UK Cabriolet to Australia - by member James Ogilvy-Stuart

By James Ogilvy-Stuart

Published: 6th April 2022

This article, written by James Ogilvy‑Stuart, began as a search for production numbers and became a record of a rare XJS‑C’s journey from an early life in the UK to a new home in Australia after more than two decades in storage.


Hertfordshire, UK

This article has been written by James Ogilvy‑Stuart, who is originally from Hertfordshire, UK. His career took him first to Hong Kong in his mid thirties where he lived for more than 20 years. He has since been based in Far North Queensland, Australia, since late 2019 and was granted a four year visa to remain there just days before international borders were closed following the outbreak of the Covid pandemic. So what used to be the