Such a shame to see it like that, someone put a lot of effort into that car. Anyone recognize this car?



https://www.copart.com/lot/77979983/1990-jaguar-xjs-ct-hartford

 

Time to use its body as a donor and keep other cars going.

 

Body donor? I would be surprised that no one would want to fix it just for the manual tranny.

 

I mean like its a dead body lol. Use it for parts. But yeah if it was mine id try to get it fixed.

 

That looks like a pretty nice car from the photos and definitely repairable. No bids yet….if I had space and was closer…..runs/drives which only means to move it. Got to be someone in Connecticut with a few $$$ to spend.

 

Co-Part lists it as have over USD10K value. That's hard to believe in its current condition. 10 years ago I bought my undamaged 90 OTS for USD4K. The car looks entirely repairable and if one could find a parts car to obtain the trim bits, one might be able to do it oneself. The wing looks like it just might be reused with a bit of body bumping. After I bought mine, I found a guy up in the mountains north of Charlotte, North Carolina who had close to 10 parts cars, but was living in what could best be characterized as a hovel. Really nice guy but a fairly sad life story. He was looking for someone to take almost all of his cars off his hands. Tried reaching him a few years ago, but the phone number didn't answer (didn't go to disconnected message, just no answer). He would have had everything needed to fix this coupe. For me, owning a coupe and convert of the same year and color would be a boon, and having one with a manual too. The only hesitation would be that it's a northern car in an area where salt is a way of life and rust a part of that life.

 

in my experience, the best examples come from Northern areas. Very easy to tell if it has been winter driven, this one definitely has not. Some really nice examples in Canada too. All the Canadian cars that were winter driven have long since rusted away lol.

i agree, 10k is too much for this one(i dont think they will get that). But a nice manual coupe isnworth over 20K usd if past BaT examples mean anything.

 

Copart values are what it’s estimated to have been worth prior to damage. Not what they expect it will sell for now.