2017-05-29 16:15:58 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 6/17
www.classic-auctions.com/buy/1961-jaguar-mk-ii-34-litre/13918

Auction description:
Date 06/06/2017
Location Woodcote Park
Lot No 5
MK II 3.4 Litre
Year 1961
Vehicle Registration 168 DFJ
Chassis Number 155656DN
Engine Number KG9031-8
Body Colour Met. Opalescent Blue
Trim Colour Red
MOT Expiry April 2018
Estimate £29000 - 39000*

- A matching numbers Manual Overdrive example with a recorded mileage of just 44,000, documented restoration 2001 to 2005 with a thorough engine and gearbox rejuvenation in 2012 / 2013
- Boasting a large history file with a comprehensive number of invoices, Production Record Certificate, detailed restoration notes and photographs, and an original hand book
- Supplied with spare Coombes style rear wheel spats and the power steering components that the vendor removed to increase the steering feel

The Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Production Record Certificate states this MkII 3.4 Manual was manufactured in May 1961 and fitted with overdrive. It was sold new to Mr J Pitts of John Pitts and Sons Limited, Trews Weir Paper Mills, Exeter. A copy of an early V5 document shows it 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. Possibly soon afterwards the car 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 clearly 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 superbly applied by Jaguar restoration specialist Alan Proctor of Worksop. The car changed ownership in 2007 and by September 2012 it had been acquired by the vendor. Just prior to the owners purchase the gearbox was overhauled at a cost of over £5,000 and the vendor has significantly improved the car further by having the engine (the original unit) and carburettors overhauled by Peter Chambers Automotive in 2013, at a cost of nearly £19,000. With just 44,000 miles recorded on the odometer, the vendor describes this beautiful MkII was being in "excellent" condition with regard to the body and paintwork, interior, and engine and transmission. The car is supplied with a comprehensive history file with a detailed typed account of the restoration, photographs of the car before and during the work, photographs of the engine overhaul, a spare set of Coombs style rear wheel arches, and the later power steering system that the vendor had removed to improve the steering feel.

2017-06-06 13:08:00 | Anonymous writes:

Result: PASSED. High Bid: £31,000.00 onsite

2024-11-27 14:34:47 | pauls writes:

Car returns to auction 11/24

www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-103---1961-jaguar-mkii-34-litre/

Auction description:

27th Nov, 2024 13:00

Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire

 Lot 103

1961 Jaguar MkII 3.4 litre

Estimate £24,000 - £26,000

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 home market 3.4 manual overdrive example displaying a credible c.45,000 miles

PLEASE NOTE: This lot does not come with the electric power steering unit mentioned in the printed catalogue.

The Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Production Record states this desirable MkII 3.4 manual with overdrive was manufactured in May 1961 and has been in current ownership for the past 7 years. In 2017 the son of the original owner bought the car from an H&H auction, the odometer displays just some 45,000 miles today. The MkII was stored at a farm until 2001, at this point a restoration began which did not complete until 2005. This 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 shocks, a gearbox rebuild, an engine overhaul and removal of the power steering system (to increase the steering feel) with new non-assisted parts fitted. 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 1,000 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 were removed. 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.

*Photos 112-198 document the extensive restoration of 168DFJ between 2001 and 2005