25 years of the Jaguar XJ40 celebrated at the Black Sheep
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The Jaguar XJ40 is 25 years old this year and to celebrate, members of the internet forum www.xj40.com met up at the Black Sheep Brewery in Masham, Yorkshire.
There was a very decent turnout of around 27 cars, I think.
The XJ40 has become really quite rare very rapidly with huge numbers being scrapped due to their relatively high weigh in value and very low prices, so it was an amazing sight and a real pleasure for me as a ‘Forty enthusiast to see so many cars in one place.
Jaguar cars drove down the last Jaguar XJ40 made – a four litre Sovereign registered M94FVC kept at the JDHT museum and which had not been on the road for eighteen years. It needed a new set of tyres for the trip.
The earliest XJ40 was also there; David Marks brought along D38BRW, the earliest known registered car, a pre-production model made in 1984.
It was an excellent day.
Here are two threads on xj40.com with some photos taken on the day.
http://www.xj40.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2704&a...
http://www.xj40.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=3241&...
Here are some pictures I took of the day:
Starting to arrive.
I love the Insignia hub caps on this Daimler.
This is the pre production 3.6 Sovereign with a number of special features owned by David Marks. It is the earliest known registered XJ40. He isn’t chasing this lady down the road…
The last XJ40 made arriving.
My old beast got very dirty on the way down driving through rain.
Two rows now.
I have never seen so many XJ40s together.
A rare Majestic long wheel base car. This one even has a flag holder.
Car parks rarely look like this. There are now possibly less XJ40s on the road than there are E-Types.
Thanks for reading,
David
There was a very decent turnout of around 27 cars, I think.
The XJ40 has become really quite rare very rapidly with huge numbers being scrapped due to their relatively high weigh in value and very low prices, so it was an amazing sight and a real pleasure for me as a ‘Forty enthusiast to see so many cars in one place.
Jaguar cars drove down the last Jaguar XJ40 made – a four litre Sovereign registered M94FVC kept at the JDHT museum and which had not been on the road for eighteen years. It needed a new set of tyres for the trip.
The earliest XJ40 was also there; David Marks brought along D38BRW, the earliest known registered car, a pre-production model made in 1984.
It was an excellent day.
Here are two threads on xj40.com with some photos taken on the day.
http://www.xj40.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2704&a...
http://www.xj40.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=3241&...
Here are some pictures I took of the day:
Starting to arrive.
I love the Insignia hub caps on this Daimler.
This is the pre production 3.6 Sovereign with a number of special features owned by David Marks. It is the earliest known registered XJ40. He isn’t chasing this lady down the road…
The last XJ40 made arriving.
My old beast got very dirty on the way down driving through rain.
Two rows now.
I have never seen so many XJ40s together.
A rare Majestic long wheel base car. This one even has a flag holder.
Car parks rarely look like this. There are now possibly less XJ40s on the road than there are E-Types.
Thanks for reading,
David
groomi said:
I really miss my old XJ40 4.0 Sovereign. Hopefully somebody is looking after H363 DGS - it really was practically immaculate.
It is on a SORN, so looks like it could be a survivor! 
The enquiry is complete
The vehicle details for H363 DGS are:
Date of Liability 01 12 2011
Date of First Registration 10 08 1990
Year of Manufacture 1990
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 3980CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status SORN Not Due
Vehicle Colour RED
Vehicle Type Approval
Vehicle Excise Duty Rate for vehicle
6 Months Rate £118.25
12 Months Rate £215.00
dbdb said:
The Jaguar XJ40 is 25 years old this year and to celebrate, members of the internet forum www.xj40.com met up at the Black Sheep Brewery in Masham, Yorkshire.
There was a very decent turnout of around 27 cars, I think.
The XJ40 has become really quite rare very rapidly with huge numbers being scrapped due to their relatively high weigh in value and very low prices, so it was an amazing sight and a real pleasure for me as a ‘Forty enthusiast to see so many cars in one place.
Jaguar cars drove down the last Jaguar XJ40 made – a four litre Sovereign registered M94FVC kept at the JDHT museum and which had not been on the road for eighteen years. It needed a new set of tyres for the trip.
The earliest XJ40 was also there; David Marks brought along D38BRW, the earliest known registered car, a pre-production model made in 1984.
It was an excellent day.
Here are two threads on xj40.com with some photos taken on the day.
This is the pre production 3.6 Sovereign with a number of special features owned by David Marks. It is the earliest known registered XJ40. He isn’t chasing this lady down the road…
David
Looks good, you still see a few XJ40s on the road in Kent.There was a very decent turnout of around 27 cars, I think.
The XJ40 has become really quite rare very rapidly with huge numbers being scrapped due to their relatively high weigh in value and very low prices, so it was an amazing sight and a real pleasure for me as a ‘Forty enthusiast to see so many cars in one place.
Jaguar cars drove down the last Jaguar XJ40 made – a four litre Sovereign registered M94FVC kept at the JDHT museum and which had not been on the road for eighteen years. It needed a new set of tyres for the trip.
The earliest XJ40 was also there; David Marks brought along D38BRW, the earliest known registered car, a pre-production model made in 1984.
It was an excellent day.
Here are two threads on xj40.com with some photos taken on the day.
This is the pre production 3.6 Sovereign with a number of special features owned by David Marks. It is the earliest known registered XJ40. He isn’t chasing this lady down the road…
David
And I assume the woman with the green top is pulling this one along
Here in Oz decent examples still go for many thousands of dollars, so we're not likely to see the XJ40 disappear from our shores any time soon.
I am sorry to admit that for a long time, like so many, I have looked down on the XJ40. However, of late the shape has really started to grow on me to the extent that I would very much like to buy an example. There is a ministerial air about the XJ40 that I find attractive.
I am sorry to admit that for a long time, like so many, I have looked down on the XJ40. However, of late the shape has really started to grow on me to the extent that I would very much like to buy an example. There is a ministerial air about the XJ40 that I find attractive.
Is it really 25 years. When I gave up my company car many years ago I bought a D plate 3.6 Sovereign in Westminster Blue with grey leather which was ex-Jaguar, probably one of the earliest built, and dare I say it not particularly well built either The a/c was broken more often than it was working and various suspension components took it in turns to fail. It was lovely when it was working though
The a/c was broken more often than it was working and various suspension components took it in turns to fail. It was lovely when it was working though pixieporsche said:
The XJ40 seems to be looking older by the day and believe me that is no bad thing
dbdb - yours is such a gorgeous colour, both inside and out!
The XJ40's engineering was quite advanced for 1986, but even when they were launched they looked more 1981...dbdb - yours is such a gorgeous colour, both inside and out!
I like the colour too, so thanks for that.
You show your interest in the older cars here; most people like a coal hole black interior with silver painted plastic highlights!
dbdb said:
pixieporsche said:
The XJ40 seems to be looking older by the day and believe me that is no bad thing
dbdb - yours is such a gorgeous colour, both inside and out!
The XJ40's engineering was quite advanced for 1986, but even when they were launched they looked more 1981...dbdb - yours is such a gorgeous colour, both inside and out!
I like the colour too, so thanks for that.
You show your interest in the older cars here; most people like a coal hole black interior with silver painted plastic highlights!
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