Jaguar cars for sale in Warwick, Rhode Island

Jaguar : XJ12 Sovereign 1984 jaguar xj 12 sovereign 60 k miles beautiful car must see

$7,000

Warwick, Rhode Island

Hey guys. I had this car listed a couple of months ago, and decided not to sell it. Now something has come up where it's come a good idea to sell it (I never thought I'd be the guy selling a car because my wife is having a baby, but here I am), so here we go. I apologize for the car being listed as a 1980, eBay wouldn't accept a non-American VIN for a 1984. Also, as you can see from my 'best offer' listing, theres more than a little bit of wiggle room in that price...but I figured rather than start the bidding at $200, let's just get right down to it. This is a 1984 Jaguar XJ-12 Sovereign. Most of the Series 3 XJ12s you see in the States are VanDen Plas that have come over from Canada, this car is a Sovereign and it came over from Germany as a 'gray market' car in 1989 or so. My understanding is that the differences between the names is that you couldn't call a Sovereign a Sovereign in North America, so our cars were VDPs. However, I'm sure there's a Jaguar expert reading this who can fill me in on the real differences. The car has been garaged it's entire life, and has no rust on it. The exterior is in very good condition, the only real defect I'd note there is a little bit of cracking in the older lacquer paint near the fuel fillers. No dents, no real scratches, the chrome is great, and the glass is all excellent. Oh, and the lights have been swapped...most of the US spec cars have the four small headlights rather than 2 big and 2 small, this one has had the outside lights changed to the large ones, which looks much better. The lights all work except for the fog lights, which seem to come and go...I'd assume it's a corroded or loose connection. Inside, the car has beautiful tan leather which is in fantastic shape as well, not dried out, not cracked. The veneer not the dashboard is cracking, but it doesn't look bad...kinda of a neat patina if you want to look at it that way. The car has a Nardi steering wheel (original is included), as well as a wooden shift knob that matches the wheel and dashboard. The carpets are like new, no cracks in the dash pad, all the interior lights seem to work. The air conditioning doesn't blow cold, but the compressor seems to engage. The gauges work except for the fuel gauge, but it does move a little when you switch between the tanks, so it might be an issue with the gauge itself rather than the sending unit. The car runs fantastic, too. Starts up easy, runs smooth, no blue smoke from the exhaust. It's obscenely smooth when you drive it, you barely feel the engine at all, but it does put you back in your seat. The European-spec 5.3 is supposed to make a little more power than the US version (300hp vs 260 or so), which is always nice to have as well. As far as issues, there are a couple of small ones. Most notably, the car needs a new voltage regulator, which I have in hand. Right now the alternator is charging at about 16 volts, so this will definitely need to be replaced. The battery is a new Sears Diehard Gold AGM, the overcharging alternator had killed off the old battery that was in it, so the car has probably been run all of 45 seconds on the new battery to keep from overcharging it. In addition to that, the car needs a fuel tank changeover valve, which I've also got around here somewhere. The car has two tanks, but the valve is stuck on the left side tank. The return valves are working correctly, however...when you switch to the right side tank, it still draws from the left tank, but returns to the right. I've got the original owner's manual, original shop manual, original tool kit, and the original spare tire (the tire itself is junk, but the wheel is good). The car has a clean title, but RI doesn't title cars older than 2001, so it'll be sold with a bill of sale and a copy of the current RI registration. Back when my grandfather owned it, this car was a show winner basically every time out. It still looks great, and I've won a few trophies with it myself. This is one of the nicer Jaguar XJs you'll see, and I doubt you'll have another S3 Sovereign next to you at the next show. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for looking. On Jun-22-15 at 17:44:59 PDT, seller added the following information: Hey guys, just a few things I remembered after writing the ad. The power antenna is stuck up right now. The antenna motor works, you can hear it when you turn on the radio, but it won't retract. There's what I believe might be a charcoal canister in the engine compartment, I guess it was needed to federalize the car when it first came over. It developed a leak, so its bypassed, but can be more fully removed. And on a side note, this is the best smelling car on this (or any other) planet. I don't know what it is about the inside of this car, but it just smells like old British car...not the least bit musty (the car is super dry inside, by the way), it just smells awesome. Like leather and wool carpeting and wood and stuff, I can't explain it, but I wish I could bottle it. Probably the only vehicle that could smell better than this would be like a mobile Cinnabon truck. I'll revise the ad if I think of anything else.

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