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Mini Messenger - 1987 Jaguar XJ6
Mini Messenger - 1987 Jaguar XJ6
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From a 1987 XJ40 — the first all-new Jaguar saloon in twenty years. The Queen had one. Margaret Thatcher used the Daimler-badged version as ministerial transport.
This is a unique Mini messenger / Ipad bag made from the original interior of a 1987 Jaguar XJ6
* 21.75cm (L) x 25.5 (H) x 8.5 (W)
* 8.5 inch (L) x 10 (H) x 3.5 (W)
* 2 internal accessory pockets
* Compartment for Ipad
* Adjustable strap
* Secure automotive seat belt buckle closure
Each ZEITWORKS bag is a unique creation, carrying the history and character of the car of the vehicle it once belonged to, making every design impossible to replicate.
Handmade in Canada
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The Car Behind This Bag
1987 · 3.6L AJ6 inline-six · Coventry · XJ40 chassis · the first all-new Jaguar saloon in twenty years
The XJ40 was the most consequential new Jaguar in two decades. Launched in late 1986 as the first wholly new XJ saloon since the Series I of 1968, the car had been engineered through the difficult years of British Leyland's collapse and Jaguar's privatization under John Egan. The 3.6-litre AJ6 inline-six was an entirely new engine — the first new Jaguar passenger-car engine in twenty years — and the body, drawn under chief stylist Geoff Lawson, was deliberately evolutionary rather than revolutionary.
It was also a famously troubled launch. Early electrical systems were unreliable enough that the XJ40 acquired a reputation for being un-ownable through its first years on the market. The Queen had one in the royal fleet anyway. Margaret Thatcher used a Daimler-badged version as her ministerial car. Inspector Morse would put a Mark II Jaguar on screen the same year, but the XJ40 became the British saloon of choice for the kind of provincial bank chairman who still had a wood-panelled office.
Jaguar built 208,733 XJ40s through 1994 before the X300 replaced it. The original Coventry-fitted Connolly leather and burr-walnut interiors remain the most representative cabin treatment of British luxury saloon design at the moment Ford was preparing to acquire the company.