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08-02-2016, 02:46 AM

daverb

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not sure if this xjs has been posted

while doing some research came across this yellow XJS with what seems to be a vinyl top, interesting looking IMO, bit not if I care to have one done

1979 JAGUAR XJS V12 MANUAL COUPE

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08-02-2016, 04:51 AM

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it's got to be the bargain of the century??!! Factory manual v12

I have a manual 4.0 and it is amazing but a v12, wow.

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08-02-2016, 01:58 PM

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Great find. PLEASE someone in Blighty pick this up.........

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09-25-2016, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by daverb

while doing some research came across this yellow XJS with what seems to be a vinyl top, interesting looking IMO, bit not if I care to have one done

1979 JAGUAR XJS V12 MANUAL COUPE

13 previous owners!!! I don't think so.

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09-25-2016, 03:09 PM

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Weren't the manuals only built until around 1976? I remember them beimg dropped very early from production...

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09-25-2016, 04:29 PM

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Weren't the manuals only built until around 1976? I remember them beimg dropped very early from production...

I *think*, of the +/- 350 manual cars, the bulk were built 1975-76....and just a sprinkling after that.

I *think* the last one was actually 1978.

Also recall that, technically speaking, the manual transmission was still available until early 1980....when it was 'officially discontinued'.

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