2016-11-11 20:05:09 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 11/16
www.brightwells.com/classic-motoring/auctions/classic-vintage-november-2016/cata ...

Auction description:
Estimate £17,000 - £20,000
Registration Date 1964
Registration Number 5726 D
Make & Model Jaguar MkII 3.8 Manual Overdrive
Colour Blue
Chassis No. 233322DN
Engine size 3,781 cc
Engine No. 1520-8
Documents V5C' old style logbook; MOT April 2017; 23 old MOTs; many bills; photo CD of repaint

According to a letter from the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, this 1964 example was despatched from the factory on 31st October wearing the registration number BYP 833B. Sadly, its early history is unknown, the car undergoing a restoration in the early '80s when it was reregistered 5726 D, a most attractive number which remains transferable.

A list of its subsequent owners is on file, along with numerous bills and invoices. A new speedometer was fitted in 1987 (which now reads some 17,000 miles) and Jaguar specialists Vintage Sports Engines (VSE) undertook a full engine rebuild which included new mains, big ends, a head skim and a conversion to allow the use of unleaded petrol.

The car was sold in 2012, its new owner treating it to a full bare-metal respray in December of that year which cost £5,200, a disc containing photographs showing the extent of the work undertaken.

The vendor acquired the Jaguar in 2015 and took it to Top Garage in Bromyard who rebushed the rear suspension and fitted four new tyres, going through the car comprehensively during the service. Their bills amounted to £2,800, an invoice for a further £816 showing that four-pot calipers were fitted at the front, ensuring that its stopping ability is now in keeping with the high performance of the car.

There are two handbooks, a Service Outlets Pack, lubrication chart, Haynes manual, old style log book and 23 old MOTs on file along with its current MOT which expires in April 2017. This shows no advisories other than the four tyres which have subsequently been replaced.

Originally built with, and retaining the desirable 3.8-litre engine mated to a manual gearbox with overdrive, this matching numbers UK-supplied car is only for sale due to a reduction in storage space. With Grace, Pace and Space aplenty, this well-maintained example ticks all the boxes.