Hi,

I wrenched this 12-cylindered beauty from the hands of a clueless dealer in Germany. Apparently it once belonged to a famous British botanist/petrolhead who was frequently on TV in the 70s/80s and has since fallen out of favour because of his his views on melting glaciers.

It's a 91 V12 5.3. Just needs a little tidying up and a full service, all the mechanical issues are sorted. Drives beautifully.

Cheers

Paul

 

Welcome to the forum Paul,

Good to have you with us.
Now we are going to have to play guess the botanist?
Is David Bellamy still around?

If you haven't done so already you should add your car details to your signature to help others to help you.

 

Welcome to the forum Paul,

Looks good - and even better in large scale!

Follow this link to XJS - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum section for help and advice.

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Graham

 

I'm staying out of the 'guess the botanist' competition. Unfair advantage with my location!

Graham

 

HA! First prize to me.

 

Thanks, indeed Norri is the winner.

I'll work on the signature asap.

 

Hi Paul and welcome to the forum, good to have you here with us
nice ride.......

There's a really great mix of information, camraderrie and fun here.....

I have manually upgraded you to full forum access so you can better view the whole site and all its features

Jump on in and enjoy the site.................

 

Welcome to the forum.

Always good to see a New Member.

Great looking car, but how did it get to Berlin and still on UK plates?

 

Thanks Jim for upgrading me.

Thanks too Richard.

The dealer brought it over to West Germany from London on German 5-day plates (normally used when cars change hands or if you need to take a de-registered car to the test centre) in June 2011. I bought it in January and had it delivered to Berlin by trailer (otherwise I would have had to get winter tyres). It still had an MOT until May so my insurance company, a specialist for classics, let me insure it on the British plates for the journey to the test centre in Berlin. Luckily on the way there was a stretch of autobahn without speed limit so I could give it a good run.

Cheers

Paul