You’ll obviously recognize the Jaguar XJS coupe in the photos, except it’s not a Jaguar, it’s a Lynx Eventer – a shooting-brake version built under license by a small engineering company.
At the time, the conversion carried an enormous cost of £55,000, on top of the XJS’ purchase price. Despite that, Lynx managed to sell 67 cars. Each car was hand-built strictly to order on a custom made jig, taking 14 weeks from order to delivery.
This particular 1982 example is an extremely rare estate car version of the Jaguar XJS 5.3 HE V12, carrying the 002 vehicle identification number. That means it is the first-ever Lynx Eventer sold, as the 001 model was the development prototype.
Furthermore, it is the actual silver car depicted in the Lynx factory brochures and magazines of the time. However, right now the car is in need of restoration after spending 15 years in storage. It’s currently a non-runner with no MOT and has 116,840 miles (188,036 kilometers) on the odometer. The vendor says all mechanical work prior to storage has been done in Jaguar workshops using original Jaguar parts.
The car will be supplied with a file of various receipts, invoices, magazine articles, posters, various other paperwork, owners handbook and workshop manual.
The Jaguar XJS-based shooting-brake will go under the hammer in Silverstone Auctions’ Autumn Sale on September 20 and is expected to fetch between £25,000 and £30,000 ($40,244-$48,360).
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