2015-11-24 21:36:57 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 12/15
www.bonhams.com/auctions/22705/lot/328/

Auction description:
Lot 328
1968 Jaguar 340 Sports Saloon
Registration no. MCF 134F Chassis no. 1J50819DN
Engine no. 7J51054-8
£20,000 - 25,000
US$ 30,000 - 38,000
Auction 22705:
The December Sale
Collector's Motor Cars, Motorcycles and Automobilia
10 Dec 2015 14:00 GMT
Hendon, RAF Museum

This overdrive-equipped Jaguar 340 saloon was purchased by the present (third) owner on 1st June 1983, having been known to him from new. 'MCF 134F' was sold new to one G D Morley of Bury St Edmunds and used as an everyday car, covering over 85,000 miles by 1st October 1979 when it was sold to Mr D W Cracknell of Thurston, Suffolk, a Jaguar engineer who had serviced it from new. When acquired by the current vendor, the Jaguar was original but tired, and so a full restoration to concours standard was embarked upon with Mr Cracknell's assistance. A detailed list of works carried out is available (inspection recommended). The rebuild commenced in the autumn of 1983 and was completed in the spring of 1988, the car's first concours outing being to Beaulieu in May of that year for the JDC's International Spring Meeting where it received a 1st-in-class award. 'MCF 134F' continued to be shown for the next few years and a list of the many awards won is in the history file. The car comes with a V5C document, current MoT certificate and a virtually complete service history from new, including the restoration invoices. The only notified deviations from factory specifications are front spot and fog lights plus their switches, a new radio (negative earth) and a fuel pump cut-off switch.