Description
H&H Classic Auction @Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
27th Nov, 2024 13:00
1961 Jaguar MkII 3. 4 litre
Registration No: 168 DFJ
Chassis No: 155656DN
MOT: Exempt
In current ownership for the past 7 years
Boasting a large history file with a comprehensive number of invoices
Subject to an extensive restoration carried out between 2001 and 2005
Desirable 3. 4 manual overdrive example
For many the definitive Jaguar sports Saloon, the MkII was introduced in October 1959. A peerless blend of elegance and muscularity, its sleek lines clothed an evolution of the Coventry marque's first monocoque. Powered by derivatives of the same XK DOHC straight-six engine that had swept Jaguar to five Le Mans victories, the MkII was quick to dominate contemporary Saloon car racing. Equipped with coil-and-wishbone independent front suspension, a leaf-sprung Salisbury rear axle and four-wheel disc brakes. Available with 2. 4, 3. 4 and 3. 8 Litre engines and with either automatic or manual transmissions, the MkII is still a desirable and usable classic in modern times.
The Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Production Record Certificate states this desirable MkII 3. 4 Manual was manufactured in May 1961 and fitted with a manual transmission and overdrive. In current ownership for the past 7 years, the odometer displays just some 45, 000 miles today.
The vendor bought the car from an H&H auction, it was originally his father's car which he bought new back in 1961. A copy of an early V5 document shows it later being owned by a Mr Anning of Honiton Clyst Garage, Exeter and a 1983 MOT certificate (carried out by Honiton Clyst Garage) states the odometer reading as just 34, 989 miles.
The MkII was stored at a friend's farm until 2001, when the farmer apparently applied for a V5C in his name and promptly sold the car to a Mr and Mrs Lawrence of Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Mr Lawrence wrote a detailed account of his purchase and restoration of the car upon completion of the work in 2005, which was evidently done to a very high standard. New door skins and bottoms, inner and outer sills and several new repair panels were fitted, plus new seat cushions were fitted below the preserved original leather on the reclining front seats, along with new carpets and a headlining. The interior woodwork was restored and a new wiring loom fitted, along with a conversion to alternator charging. The paint was applied by Jaguar restoration specialist Alan Proctor of Worksop.
By September 2012 it had been acquired by a lady of Wotton-Under-Edge. Some £27, 000 was spent in ownership, over the course of 2 years between 2012 and 2014 with Peter Chambers Automotive, with attention paid to front and rear shockers, gearbox rebuild, an engine overhaul and removal of the power steering system (to increase the steering feel) with new non-assisted parts fitted, primered and sprayed and available with the car.
Back in the ownership of the family that originally owned '168 DFJ', the car has been dry stored and used sparingly on only the best of days covering just over 1000 miles in these 7 years. The vendor has informed us that aluminium radiator coils were fitted last year to the benefit of the cooling system. This MkII is offered with a pair of Coombs-style rear wheel spats and the power steering components that the vendor removed to increase the steering feel. It also boasts a large history file with a comprehensive number of invoices, a Production Record Certificate, detailed restoration notes and photographs and an original handbook.
