Description
H&H Classic Auction @ The Imperial War Museum, Duxford/ Cambridgeshire
9th October, 2024 13:00
1968 Jaguar S-Type 3. 4 Litre
Estimate
£9, 000 - £11, 000
Registration No: ULY 686F
Chassis No: P1B9531BW
MOT: Exempt
Desirable home-market example fitted with automatic transmission and power steering
Previously a concours standard example, it remains a notably well-looked-after machine today
Extensive history file including green RF60 logbook, original service records and owners' manual
Launched in 1963, the Jaguar S-type was marketed as a model that would more suitably fit into the 'executive' car sector than its MkII sibling. Boasting notably superior ride and handling characteristics thanks to the adoption of the independent rear suspension (cribbed from the MkX / E-type), it also enjoyed a more spacious interior, complete with a dashboard-mounted walnut centre console. Visually distinguished by its elongated boot, flatter roofline and hooded headlamps, the model was powered by a choice of 3. 4 litre (210bhp) or 3. 8 litre (220bhp) DOHC straight-six engines allied to either manual or automatic transmission. Maintaining the Coventry manufacturer's reputation for speed, luxury, and mechanical refinement, the S-type remained in production until 1968, by which time some 25, 000 had been sold (10, 000 3. 4s vs. 15, 000 3. 8s).
'ULY 686F' wears an older concours restoration and boasts a rich history file which confirms that it was registered on 15th July, 1968, to Enfield Rolling Mills Ltd, a prominent manufacturer of non-ferrous metals in Middlesex. In June, 1969, it was sold to Mr Leonard Dyer of Grange Park, London N21, who had it serviced at regular intervals. He parted with it in 1975, when it entered long-term family ownership.
Its new keeper, Mr Donald Poole, performed a meticulous restoration in the 1980s and was rewarded for his efforts with Second Place awards at the Jaguar Drivers’ Club’s Southern S-type Day Concours d’Élégance in 1988 and 1990. Mr Poole sympathetically maintained the car until, owing to his advancing years, he entrusted it to the care of his son, who in turn passed it on to the vendor, an enthusiastic Jaguar collector.
Today, the car appears extremely well-preserved. The engine fires up readily and maintains good oil pressure, while the interior presents beautifully having been re-Connolised by the vendor. The paintwork now exhibits some very light cosmetic wear, but the car remains eminently useable and show-worthy. The Jaguar is to be sold with its original green logbook, service record and owner’s literature, plus historic brochures and concours certificates, in addition to the V5C.
