Saw this car yesterday at a local show



More pics here:

1982 Jaguar XJS X200 - Karam Family

and was curious about the 'X 200' badge as I'm used to that being the OEM model code for the modern S-types. Thinking at first that this was a one-off modified vehicle, I'm now finding a few references that this is one of three factory built specials.

Anybody know?

 

Mikey,

The Jaguar factory didn't build these. This is a Paul Bailey Design XJS Monaco re-body kit. He did 10 cars back in the 1980s. There's still a few around. One was on ebay.co.uk a few months ago.

Paul

 

Beautiful

 

The view you posted looks great! But man they messed up the front (IMHO).

 

This happens to be my car.
I purchased the kit from Paul Bailey, just before he went bankrupt.
I placed it on a 1982 XJS with rust free low mileage. Complex job.
I believe that this is #10, and the last one.
I call it 'X200' since it has resemblance to the XJ220
I also believe that this is the only left hand drive.
I switched the 2.88 rear diff to a 3.56 to give better acceleration.
More pictures can be found on Karam Family - Home under 'car collection'

 

Very XK8 and DM7 Is that where they got the design from ?

 

Looked at your cars... the Adams Probe 16 is wild!

 

Interesting car.