JAGUAR MK X

JUST FOR A MOMENT.
COMPARE WHAT VALUE FOR MONEY YOU GET WITH THE SUPER STYLISH. UXURIOUS AND RARE JAGUAR MK 10 COMPARED TO THE MORE COMMON CLASSIC JAGUARS SUCH AS THE MK 2'S OR OR INDEED E TYPE'S.

THE NUMBER OF MK 10's LEFT ON THE ROAD IN THE UK IS BELIEVED TO BE JUST AROUND 50.
COMPARE THAT TO THE 688 MK 2's AND SOME 3. 00 E TYPE's !
THAT MAKES THE MK 10 A REALLY RARE CAR.

WITH VALUES OF MK 2's AND E TYPE's NOW OUT OF REACH FOR MANY. THESE BEAUTIFULLY APPOINTED MK 10's REPRESENT AMAZING VALUE AS WELL AS A DEGREE OF EXCLUSIVITY AND ARE A PERFECT FAMILY CLASSIC/GENTLEMAN'S LUXURY CARRIAGE
3. 8 MK 2's START NOW AT £35. 00 WITH MANY FETCHING IN EXCESS OF £50. 00 AND E TYPES OF THIS CONDITION AND MILEAGE START AT £70. 00 WITH FULLY RESTORED EXAMPLES FETCHING AS MUCH AS £150. 00 AND MORE.

THE MK 10 WAS FIRST LAUNCHED AT THE EARLS COURT MOTOR SHOW IN OCTOBER 1961 AND WAS THE WIDEST UK PRODUCTION CAR AT THE TIME AND WAS AIMED TO COMPETE WITH MERCEDES AND BENTLEY IN THE EUROPEAN MARKET AND ALSO WITH THE LINCOLN'S AND CADILLAC'S IN THE IMPORTANT US EXPORT MARKET.

LVG 189B WAS PRODUCED IN 1964 REGISTERED ON THE 1ST OF AUGUST THAT YEAR TO A SURREY FILM STUDIO AND IS ONE OF THE LAST MK 10's TO HAVE BEEN FITTED WITH THE CLASSIC 3. 8 LITRE STRAIGHT SIX WITH TRIPLE 2" SU CARBURETORS BEFORE JAGUAR DISCONTINUED THE 3. 8 IN FAVOR OF THE LARGER 4. 2 LITRE ENGINE THAT CARRIED THROUGH TO THE LATER XJ MODELS.
THE 3. 8 AND THE LATER 4. 2 ENGINES WERE OF COURSE ALSO USED IN THE E TYPE. INDEED THE MK 10 SHARED MUCH OF THE RUNNING GEAR OF THE E TYPE AND WAS THE FIRST JAGUAR SALOON PRODUCED WITH JAGUARS WORLD RENOWNED I. R. S ( INDEPENDENT REAR SUSPENSION SYSTEM ). THAT REMAINED A JAGUAR FEATURE ON THEIR CARS THROUGH TO 1996 WITH THE LAST OF THE XJS's.

COMPARED WITH THE ALMOST 84. 00 MK 2's PRODUCED. THE MK 10's WITH JUST OVER 13. 00 3. 8'S AND JUST SOME 5. 00 4. 2's PRODUCED BETWEEN 1961 AND 1970. MEANS OVERALL PRODUCTION NUMBERS WERE UNDER 19. 00. EXCLUDING THE LATER LESSER SPEC 420 G's )

THESE MAJESTIC JAGUARS ALSO SUFFERED FROM A HIGH ATTRITION RATE AND HENCE ARE A VERY RARE SIGHT NOW WITH ONLY A FEW REALLY GOOD SURVIVORS REMAINING SUCH AS THIS GEM.

THEIR LOW SURVIVAL RATE IS PREDOMINATELY DOWN TO THE FACT THAT MANY BECAME NEGLECTED AS PEOPLE CHOSE SMALLER MORE ECONOMIC CARS. SUBSEQUENTLY AS FASHIONS AND TASTES CHANGED THE BIG OLD MK 10's FELL A BIT OUT OF FAVOR. ( AS OF COURSE DID E TYPES AT THE TIME ! ). MANY JUST ROTTED AND RUSTED AWAY DURING THE LATE 70'S. 0'S AND 90'S AND AS VALUES DROPPED AS THEY BECAME. AT THE TIME UN-ECONOMICAL TO RESTORE. MANY WERE BROKEN UP FOR PARTS ESPECIALLY FOR THEIR ENGINES AND I. R. S SYSTEMS. THE I. R. S's FORMING PART OF A MANY A PERIOD "CUSTOM CAR". AS THIS WAS THE DEFAULT SYSTEM OF CHOICE FOR MANY A FORD POP OR HOTTED UP ZEPHYR OR ZODIAC.

ESSENTIALLY ORIGINAL THROUGHOUT THE CAR RETAINS A WONDERFUL ORIGINAL PATINA WITH FANTASTICALLY SOLID FLOORS AND BOOT FLOOR. NO SIGNS OF ANY RUST ISSUES TO WORRY ABOUT. IT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN PART OF A PRIVATE COLLECTION FROM 1967 UNTIL AROUND 2011.
THE CAR HAS BEEN REPAINTED IN FLAT MAROON IN 2009 ONLY DUE TO THE ORIGINAL PAINT HAVING FADED AND SHORTLY AFTER THE NEXT OWNER ATTENDED TO THE UNDERSIDE AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL UNDER-SEAL WAS STARTING TO FLAKE AND SO THIS WAS RE-DONE IN 2013.
THE CAR HAS IT'S ORIGINAL TOOL KIT IN THE BOOT WITH ALL THE ORIGINAL JAGUAR SPANNERS AND DUNLOP REPAIR KIT.
THE INTERIOR IS BEAUTIFULLY APPOINTED WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF LOVELY LEATHER. ( WHICH IS JUST BEING RE-FURBISHED ) AND OF COURSE SHE HAS THE BEAUTIFUL WOOD PULL DOWN PICNIC TABLES FOR THE REAR PASSENGERS. FULL ELECTRIC WINDOWS AND POWER STEERING WERE ALSO QUITE THE MODERN STATEMENT IN 1964.

OFFERING AMAZING VALUE THESE MK 10'S ARE HEAVILY TIPPED TO ROCKET IN VALUE AND THIS MAYBE THE LAST CHANCE TO AQUIRE A SOLID CLASSIC 60's JAGUAR AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE
THIS PARTICULAR LOW MILEAGE EXAMPLE HAS BEEN WELL CARED FOR ALL IT'S LIFE BEING WELL MAINTAINED AND LOOKED AFTER WITH A S MENTIONED A COMPLETE RE-PAINT IN 2009. NO RUST ISSUES AT ALL. IT IS TRULY SUPERB ALL ROUND WITH A GREAT PATINA READY TO BE ENJOYED BY IT'S NEXT OWNER

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