Dad had a 4.2 Automatic , and in those days if you had a fast car you drove it fast. We had relations in Plymouth which is approx 220 miles from where we lived in Sutton Coldfield, only half the distance motorway (freeway) Starting at 5.00 one sunday morning we covered this distance , in 2. 3/4 hours , av speed door to door 80mph. Speedo was on 120 plus most of the way. When we arrived both fuel tanks were empty and 2 pints of oil were needed My brother and i at the age of 14 and 9 in the back thoroughly enjoyed this journey . This car was more than just a good looker , its a very capable machine with a truly great engine.
Beautiful car. I myself had an identical specification , except in Ascot Fawn, in 1974 , l was 21 and paid the princely sum of £750.00p for it! I was a panelbeater at our local Jaguar dealer. Mine too was a very early car being registered in 1969 and l am pretty certain '69 was the first year of production. I guess this was for sale and someone is going to be a very lucky person. Thankyou. Forgot to add . You can see on the rear and side headcloth finishers black marks.These are soot marks. These are where the fixing clip holes are punched into the board to mount the trims. There are adjacent holes in the panelwork which are not sealed.The early cars had short ,straight exhaust chrome pipes. ( Didn't notice if yours had those. ) The lower fuel tank covers under the rear bumper were not sealed. The exhaust fumes were drawn into the lower tank covers , then into the fuel tank compartments and finally up through the rear pillars and into the cabin! The early cars were recalled,the tanks removed, and baffle plates were fitted at the base of the rear pillars to stop the fumes. As an added "cure" the exhaust trims were lengthened and "s" shaped to prevent the fumes being drawn in. Of course you may already know this!
@@christianloepfe179 Body perforations for left or right hand drive. You see, unlike the U. S., we, in Europe, try to install the antenna as far as possible from the sidewalk goons.!!! As for the rear view mirror blanking plates, I guess somebody has previously installed different side view mirrors, after the new paint job.!!!
@@carscloseup Hi. I think it would have been a special order and possibly an older colour. Possibly Opalescent Golden Sand, a popular colour in the early 1960's.
Had a Ser 3 but the Ser1 is the one to have (or Ser 2 Coupe). Your exhaust tips should have a dogleg to the sides as original. That stipped the possibility of dumes re entering through the boot.
Not unusual to find mk1 xj6's being sold cheap 25 years ago for a matter of not being able to afford 4 new tyres, consider that back then they were old cars bought by people just because they liked the idea of luxury, and the cost of fuel, insurance and running costs meant you could pick them up for a few hundred Quid. Many of those eventually became uneconomical to run and repair " they weren't old enough to be collectable" so they ended up being scrapped. That's why they are rare and worth a bit of money nowadays, if people had kept them they'd be common and undesirable. Similar smooth ride and performance can be had with a BMW 320/520 petrol engine and youd get 30mpg on average. 15mpg cars aren't used much apart from things like this or shows, so they aren't really being used as originally designed
Adrina The Great this goes for any classic car, nothing new here...Of course this car will not be used as intended, but it will be kept running and occasionally driven, because of nostalgic reasons, because of the style and grace that you’ll never get in a newer BMW...If you want modern comfort and economy, don’t look this way.....
Adrina The Great I use my 1969 XJ6 as my daily car, I don’t worry about the fuel economy as the pleasure of driving such a lovely car far out weighs the cost and I also would rather be driving an old fashion jaguar over a modern BMW any day of the week
@@shaunw9270 I'll look it up, I have a '76 12C the exact same color, show perfect, just acquired it 2 months ago, but it does look like opalescent golden sand. They limited colors.
The most beautiful XJ ever made
XK8 was pretty impressive , close call for me
Dad had a 4.2 Automatic , and in those days if you had a fast car you drove it fast.
We had relations in Plymouth which is approx 220 miles from where we lived in Sutton Coldfield, only half the distance motorway (freeway)
Starting at 5.00 one sunday morning we covered this distance , in 2. 3/4 hours , av speed door to door 80mph.
Speedo was on 120 plus most of the way.
When we arrived both fuel tanks were empty and 2 pints of oil were needed
My brother and i at the age of 14 and 9 in the back thoroughly enjoyed this journey .
This car was more than just a good looker , its a very capable machine with a truly great engine.
That's how a car like that wants to be driven.
Beautiful car. I myself had an identical specification , except in Ascot Fawn, in 1974 , l was 21 and paid the princely sum of £750.00p for it! I was a panelbeater at our local Jaguar dealer. Mine too was a very early car being registered in 1969 and l am pretty certain '69 was the first year of production. I guess this was for sale and someone is going to be a very lucky person. Thankyou. Forgot to add . You can see on the rear and side headcloth finishers black marks.These are soot marks. These are where the fixing clip holes are punched into the board to mount the trims. There are adjacent holes in the panelwork which are not sealed.The early cars had short ,straight exhaust chrome pipes. ( Didn't notice if yours had those. ) The lower fuel tank covers under the rear bumper were not sealed. The exhaust fumes were drawn into the lower tank covers , then into the fuel tank compartments and
finally up through the rear pillars and into the cabin! The early cars were recalled,the tanks removed, and baffle plates were fitted at the base of the rear pillars to stop the fumes.
As an added "cure" the exhaust trims were lengthened and "s" shaped to prevent the fumes being drawn in. Of course you may already know this!
