Hi,

Does anyone know whether there is much of a difference in collector value between an XJS made before September 10th 1975 (the launch date), an XJS made after September 10th 1975 and an XJS made in 1976?

Should I keep chasing lower serial numbers or not worry about it? I already have a 1975 XJS made after the launch date and a 1976 XJS. There are a lot of other XJS versions I could chase, like an XJ-SC targa convertible (Why did I ever sell mine???) or a facelift XJS in topaz beige with a 4.0 liter engine.

Thanks,

Andy

 

Not worth it, say I'm Andreas. BUT if you find a factory manual, then that is the most valuable of the pre HEs, I believe.

 

The only factory manual I can afford is a book. :-)

 

Early cars seem to fetch a bit more in uk from what I see but as Greg says , I wouldn’t plan my retirement unless you’ve plenty of storage. If you have then why not.

 

any value for a 1978 XJS roadster V12, originally done at the Aston Martin Tickford, coach works?

conversion prototype, i know most of the history, came to USA 1986, from Kent UK.

 

Is it yours? Looks well . What was Aston martins input?

 

Valuations for one-off cars are always tricky. I think a lot will depend on whether the documentation clearly shows that all modifications were made by Aston Martin Tickford. There might also be quite the price difference for the exact same car depending on which country you want to sell it in.

I always scare myself when I see what Jaguar XJS convertibles sell for in Germany. The most expensive one on www.mobile.de is 48500 Euros.

https://m.mobile.de/auto-inserat/jag...ialSharingmWeb

 

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yes its mine, had it for 23yrs. RHD.

i have a 2hr video VHS, of complete rebuild.

Aston Martin did the original conversion from coupe to roadster for Jaguar, Aston was in deep money problems back then, Jag helped them stay afloat!.

, i made some mods of my own preference!

lots of stories that go with it!

 

at that time in British car industry, mid 70s most were going out of business,(BL).

so very little paper is available, they were scrambling to stay active.
i do have a pic of bonnet ,with large lettering saying AMT.

also www.aronline.co.uk jaguar/xjs/ jaguar development history.

ron