2012-03-25 23:39:13 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction 2/12
www.motorbase.com/auctionlot/by-id/526575990/

Auction description:
Auction Classic & Vintage Cars & Motorcycles
Brightwells Auctioneers and Valuers, Easters Court, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 0DE, UK
Type Car
Lot Number 030
Estimate £8000-£10000
Outcome SOLD
Hammer Price £7500
Hammer Price (inc premium) -
Year 1968
Condition rating 0
Registration number LRF 995F
Mileage -
Chassis number 1J51219DD
Engine number LA 5492-8
Engine capacity (cc) 3781

2012-11-07 15:29:17 | pauls writes:

Link to above auction:
classiccars.brightwells.com/viewdetails.php

2025-03-30 12:54:52 | pauls writes:

Car returns to auction 4/25

www.brightwells.com/timed-sale/5720/lot/785256

Auction description:

1968 Jaguar MkII 340 MOD

Auction Ends: Wed 2nd Apr

Estimate: £8,000-10,000

Registration Number LRF995F

Engine Size 3781cc

Engine Number LA 5492-8

Chassis Number 1J51219DN

Gearbox Manual

VAT Status No VAT

Documents V5C; 21 old MOTs; vast file of invoices; factory workshop manual; parts catalogue

Tax and MOT status Tax and MOT exempt

Upraded to 3.8 spec; only 16k miles since full restoration; recent respray; manual overdrive; power steering; leather interior; four owners, the current since 2012; runs beautifully; driven to the sale; what a cracker!

First registered in Staffordshire in February 1968, this lovely Jaguar 340 comes with a vast file of invoices extending back to the late 1980s when it was owned by a Mr M Hill of Burton-on-Trent. Only the second owner of the car, he treated it to a total nut-and-bolt restoration which took over 10 years to complete with over £10,000 spent on parts alone, a considerable sum back then, being more than an excellent example was worth.

This included fitting a fully rebuilt 3.8 engine, along with all new brakes and suspension and power steering. Treated to a bare metal repaint in Old English White, it also got a blue leather interior (in place of the Ambla original) and all the woodwork was refurbished.

In 2000 he got an agreed value insurance from Footman James of £11,000, the form he completed giving the car an A+ grade in every department and stating: “The car has been completely restored like new… she is my pride and joy… runs like new… the only thing that stops her being concours is the non-original engine”.

At this point the car was showing c.9,000 miles and there are 21 old MOTs to show that it has only covered around 16k miles since, the odometer currently showing 24,600 miles.

Mr Hill finally sold it in 2011, the next owner being well-known classic car journalist Martin Buckley, who put a new set of tyres on the car and kept it for a year before selling it to our vendor in March 2012 when it was showing 21,300 miles. "I remember it well," Martin tells us, "It went like the clappers"!

Our vendor has looked after the car assiduously, with dozens and dozens of invoices on file for routine service items. He tells us that he has also fitted electronic ignition, new carpets, new front tyres and converted the oil filter to a spin-off type. Although there is no invoice for this, it was also treated to a professional repaint last year which looks great. We are told that it drives as well as it looks with the overdrive working as it should.

Driven some 30 miles to the sale, it has been starting promptly and running beautifully as we have moved it around on site, with light power steering, effective brakes and a sweet engine with good 40psi oil pressure. An original factory workshop manual is included, along with an SNG Barratt parts catalogue.

As you can see in the photos, it looks very smart indeed, both above and below, with nice shiny paintwork, a pleasingly mellowed interior and gleaming chrome wire wheels.

On offer here at a very modest guide price, this 3.8-equipped manual overdrive 340 will have no trouble keeping up with modern traffic and is ready for a proud 5th owner to enjoy.