hodgson or New Rowley mtrs from the 80s I would love to know. Thanks for the tour.
@@tjmthejagmandownunder Not quite Brett, as I had a LWB Jaguar badged car I agree that it was a special order, however just before I bought that one in '79 I looked at a variety of long wheelbase series 1 Jaguar xj6's. The first being a "heather "colored one (that's that mauvey-pink color with maroon seats) at a Thomas classic car yard in Gladesville at Ron Hodgson at Parramatta he had a greensand with olive leather series 1 xj6, and I looked at a white one with mid blue leather (kind of a grey-blue) at Rowley motors Brookvale, then at Sundell's Holdens at Chatswood they had a sable with biscuit leather (sable is the grey-brown color) also a LWB, then at Purnells' Arncliffe there was a primrose yellow with black leather LWB series 1 xj6 I took photos of them all at the time, so having looked at them all the only color I could live with long term was the white one at Brookvale, but it was just plain white. I was feeling disappointed as I would really have liked a navy blue, dark green or maroon one and I absolutely did not want a short wheelbase one. Then a week or so later the sales guy at Thomas classic cars at Gladesville said they had just bought a maroon one, with just 18,200 miles on it, but that it was a special order odd-bod that had been dressed as a Vanden Plas 6 cylinder Jaguar, an hour later and I was the proud new owner of exactly what I wanted. The Jaguar factory did make "standard" Jaguar LWB series 1's for dealers to order and sell on their lots however they were near 20% more expensive and also dealers and buying public were aware that an update was coming the series 2, so I guess both dealers and the buying public were wary of buying a 20% more expensive item that was to be superseded in just a few months. In one of my books at home it actually gives the exact split of the 2600 LWB series 1 body shells, between v12 or 6 cylinder, between left hand drive or RHD, between Jaguar or Daimler, then there are exactly 352 Vanden Plas v12 cars, 352 RHD cars and JUST ONE , yep1 LHD one which Lyons had built for himself and sent to New York for his sole use when in the USA, later it was sold to his main franchisee in the USA. when you get down to the final numbers there were just a few more Daimlers as there is the 352 Vanden Plas, so there is few more than 300 odd of each variant, very low build numbers indeed, as many were special order cars for governments too as basically this was to replace the mk10/420G LWB car which to the public finished in 1971. (my mum bought a new 1971 420G from Rowley motors Artarmon the ADR plaque says 3/71). The series 1 Long wheelbase car was first on sale October 1972. I've owned 3 Jags in my lifetime , when 19 & at uni bought a 1965 left hand drive 4.2 litre MK10, had been the Aussie "boss" of WHO (world health org') in Geneve, he'd had a stroke and he, wife & kids sent home to Ashfield in Sydney, back then in 1975 that gave you just a year odd to either make your car RHD or surrender your rego plates on July 1st 1976, so I had 15 months. Luckily i found a ratty 420G that old English people had taken to Tasmania, when they moved to NSW, it was not going to pass roadworthy due to rust issues. But it harvested all the hidden but required RHD "stuff" to do the conversion, and Pa, mums' dad had just retired as an industrial engineer so mid-year break 1976 was swap over to RHD. I kept that car until 1982. In October 1979 I bought my maroon LWB series 1 xj6, and kept that xj6 33 years until December 2012 when I sold it to a mate, having just bought a 1967 420G with a mere 50.020 fully log booked miles and one owner which I still own and have added another 40,000 miles to However, as an aside my dad is an American and was a senior US diplomat based in Sydney for decades. When I finished first year of uni our "neighbours" to the US consular building Underwood House 37 Pitt St Sydney was the Malaysian High Commissioner, in December 1974 they took delivery of two BRAND NEW 420G's in a high gloss enamel military green color, with suede green leather, they also had ADR compliancy plates which had 12/74 on a 420G !!! Just before covid 19 broke out a mate was restoring a white 1969 420G and was looking for some better parts than were on his resto project, another mate in the Jag club put me onto a guy that had been robbing a 420G for its engine for an e type plus some other bits for an s type. When Bruce & myself went to look at the Wedgewood blue 420G it had been a private import from the UK however it had all its papers and documents, it had been built for the Chairman of the British AA (like their NRMA) it had been completed at Jaguar works in November 1975 and registered & on road in Nov' 1975.
