The car  in Question is the ex Brian Burgess car  and was offered for sale to Tony Okeith Heritage Museum
and he said it had a poor restoration  I too  have seen the car at the Nec its definatly not concours and for the money spent  you would expect it to be I spoke to the owner at the NEC who told me he spent £42K

How could you spend that much on a 70 odd thousand mile car? They must have seen him coming. Nice as they are, it would be difficult to imagine forming an emotional bond with a Cab to spend that amount of money. Still, could be a good buy at under £5K. I'll try and get along to look at it out of curiosity!

£5K would be tops. I remember spending something of the order of £13k over not long on my previous XJS, then sold it. Would I have paid £13k for a car in the condition mine was? No.

XJSs are expensive cars. The cheaper they are to purchase the more they will cost you (my theory at least).

Would I contemplate not having an XJS in the garage. No.

Happy days
Nick