Classic Showcase Client Restorations:

1985 Jaguar XJ6 Series 3

One of our great collector customers has many classic cars that we have been maintaining and servicing on a regular basis for several years; this particular car was his father’s car, and still is. It is now being serviced and updated by our team of Jaguar professionals. It’s not everyday that you find an XJ6 that is this original and has been maintained as this one has! It is in a truly amazing condition, and just needed a little TLC - and our skilled craftsmen are in the process of bringing it back to an even more amazing condition.                

WORK NEEDED:

The mechanism for the electric sunroof needed a new seal which caused a water leak on the headliner - we could see water bleeding on the headliner. You have to be a skilled trimmer to be able to properly disassemble and restore, renew, and then reassemble.

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XJ6 SERIES III HISTORY:

In late 1979 the XJ was face lifted again, and was known as the "Series III."Using the long-wheelbase version of the car, the XJ6 incorporated a subtle redesign by Pininfarina. Externally, the most obvious changes over the SII were the thicker and more incorporated rubber bumpers with decorative chrome only on the top edge, flush door handles for increased safety, a one-piece front door glass without a separate 1/4 light, a grille with only vertical vanes, reverse lights moved from the boot plinth to the larger rear light clusters and a revised roofline with shallower glass area. There were three engine variants, including the 5.3L V12, the 4.2L straight 6 and 3.4L straight 6. The larger 6-cylinder, and V12 models incorporated Bosch fuel injection (made under license by Lucas) while the smaller 6-cylinder was carbureted. The smaller 3.4L 6-cylinder engine was not offered in the U.S. The short-wheelbase saloon and coupé had been dropped during the final years of the Series II XJ. The introduction of the Series III model also saw the option of a sunroof and cruise control for the first time on an XJ model.