I have got one too. Dark blue, manual+ od, biscuit leather and 7 years of work to get it in almost metticulous condition. Own it now for 33 years and still love it. Gert Stuve, The Netherlands
The Series One is my choice visually of the XJ Series Jaguar's, and while I have not personally owned one, I have had the pleasure of driving many different Jagua Models, including Series one through 3 xu6's, a series 2 XJ12, an E-Type and 2 XJS's, along with a mark 2, and a few others as well. Here in New Zealand they are still a fairly common sight on the roads, and here where I live in Whanganui, there is one Very Nice Series One finished in British Racing Green over Dark Brown Leather. They come up for sale from time to time, but the trick is to find a good one?
Don't let Jaguar see this, they will rip the engine and gearbox out along with the dashboard and fit an electric motor complete with an Ikea dashboard full of crap . .......and call it progress .
Series 1 is the most elegant of all XJ ‘s in my opinion.
What a beautiful interior! You even got the crome frames of the meters. Most handsome!
Dad had a 1971 Daimler sovereign in 1974 .
Lovely. I was lucky to get the chrome bezels around the gauges on my '71 before they switched to black. I just wish it was manual.
I have got one too. Dark blue, manual+ od, biscuit leather and 7 years of work to get it in almost metticulous condition. Own it now for 33 years and still love it. Gert Stuve, The Netherlands
Love these cars so much!
Lovely old car.
Lovely, I’ve got a series 2 in regency red with a biscuit interior. Only real difference is mine’s a 4speed.
I looked at a XJ once. Basically it was a series 1. With the beautiful interior. But the exterior was a mix of series 2 and series 3.
One day, I will buy a Series 1 Jaguar XJ6 or V12. Had a few Series 2's, a Series 3 V12 and two XJ8's.
The Series One is my choice visually of the XJ Series Jaguar's, and while I have not personally owned one, I have had the pleasure of driving many different Jagua Models, including Series one through 3 xu6's, a series 2 XJ12, an E-Type and 2 XJS's, along with a mark 2, and a few others as well. Here in New Zealand they are still a fairly common sight on the roads, and here where I live in Whanganui, there is one Very Nice Series One finished in British Racing Green over Dark Brown Leather. They come up for sale from time to time, but the trick is to find a good one?
Have you got any links to restoration photos ?
Don’t suppose my old XJ is still out there. PRN 270K.
Don't let Jaguar see this, they will rip the engine and gearbox out along with the dashboard and fit an electric motor complete with an Ikea dashboard full of crap . .......and call it progress .
such a shame they break down a lot