2023-09-16 21:14:29 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 9/23

www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-420---1960-jaguar-mkii-34-litre-beacham/

Auction description:

20th Sep, 2023, 30th Anniversary Sale at The Imperial War Museum | Duxford, Cambridgeshire

Lot 420

1960 Jaguar MkII 3.4 Litre Beacham

Estimate £50,000 - £55,000

Registration No: 159 UXE

Chassis No: 153414

MOT: July 2024

Built to right-hand drive specification on the 9th of December 1960 and despatched to Independent Motor Sales of New Zealand

Offered with an extensive history file

5-speed gearbox, central locking, power steering and 4 pot front brakes

Acquired by Dr Greg Beacham in the 1980's

This Jaguar Mk2, was originally manufactured in Coventry, England, to right-hand drive specification on December 1960 and was immediately exported to New Zealand in 1961. Independent Motor Sales of Wellington, New Zealand, sold the car as new after import from the UK, and it was delivered to its first owner, Mr A S Johnson of Hastings, New Zealand. Nothing more is known of the car until it was acquired by Dr Greg Beacham in the 1980s. The car was repatriated to the UK in 1991.

The specification of '159 UXE' is a catalogue of almost 'money no object' improvements that includes: a Getrag 5 speed manual gearbox, hydraulic rack and pinion power steering, negative earth electrical system and alternator, electronic ignition, halogen H4 headlamps, stainless steel exhaust, central locking, uprated front suspension, Koni shock absorbers, electric thermostatically controlled cooling fan. Since 2008, the following additional upgrades and work have been carried out: a bare metal respray in British Racing Green, front brakes uprated to improved 4 pot calipers, central locking, rear axle rebuilt, new chrome wire wheels fitted, LED interior instruments, front side and rear stop and tail lights. More recent work has included a re-chromed bumper, oil change, new battery, water pump, new clutch and all the interior wood re-varnished plus a service and the rear axle overhauled in 2021. There is a large collection of invoices, itemised details of the work carried out by the previous vendor, a Beacham catalogue, sales brochure, Heritage Certificate, old tax discs, collection of old MOTs. An original driver's handbook and a history file are also offered with the car. A great opportunity to acquire a well-sorted MK2 that is ready to be enjoyed.