No car bridges the gap between stylish gangster and honest bobby more than the MK II Jaguar. Pronounced properly, even the name drips with elegance - Jaaaaaaggggggg - and prices reflect that too, with good ones now in excess of a small bungalow. However, we have an example here requiring some TLC that won’t break the bank.
Project Of The Week: Jaguar MK II
This particular example is left-hand-drive, with an automatic gearbox, and on the face of it - all it appears to need is a new coat of paint with a bit of attention paid to the engine and gearbox. The interior doesn’t seem to be in tatters either, which is a godsend when restoring older Jaguars.
Don’t let the horror stories of Jaguar restoration put you off either - a bad example will punish you for no good reason and make you wish you had never been born. This one hopefully won’t be that way inclined and should allow easy work - permitting a small budget to bring this blaggers favourite back to former glory.
Why should you save it?
Besides upping your street cred and spreading a smile across your face, finding a MK II Jaguar that isn’t going to provide the headache from hell, but also won’t cost more than an Aircraft carrier, is difficult. This one is therefore perfect - and admit it, who wouldn’t love an old Jaguar as a Sunday runabout?
You will be well rewarded, too - with power, elegance and value the like of which you will never have encountered before. Prices are only going up, and with this ideal project costing as little as it is - for what it is - you’d be bonkers to miss out.
All together now- Jaaaaaaaaaggggggggg…..