I know, I know… $160 grand for an old Jag is sick — California pricing for an antique is just wrong.
But have mercy:
Talk about getting wood:
…and with its pretty little hat on:
Then there’s that 140hp 3.4-liter six-cylinder power plant, in case you weren’t already persuaded.
Want.
That price is entirely reasonable to me. The restoration costs were likely double that number. I would certainly want to know when the last refresh was done and how long it’s been sitting in a collection unused. With 2,600 + on the ( refreshed ) odometer it hasn’t seen all that much use. Probably enough to keep things lubed and operational but I’d want to know more recent history. maybe 1000 miles a year on a regular basis, I have a friend who has an Aluminum bodied Closed Coupe 120 version that he drives regularly ( well now that it’s better weather anyway ) like anything it needs regular exercise. If you don’t occasionally drive it and or show it somewhere, why do you have it? Remember that with any collector car like this the documentation is as important as the actual car.
How did we get to the cookie cutter slabs of pressed steel foisted upon us today? Women and cars are better served with curves.
very well said!
I knew a girl in college in the 80’s that drove a 71 XKE hardtop as it was missing the soft top. It was a combination of a few different cars. Her brother in the Army shipped all the pieces back and built the car when he came home on leave. When she first started driving it there were about 6 colors of paint on it. Now wears British Racing Green as she had to give the car back to her brother after she got her first post college job. I will see it in a parade ever so often as it stays indoors most of the time.
It’s beautiful but, for a real Jag, its steering wheel is on the wrong side.
It’s simply not British, you know.
I’m with GT3, probably below restoration costs. It’s been modified pragmatically, engine in SE spec, five speed etc.
Owning a 50s or 60s car needs real judgement now, the next generation (post boomers) have different interests, judging by the way prices are going with Aussie cars from 70s to the 90s.
Personally, I’m now of the view that I’m not owning anything without ABS.
I hear ya. I’m nearing the end of my restoration of a ’65 Buick Riviera GS and as much as I wanted ABS, the math wouldn’t math. I settled for a Master Power Brakes conversion to disc brakes all around. Pricey ($2500+) but worth it.
ABS? Jeezus, Skippy. My first two cars didn’t even have seatbelts. Or safety glass. And hard metal dashboards too. ABS, my dying ass. Learn to modulate the brake pedal like a man.
Dunno. Two years younger than me and I know I feel the miles daily. Some more than others. But it does tickle my adventure bone so there is that.
I keep thinking, as the (much) older generation dies off, that their grandkids are going auction off all the classics (guns, motorcycles, cars, boats, etc.) for pocket change and I’ll finally get a chance to buy another old classic. And I keep looking. And looking. And prices aren’t coming down. Shit.
Best case, my current truck is already 14 years old, another six years and it’ll be a classic.
Now, that’s a proper Jag!