IÔÇÖm a new member of the South Florida Jaguar Club and have an interest in acquiring a 1975-1977 XJ6C. IÔÇÖve spoken with several owners around the country that have a 6CÔÇÖ for sale, but invite any additional comments/input/concerns/advice relative to this model. I located one w/ 60k miles in NY but I donÔÇÖt particularly care for the color combination. I hope to purchase the best example available of this car in Black/Red, Silver/Red or White Red.

Your comments are welcome.

Tom Capocefalo- Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 954-873-5279

Submitted by ppilon@westshore.com on Sun, 11/06/2005 - 17:23

Well maybe the coupe holds water that gets in from the windows but mine never rusted in the usual places that an XJ does. It rusted in all of the other places but not the sills, wheelarches, headlamp surrounds. I think that the quality of steel that BL used in the 70's had more iron than what Jaguar had previously used porbably has something to do with it.

As for getting a coupe, I've seen some beautiful examples. Keep looking and get the best one you can find and have a specialist look it over first. Mechanically it's all XJ but trim, panels, glass, etc is specific and sometimes hard to get. Best thing you could do is toss away the Stromberg carbs and put a triple SU configuration from a Mk X. I've just done this to my Series I XJ and man what an improvement!

Submitted by bonnettoboot@e… on Wed, 11/02/2005 - 21:26

I have seen no evidence that the "C" cars were particularly rust prone, but then my shop is in Los Angeles, perhaps this is where you should look. The coupe is one of the nicest cars built by Jaguar. Jaguar affectionado and etc.

Submitted by jam@ispwest.com on Tue, 11/01/2005 - 16:09

my opinion is: don't know much about the XJ Coupe except that they corrode from the inside out, and most every example I have ever seen is way too rusted for my taste, but it is one delicious car, what every XJ should have been, a 2-door Hardtop, but for some reason they got very rusty very quickly. Considering my 40 year old S type does not have any rust, I can't understand why a much younger car would corrode like that. I always follow the "golden rules" of old car buying: one of them is to start out with a fine example and improve on it. But finding that fine example takes time, it took me 10 years to find my S type. If you can afford it, get one that someone else has already restored to perfection, and pass on the "it's all there", "it was running 20 years ago" rust buckets, you're only buying someone else's problem. But most of all, be patient and don't advertise what you're looking for, prices seem to rise when you do. Good luck.