2015-07-25 09:05:10 | Larry K writes:

Car is in final stage of restoration, not so perfect concours, but very, very nice.

2022-05-15 06:34:59 | pauls writes:

Ebay item 5/15/22

www.ebay.com/itm/384889026879

Current bid: $5,100 reserve not met 20 bids, seller motoexotica, 9 days left in auction, 31k miles, car now said to be in St. Ann, Missouri, previously Millstadt, Illinois.

Seller's description:

 One of 20,908 examples made between 1951 and 1955; one of 12,978 were export examples

 3.4L DOHC inline six-cylinder engine with a pair of SU carburetors

 Four-speed manual transmission and 4.27 gearing

 Silver over Burgundy exterior

 Burgundy Connolly Leather interior with Wilton Wool Carpet

 120-inch wheelbase

 Same owner/restorer since 2014

It was the Mark VII model which put Jaguar on the map as a manufacturer of high-performance luxury saloons. There were 20,908 Mark VIIs made between 1951 and 1955, with 12,978 of those as export sales.

Interesting ownership history on this handsome steed. We purchased this rarely seen 4-speed Mark 7 from a gentleman who makes artificial eyes for those in need for a living. He found the car at a local estate sale in need of refurbishment. His attraction to the car was from when he was young and had a paper stand. Each day a gentleman would stop in his Jaguar Mark 7 to purchase a paper, leaving him interested in the Jaguar. While combing through the copious amount of paperwork that was indeed the same car the gentleman stopped at his paper stand some 50+ years ago. He then set out to restore the car you see today. After he had his fun he decided to move the car along and that's where we came in...

Originally registered in the UK in 1953 it seems it was exported to the USA in 1954. We have service receipts back to 2/9/54. When Leo Hapley acquired the car. We have additional receipts through 6/28/67. The car was sold to a Mr. Joe Havens somewhere thereafter and the car was judged at the St. Louis JCNA event in 1989. The first time I showed my 1961 flat floor E-Type.

This was the car that Jaguar Chief Engineer William Lyons had always intended the XK engine for, and after small-scale production of the XK120 sports car for two years, the Mark VII saloon followed in October 1950. However, most of production went for export, and the Mark VII was the first Jaguar saloon to sell in large numbers in the USA. 

This example is dressed in silver over burgundy, with the paint and trim in overall very good order. The bodywork is straight and solid and the car’s chrome bumper look good and fit tightly to the body. There is a full-size spare tire in the trunk. The engine bay is in very good order, too.

This Big Cat rolls on Coker Classic wide whitewall tires, size 6.50R16 at all four corners. Each one is mounted on steel wheels, with a silver beauty rim topped with a factory wheel cover. The tires and wheels are all in order. This Cat rides on a 120-inch wheelbase.

Under the hood is what makes it all work, the 3.4L DOHC straight six-cylinder engine with a pair of SU carburetors. Backing this engine is a four-speed manual transmission and a 4.27:1 rear end. 

Inside, the burgundy Connolly Leather seats with rear center fold-down armrest and matching Wilton Wool Carpet are in satisfactory shape, as is the rest of the interior – the headliner, inner door panels, instrument panel and shift lever. The speedo and horn are inop. Right side full tank sending unit does not register.

VIN: B41638

2022-06-22 07:33:21 | pauls writes:

Car returns to ebay 6/22/22

www.ebay.com/itm/394126763908

Opening bid $1,953 reserve not met 0 bids 6 days left in auction, same seller.

Previous auction ended at $17,600 after 41 bids.