Some of these jags really need to see the road again, so sad. Those Holden Piazza's where a real heap of shit. Build quality was shocking handling was dreadful and deadly especially in the wet. One of the biggest sale flops for Holden, they even tried slashing the price to move them, but it didn't help.
G'day Brett, very interested in the Daimler Double Six 6 litre, (looks like an XJ-40?) in metalic blue. One of the club members in Perth had a red one in immaculate condition and I have always been interested to get one at the right price. Have you heard anything about the reliability of the dash switches on these cars as I understand they are problematic and can be difficult to obtain as spares. I'm also after a Marelli ignition harmonic balancer, and alternator if they have any parts on the shelf. Lastly, I'd be very interested in what the Series 1 Daimler VDP gets in terms of dollars, you may remember my car in Coral when you visited us in Newcastle. Cheers Chris
Hi Chris ! Yes it is a forty in Daimler mode. I've owned heaps XJ40's and only the early digital dash caused problems that I know of. Maybe get the balancer rebuilt? I can refer you to someone if needed. I remember the Coral VDP well , one of my favourite's Thanks for watching
@@tjmthejagmandownunder are you thinking of buying it? Great cars, and as mentioned very rare: one of 330 ever built. I only know of four in Australia: mine, one in Qld (in purple) one in Perth a Navy Blue: and I think one in SA, unsure. I doubt that any have survived in the UK due to the corrosion.
What a great collection. However for new comers to car preservation. Please consider this: Either fully restore a car or leave it alone in its original state and cover it properly. So many cars get half restored and then passed on and on and do not always see the light of day again. Why? because its costs more to restore a car than it will cost unless it is very rare car and will bring an enormous price, which is usually out of the realm of the average DIY car restorer. Take some advice from a fool. I have look very foolish many times paying more than the average price for a particular used classic, but in the end I have finished up with better value for money than those who are admired for buying the cheapest. And beware, because the price alone does not always mean the best value. I have had Jags that looked fabulous but were a pain in the butt. It takes experience and lots more experience when you are into Jags.
Knowing how old people lie so often, when this guy says: ''I drove this car 5 years ago'', it probably means in 1985. It's such a shame to see all these old Jags in such terrible condition.
Comeeee on mannnn U gotta be kidding me . Not one car is clean or not taken apart . Yeah nice to have a garage full of jags or whatever is to float your boat. But man place looks like a junk yard ! Focus on one at a time and get them up to par order @ the very least. Or wash them !
Yep! I agree they all need some kind of work. They are getting them out one by one and working on the better ones first starting with the S1 so we can have a better look
Thanks for the outing Brett. Some great Jags.
Thanks! It was a real pleasure to explore them!
Thank you for taking us around that great collection, very enjoyable. For those cars to get the much needed love they require they must find new homes. Otherwise they’ll just sit there forever.
Well said!
A lot of potential there, if you have a few hundred years !!!
This video starts out hot with that Daimler Double Six VDP Series 1!!! That’s got to be the ultimate four door XJ. Wow wow wow.
Gosh Brett ! Rather sad to see these cars looking so neglected but we all know that most of these were bought at bargain prices . Must say those XJ12's were very desirable . I think one was in Caramel and the other in Amethyst and l drove all V12 varients in the day including a Double Six Coupe . Even back then l knew these would be rare . And for me the later 6 litre was the ultimate "Wolf in sheeps clothing !" Thankyou
My heart is aching. I'm stuck in the US. So many Kitties. Hope most get rescued!
"We can put it back together for you." 😆
😁
Also what a find
Wow , the white XJC manual would be amazing to drive
Yeah the 5 speed manual probably my pick.
What a shame how all these beautiful Jag's have been so neglected, so so sad, a sin really.
Yes, but there is another side to the story
This bloke must have all the Piazza's in existance
🤣
Gee Brett what a fantastic collection. I wonder if I have ever worked on any of them?
If you ever find books with either, Pymble Preatige, Ron Hodgson or New Rowley mtrs from the 80s I would love to know.
Thanks for the tour.
Which ones most likely Simon?
