If you were to take a guess as to where ‘J537 LMW’ has spent most of its life, few of us would plump for the UK.

And yes, it was Japan, a country where above-average curation and salt-free roads conspire to conserve older British classics in a way you simply don’t see in cars that have stayed in the country they were built.

Finished in the sublime combination of Dorchester Grey Metallic with a Dove Grey leather and Cheviot tweed interior, this 3.6-litre XJ6 has covered just 24,000 miles from new (the odometer is in kilometres) and has had just one previous keeper since coming home.

The seller is a member of the Jaguar Enthusiasts’ Club and a committed Europhile, spending three and a half years restoring a Jaguar MKII to tour in.

Sadly, surgery left him unable to drive a manual car, so he bought this absolute corker of an automatic back in 2020.

As an enthusiast he was attracted not only to its condition, but its originality.

In fact, it’s so good that fellow members of the JEC ad...