Okay Jaguar Gurus I need some help on finding the color of my new to me XJ. The car, I was told has the original paint and I am going to try and polish it out and keep it that color. The guy I bought it from says it is Golden Sands but I am not finding that color as a option in 1974, except on the XK cars. I have tried to look through photos and find the color but again the closest I find is the Golden Sand and I am going the need some touch up paint if I keep the color. Any help would be great. Thanks in advance. Attached is a photo of the car and rember the car is not buffed out so it is dull compared to what it will look like.

 

I have to say that it certainly looks like the Golden Sand that I remember, but the other colour that comes to mind is Topaz, but I'm not sure when this colour came into use.

 

Do the older Series cars have the paint/interior code tag on the right wing?

Dave

 

Mine has that plate, but someone put the Viper horn right over it, after someone else painted it BLACK and then tried to scrape the plate clean, removing the label of what the numbers originally meant.
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