Pymble and hoddos most likely for the series I,II and III, NRM would be XJ40s
Thanks Brett.
Wow
WOW
You should buy that XJC shell 😊
That blue series 1 V12 is a very rare LWB versión...most series 1's were SWB
Correct! Only Daimlers were available in LWB on Series 1 cars
@@tjmthejagmandownunder Not quite Brett, as I had a LWB Jaguar badged car I agree that it was a special order, however just before I bought that one in '79 I looked at a variety of long wheelbase series 1 Jaguar xj6's. The first being a "heather "colored one (that's that mauvey-pink color with maroon seats) at a Thomas classic car yard in Gladesville at Ron Hodgson at Parramatta he had a greensand with olive leather series 1 xj6, and I looked at a white one with mid blue leather (kind of a grey-blue) at Rowley motors Brookvale, then at Sundell's Holdens at Chatswood they had a sable with biscuit leather (sable is the grey-brown color) also a LWB, then at Purnells' Arncliffe there was a primrose yellow with black leather LWB series 1 xj6 I took photos of them all at the time, so having looked at them all the only color I could live with long term was the white one at Brookvale, but it was just plain white. I was feeling disappointed as I would really have liked a navy blue, dark green or maroon one and I absolutely did not want a short wheelbase one. Then a week or so later the sales guy at Thomas classic cars at Gladesville said they had just bought a maroon one, with just 18,200 miles on it, but that it was a special order odd-bod that had been dressed as a Vanden Plas 6 cylinder Jaguar, an hour later and I was the proud new owner of exactly what I wanted.
The Jaguar factory did make "standard" Jaguar LWB series 1's for dealers to order and sell on their lots however they were near 20% more expensive and also dealers and buying public were aware that an update was coming the series 2, so I guess both dealers and the buying public were wary of buying a 20% more expensive item that was to be superseded in just a few months. In one of my books at home it actually gives the exact split of the 2600 LWB series 1 body shells, between v12 or 6 cylinder, between left hand drive or RHD, between Jaguar or Daimler, then there are exactly 352 Vanden Plas v12 cars, 352 RHD cars and JUST ONE , yep1 LHD one which Lyons had built for himself and sent to New York for his sole use when in the USA, later it was sold to his main franchisee in the USA. when you get down to the final numbers there were just a few more Daimlers as there is the 352 Vanden Plas, so there is few more than 300 odd of each variant, very low build numbers indeed, as many were special order cars for governments too as basically this was to replace the mk10/420G LWB car which to the public finished in 1971. (my mum bought a new 1971 420G from Rowley motors Artarmon the ADR plaque says 3/71). The series 1 Long wheelbase car was first on sale October 1972.
I've owned 3 Jags in my lifetime , when 19 & at uni bought a 1965 left hand drive 4.2 litre MK10, had been the Aussie "boss" of WHO (world health org') in Geneve, he'd had a stroke and he, wife & kids sent home to Ashfield in Sydney, back then in 1975 that gave you just a year odd to either make your car RHD or surrender your rego plates on July 1st 1976, so I had 15 months. Luckily i found a ratty 420G that old English people had taken to Tasmania, when they moved to NSW, it was not going to pass roadworthy due to rust issues. But it harvested all the hidden but required RHD "stuff" to do the conversion, and Pa, mums' dad had just retired as an industrial engineer so mid-year break 1976 was swap over to RHD. I kept that car until 1982. In October 1979 I bought my maroon LWB series 1 xj6, and kept that xj6 33 years until December 2012 when I sold it to a mate, having just bought a 1967 420G with a mere 50.020 fully log booked miles and one owner which I still own and have added another 40,000 miles to
However, as an aside my dad is an American and was a senior US diplomat based in Sydney for decades. When I finished first year of uni our "neighbours" to the US consular building Underwood House 37 Pitt St Sydney was the Malaysian High Commissioner, in December 1974 they took delivery of two BRAND NEW 420G's in a high gloss enamel military green color, with suede green leather, they also had ADR compliancy plates which had 12/74 on a 420G !!! Just before covid 19 broke out a mate was restoring a white 1969 420G and was looking for some better parts than were on his resto project, another mate in the Jag club put me onto a guy that had been robbing a 420G for its engine for an e type plus some other bits for an s type. When Bruce & myself went to look at the Wedgewood blue 420G it had been a private import from the UK however it had all its papers and documents, it had been built for the Chairman of the British AA (like their NRMA) it had been completed at Jaguar works in November 1975 and registered & on road in Nov' 1975.
