The cars on this page, once part of our classic rental fleet, have now been sold and are no longer available for self drive or chauffeured hire. We tend to become attached to our vehicles and selling these cars was a difficult and painful decision in each case. But financial considerations had to take precedence over sentiment and these fine cars received insufficient bookings to warrant keeping them on our books. We loved them but they just didn't pay their way.
Please e-mail us with any suggestions for cars you would like to see available for rental at Summer Wine Classics. Drop us a line at info@swcch.co.uk
Thanks Richard Skelton
1973 Jaguar XJ6 4.2 Series II
This superb car was the most painful of all for us to part with. The original interior was delightfully patinated (nicely worn in) and the body was completely solid. The brakes and suspension were sorted for us by IK Classics and driving in this big saloon was like wearing velvet underpants! In our view the styling of these luxury cars was a true William Lyons masterpiece but the groovy green sand seventies colour seems to have put people off hiring it.
After agonising for weeks, and then nearly changing our minds at the last moment, we sold this splendid saloon car to Mr Roger O'Sullivan of County Cork in Ireland. Roger keeps it in fine fettle along with his early MBG Roadster and we have an open invitation to take it for a spin if we are ever in the Emerald Isle.
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