£13,000 - £15,000
1959 Jaguar ‘Mark 1’ 2.4 Litre Saloon
Chassis Number: 916169D/N
Registration Number: 396 UMV
Recorded Mileage: TBA
- One registered owner since 1966
- Subject to recent restoration
After Jaguar moved to Daimler's Browns Lane plant in 1951, an opportunity was taken to move into the middle-weight executive saloon sector, then largely occupied by Humber, Standard Vanguard and Rover. Jaguar's new 2.4 and 3.4 models were modern in style, and performed better than the competition. With a passing resemblance to the larger Mark VII, the Mark I was different in other ways, such as its unitary monocoque construction, The new model was fitted with independent front suspension with double wishbones, coil springs, telescopic dampers and an anti-roll bar, all carried in a separate subframe mounted to the body by rubber bushes. At launch, the Mark I was equipped with drum brakes, with all-disc brakes becoming available as an option from 1957. When MKI production ended in 1959, a total of 19.992 of the 2.4 and 17.405 of the 3.4 litre versions had rolled off the famous Brown’s Lane production line.
This stylish 1959 Mark I was first registered to William J. Sims Ltd. of Bermondsey in London, selling first to privately to a Mr. Louis Eyers of Cheam in Surrey and then in 1966 to its current registered keeper, a Mr. Albert Cuthbert of Weybridge.
The Mark 1 was originally specified in grey but looks super in black with matching black wheels, and its contrasting red leather interior with deep red carpeting.
Complete with a history file containing buff log book, older receipts, MoT certificates and tax discs, this is an eminently attractive example of Jaguar’s executive saloon car of the 1950s.
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