What a fabulas collection Brett did they say why they have decided to sell them all great video best regards Andy Allen
Thanks Andy! He is downsizing.
@@tjmthejagmandownunder Thanks Brett I hope they go to some good homes best regards Andy Allen
Some of these jags really need to see the road again, so sad. Those Holden Piazza's where a real heap of shit. Build quality was shocking handling was dreadful and deadly especially in the wet. One of the biggest sale flops for Holden, they even tried slashing the price to move them, but it didn't help.
Yeah! I never really liked them!
Well call a spade a spade I guess. 😆
Hi mate would be interested in that white looked like a ser 1
Hi Brett
Are vanderplas double six that rare as I have one that I might do up after my current 12c project
Thanks
Yes! They are rare. You have a special car.
G'day Brett, very interested in the Daimler Double Six 6 litre, (looks like an XJ-40?) in metalic blue. One of the club members in Perth had a red one in immaculate condition and I have always been interested to get one at the right price. Have you heard anything about the reliability of the dash switches on these cars as I understand they are problematic and can be difficult to obtain as spares. I'm also after a Marelli ignition harmonic balancer, and alternator if they have any parts on the shelf. Lastly, I'd be very interested in what the Series 1 Daimler VDP gets in terms of dollars, you may remember my car in Coral when you visited us in Newcastle. Cheers Chris
Hi Chris ! Yes it is a forty in Daimler mode. I've owned heaps XJ40's and only the early digital dash caused problems that I know of. Maybe get the balancer rebuilt? I can refer you to someone if needed. I remember the Coral VDP well , one of my favourite's Thanks for watching
i'm going to do a one one of the series 1 VDP next week!
@@tjmthejagmandownunder are you thinking of buying it? Great cars, and as mentioned very rare: one of 330 ever built. I only know of four in Australia: mine, one in Qld (in purple) one in Perth a Navy Blue: and I think one in SA, unsure. I doubt that any have survived in the UK due to the corrosion.
@@tjmthejagmandownunder Referral for Harmonic balancer greatly appreciated.
Wow - how do we go buy some of these toys ? ❤
Send me an email
@@tjmthejagmandownunder In the spare parts were there any rear seats for XJ6 (1-3) for sale?
ill have a v12 or a coupe or a manual or any combination of above
You can have all of them!🤣
Thanks for the outing, Who is fat fingered guitar? Can't find anything on internet
Here you go!
youtube.com/@fatfingeredguitar?feature=shared
Thanks Brett@@tjmthejagmandownunder
Funny his cars are filthy but… he will wash and recommission them! And they are all great cars lol
What a great collection. However for new comers to car preservation. Please consider this: Either fully restore a car or leave it alone in its original state and cover it properly. So many cars get half restored and then passed on and on and do not always see the light of day again. Why? because its costs more to restore a car than it will cost unless it is very rare car and will bring an enormous price, which is usually out of the realm of the average DIY car restorer. Take some advice from a fool. I have look very foolish many times paying more than the average price for a particular used classic, but in the end I have finished up with better value for money than those who are admired for buying the cheapest. And beware, because the price alone does not always mean the best value. I have had Jags that looked fabulous but were a pain in the butt. It takes experience and lots more experience when you are into Jags.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Many of these cars are in need of a proper home and a good loving owner.
Knowing how old people lie so often, when this guy says: ''I drove this car 5 years ago'', it probably means in 1985. It's such a shame to see all these old Jags in such terrible condition.
Yes, but there is always two sides to the story
Comeeee on mannnn
U gotta be kidding me . Not one car is clean or not taken apart . Yeah nice to have a garage full of jags or whatever is to float your boat. But man place looks like a junk yard ! Focus on one at a time and get them up to par order @ the very least. Or wash them !
Yep! I agree they all need some kind of work. They are getting them out one by one and working on the better ones first starting with the S1 so we can have a better look