1960 Jaguar Mk2 2.4 Auto

Delightfully unrestored and unmolested with only 53,000 miles from new

A Offered here is a wonderfully original Jaguar Mk2 which would grace any event and make the Goodwood Revival car park a must-do. Most recent mechanical work has included the fitting of new rear springs and bushes together with front suspension, steering bushes, and some fresh brakes. It retains its original spare wheel and complete tool kit, a comprehensive history file and the buff logbook.

The Jaguar was supplied to its first owner on 28/10/1960 probably by Vospers on the south coast where it remained until 2007 and the V5c shows only four owners. The earliest MOT from 1973 shows a mileage of 49,815 miles and the second owner kept the car for nearly 20 years using it very sparingly due to ill health, illustrated by the current odometer indication of 54,000 miles suggesting that the car has only covered just over 4,000 miles in 46 years. Our vendor has enjoyed showing the car and most recently was runner-up at the 2017 NEC Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show in the Pride of Ownership class, a category where originality is probably the main criterion. The car has attended Wings & Wheels on the JEC stand for the last three years and has been much admired as, although we all enjoy gazing at a millimetre-perfect Concours restoration, real affection is more often reserved for those well used and well-maintained classics that have never had three years off to be torn apart and stuck together again and have lived a long life keeping the secrets of the last 50 years in the crevices of those creaky old leather seats.

Original unrestored sixties saloons are becoming very rare and this lovely Mk2 represents great value offering its new owner a great driving experience and a plethora of events to attend with its best years still ahead.