1961 Jaguar MkII 3.4 litre

Registration No: 168 DFJ
Chassis No: 155656DN
MOT: Exempt

• In current ownership for the past 7 years
• Boasting a large history file with a comprehensive number of invoices
• Subject to an extensive restoration carried out between 2001 and 2005
• Desirable home market 3.4 manual overdrive example displaying a credible c.45,000 miles

PLEASE NOTE: This lot does not come with the electric power steering unit mentioned in the printed catalogue.

For many the definitive Jaguar sports Saloon, the MkII was introduced in October 1959. A peerless blend of elegance and muscularity, its sleek lines clothed an evolution of the Coventry marque's first monocoque. Powered by derivatives of the same XK DOHC straight-six engine that had swept Jaguar to five Le Mans victories, the MkII was quick to dominate contemporary Saloon car racing. Equipped with coil-and-wishbone independent front suspension, a leaf-sprung Salisbury rear axle and four-wheel disc brakes. Available with 2.4, 3.4 and 3.8 Litre engines and with either automatic or manual transmissions, the MkII is still a desirable and usable classic in modern times.

The Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Production Record states this desirable MkII 3.4 manual with overdrive was manufactured in May 1961 and has been in current ownership for the past 7 years. In 2017 the son of the original owner bought the car from an H&H auction, the odometer displays just some 45,000 miles today. The MkII was stored at a farm until 2001, at this point a restoration began which did not complete until 2005. This was evidently done to a very high standard. New door skins and bottoms, inner and outer sills and several new repair panels were fitted, plus new seat cushions were fitted below the preserved original leather on the reclining front seats, along with new carpets and a headlining. The interior woodwork was restored and a new wiring loom fitted, along with a conversion to alternator charging. The paint was applied by Jaguar restoration specialist Alan Proctor of Worksop.

By September 2012 it had been acquired by a lady of Wotton-Under-Edge. Some £27,000 was spent in ownership, over the course of 2 years between 2012 and 2014 with Peter Chambers Automotive, with attention paid to front and rear shocks, a gearbox rebuild, an engine overhaul and removal of the power steering system (to increase the steering feel) with new non-assisted parts fitted. Back in the ownership of the family that originally owned '168 DFJ', the car has been dry stored and used sparingly on only the best of days covering just over 1,000 miles in these 7 years. The vendor has informed us that aluminium radiator coils were fitted last year to the benefit of the cooling system. This MkII is offered with a pair of Coombs-style rear wheel spats and the power steering components that were removed. It also boasts a large history file with a comprehensive number of invoices, a Production Record Certificate, detailed restoration notes and photographs and an original handbook.

*Photos 112-198 document the extensive restoration of 168DFJ between 2001 and 2005

PLEASE NOTE: This lot does not come with the electric power steering unit mentioned in the printed catalogue.

For more information, please contact:
Oliver Fernyhough-Martin
oliver.fernyhough-martin@handh.co.uk
07483 361000