This car was also registered in early 1969 and yes this was for sale, sold 16/11-2019
@@carscloseup Hi. Thanks for that. l have added some more information which may or may not be of interest. Happy New Year to you all.
I could watch this for an hour.
What a magnificent example! My compliments, Sir!
THANKS FOR NO "MUSIC".!!!
Fantastic car.
Thanks for posting.
Simply magnificent. Lovely car. Thankyou for the test drive without music played over too.
f114163 Thanks.....I am so annoyed by the videos were loud music is played, what is the purpose of the test drive...and the video??
I'm saving up for this car, i'm even constantly dreaming about it
If you could make a car this beautiful now you would be a billionaire!
Thanks for the ride along !!
Absolutely beautiful
Lovely and very early series 1 xj6, 1968 the 1st year of production
Looks to be in excellent condition, congratulations!
Thought it was Nice until you opened the doors and Nice turned to Beautiful👏
What a lovely car🙂
What a beautiful car
Chrome round the gauges was better than the black plastic , same as mine .
Lovely car. In my humble opinion the xj6 series 3 and the XJ 12 were the last true Jaguar sedans.
La xj 40 était la dernière jaguar dessiné par Sir William Lyons je lui trouve aussi beaucoup de charme.
Best 4 door Automobile....ever.
I got to get both my jags back on the road next year, series 2 xj6 73 model and 89 xj40.also I got 96 x300. I love jaguars
Cette voiture est magnifique d'une beauté troublante , je possède une jaguar xj 40 j'aime énormément cette formidable marque automobile .
Thanks great video
What a stunningly beautiful car, still on my bucket list. But please post another video where you incinerate the radio....
Magnifica: stile e classe
What a machine....wanna get my own like this
A very, very fine machine! GO EASY on that gorgeous old machinery! And thanks for the video!
Looking real mafia like
These are proper Jags not the rubbish they make today
WAT A KOOOL CAR LOVE IT
It's got the correct straight exhaust tail pipes. The reason people changed them to the bent ones was because of fumes getting into the car
The early car's did have straight out exhaust tips, the factory changed them later to the bent one's because of complaints about exhaust fumes.
Wow
Gorgeous car! why is there an aerial blank plate on passenger side rear?
Thanks, I have no idea why there’s a blank plate....If you look close, the same has happened to the side view mirrors!
@@carscloseup Probably to cover Holes from previous Antenna, Mirror. The Full Gauge is not working or you drive on very low fuel :-)
@@christianloepfe179
Body perforations for left or right hand drive.
You see, unlike the U. S., we, in Europe, try to install the antenna as far as possible from the sidewalk goons.!!!
As for the rear view mirror blanking plates, I guess somebody has previously installed different side view mirrors, after the new paint job.!!!
What is name of color?
lovley sir where are you based looks nice there
I love the colour . What did they call that ?
Shaun W I don’t know, but I’ll find out. From what I’ve been told it’s an original Jaguar color, but not for this model and/or year...
@@carscloseup Thanks , if you do find out I'd like to know, especially as it's a specific Jaguar colour . Cheers 👍
@@carscloseup Hi. I think it would have been a special order and possibly an older colour. Possibly Opalescent Golden Sand, a popular colour in the early 1960's.
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den kommer nok snart til salg....
Its got the wrong seat covers those are Daimler material.
The interior was redone several years ago, to a much better and softer quality...
Had a Ser 3 but the Ser1 is the one to have (or Ser 2 Coupe).
Your exhaust tips should have a dogleg to the sides as original.
That stipped the possibility of dumes re entering through the boot.
Sounds like car has front ball joint issues.
Clutch of the fan isn't working.
Oh yes it does, just look like it doesn't on the video!
My dad first car after my birth 911 had to go could both get my carry cot in it so xj6 was purchased
Not unusual to find mk1 xj6's being sold cheap 25 years ago for a matter of not being able to afford 4 new tyres, consider that back then they were old cars bought by people just because they liked the idea of luxury, and the cost of fuel, insurance and running costs meant you could pick them up for a few hundred Quid.
Many of those eventually became uneconomical to run and repair " they weren't old enough to be collectable" so they ended up being scrapped.
That's why they are rare and worth a bit of money nowadays, if people had kept them they'd be common and undesirable.
Similar smooth ride and performance can be had with a BMW 320/520 petrol engine and youd get 30mpg on average.
15mpg cars aren't used much apart from things like this or shows, so they aren't really being used as originally designed
Adrina The Great this goes for any classic car, nothing new here...Of course this car will not be used as intended, but it will be kept running and occasionally driven, because of nostalgic reasons, because of the style and grace that you’ll never get in a newer BMW...If you want modern comfort and economy, don’t look this way.....
Adrina The Great I use my 1969 XJ6 as my daily car, I don’t worry about the fuel economy as the pleasure of driving such a lovely car far out weighs the cost and I also would rather be driving an old fashion jaguar over a modern BMW any day of the week
Pity not having MANUAL shift gearbox.!!
ldiot
Any car with a 6cyl or larger engine should have an auto box
I love the colour . What did they call that ?
Willow Green, I believe.
That's not willow green.!!!!!
@@gf4353 What colour IS it ?
@@shaunw9270 I'll look it up, I have a '76 12C the exact same color, show perfect, just acquired it 2 months ago, but it does look like opalescent golden sand. They limited colors.
@@gf4353 Ok thanks 👍