1963 Jaguar MkX

Registration No: 7757 KV
Chassis No: 351917BW
MOT: January 2024

• Jaguar's impressive early 1960s luxury Saloon car
• Supplied from new with a 3.8 litre straight six triple carb engine
• Bought by the vendor in 2013 and restored over the last few years
• Bodyshell blasted and repaired as necessary and refinished in Gold
• Interior restored and seating has been re-trimmed in Red leather
• Supplied with buff log book, Heritage Certificate and a current V5C

The Jaguar MkX (Ten) was the British manufacturer's top of the range saloon car throughout the 1960s. The large and luxurious MkX was primarily aimed at the North American market, with the company hoping that the car would appeal to heads of state, diplomats and film stars. Introduced in the same year as Jaguar's iconic E-Type, the MkX impressed with its technical specification and innovations. Unlike its predecessors, the car featured integrated unitary bodywork, the largest car constructed this way in the UK at the time, as well as independent rear suspension, unheard of on early 1960s British luxury cars. Combined with the same 3.8-litre, triple carburettor engine as fitted to the E-Type, it gave Jaguar's flagship a top speed of 120 mph and capable handling at less than half the price of the contemporary Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud. The MkX introduced a new slightly forward-leaning nose design for Jaguar saloons, with its four headlamps set into rounded front fenders and a vaned grille. This front-end style was used on many of the manufacturer's later cars, forging Jaguar’s look for almost half a century.

This beautifully presented MkX was originally manufactured as a left-hand drive car on the 13th December 1962, according to the Jaguar Heritage Certificate, and despatched to the Swiss distributor Emil Frey on the 8th January 1963, apparantly to be used by a British diplomat stationed overseas. The original buff log book shows it being first registered in the UK to Jaguar Cars in April 1964, on its current number ‘7757 KV’, with the next change of ownership being two years later, on 20th April 1966, to dealers Imperial Motors in Cheltenham. The Heritage Certificate states that it was returned to the factory to be converted to right-hand drive, so presumably, this was carried out in the 2 years it appears to have been owned by Jaguar once the car came home from Switzerland. Bought by the vendor in 2013, it has since been restored with the bodywork media-blasted and repaired where necessary, and the engine removed and overhauled. Originally supplied in Grey, it has been refinished in Golden Sand with the interior re-trimmed in Red leather. The vendor reports it 'starts on the button and drives exceptionally well' and has just passed an MOT. The car comes supplied with an owner’s manual, a workshop manual, a maintenance chart, a period catalogue, a Jaguar Heritage Certificate, an original buff log book and a current V5C.

For more information, please contact:
Ian Cunningham
ian.cunningham@handh.co.uk
07415 871189