| Mk.VIII | Indigo Blue / Cotswold Blue | ||||
| Saloon | Grey | ||||
| Left Hand Drive | |||||
| Claparède, Geneva | |||||
| 25 February 1957 | |||||
| N 6906-8 | 9 April 1957 | ||||
| Alexandre Chauvet | |||||
| JLN37430CR | Geneva | ||||
| 5 February 1957 | Switzerland | ||||
| 1957 | Indigo Blue / Cotswold Blue | ||||
| 2009 | Grey | ||||
| Exc. Original | |||||
| Original | Evilard | ||||
| Bern | |||||
| Original |
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Record Creation: Entered on 27 February 2009.
Database Updates: Show dataplate edits
Originality: Noted for being in "original condition"
Heritage Notes
Various panels (all doors, sunroof, body under rear seat) show the inscription "Show Car" 4/1957: GE 13929 Now: BE 50059
Photos of 780338DN
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Interior Photos (1)
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2009-02-27 06:36:37 | Urs W. Haehnle writes:
Outstanding original condition. Car has been repainted by me in 1998. Carpets renewed also.
Evering else is unrestored incl. woodwork, seats & headlining.
All body panels show on the inside the inscription "Show Car". As the car has been dispatched to Garage Place Claparède in Geneva on feb.25th57 and sold on april.9th57 I believe that it has been on the Jaguar stand of the Geneva Show during 14.-24.march 1957.
The first owner, a banker in Geneva named Alex Chauvet, kept a very detailed personal service book from 1. July 1937 until 1957 for his La Salle, then for the Mk VIII.
Total Mileage until today 82'500 Km.