- Seller: Vintage Motors LLC (Contact)
- Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Mileage: 67,384 Shown
- Chassis #: P223778BW
- Title Status: Clean
- Engine: 3.8-Liter Inline-6
- Transmission: Automatic
UPDATE – The seller has lowered their asking price.
A car’s reputation doesn’t always follow it across oceans and borders. In England, the Jaguar Mark 2 had a bit of a bad-boy reputation, being a favorite getaway car among those who were more likely to rob a bank than work at one. A Mark 2 was the bandits’ preferred ride in Peter Yates’s 1967 film, Robbery. In fact, Steve McQueen apparently liked the car chase in that movie so much that he hired the director himself to helm Bullitt, which usually tops any list of all-time greatest car chases. Luckily, the Mark 2’s reputation in America is not so sinister, so you can enjoy the Jaguar for what it is, a fancy luxury sedan with plenty of oomph under the hood. This 1966 model has been in the same collection for over 45 years, although it’s easy to see that it’s been sitting in a climate-controlled garage for 25 of them. It will clearly need some care before you’re testing the limits of its inline-six, but you have to start somewhere, and it’s being offered as a Barn Finds Exclusive in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with an asking price of $10,500 $8,000.
The heart of any older Jaguar is its famous inline six, and this 1966 model has the best of the Mark 2 bunch, a 220-horsepower 3.8 liter hooked to a Borg Warner automatic. The seller says that it’s a running engine, and you can see a video attached below. The 3.8 Mark 2 was a rapid sedan for its time, so it’s no surprise that it was loved equally by police and thieves. It could accelerate from zero to sixty in about 8.5 seconds and achieve a top speed of 120 miles per hour.
The interior is complete but will need a lot of detailing and perhaps a little wood work. It’s not too much of an exaggeration to say that the British were the masters of the automotive dashboard, and with their comprehensive gauges and lovely “polished walnut” instrument panel, the Jaguar has to rate near the top of an impressive lot. The interior of this car is all-original.
Unfortunately, British cars were not known for their rust resistance, but that isn’t something you’ll have to worry about with this Oklahoma Mark 2; the seller says that the paint is original and the car is rust free.
Of course, a car that has been sitting since the turn of the millennium will not be perfect; the brake hydraulics need some work at a minimum, so this car falls into the category of a great restoration project or a “wash it, fix the mechanicals, and get it back on the road” project. I’d be more inclined to choose the latter, but I’m a sucker for a car that looks like it has a nice story. If you simply love 1960s Jaguar sedans or you’re fascinated by the car’s nefarious side, make an offer!
I’ll be the first to yell out-
WHAT ABOUT THE 120 ?
Ok Gippy. I love these cars. I’m gonna blast you out of the running. $425.99.
Too much.
All the brake hydraulics should be gone through at minimum. I had a mk1 and an Stype. White Post Restorations in VA does a great job and will sleeve them in brass so they will last a long time. They aren’t cheap, but this is an old Jag not a 97 Camry!
They’re excellent and have been at it a long time. They sleeved my 65 Healey 3000 III MC at least 40 years ago.
40yrs ago they were great….😞
I would take the “rust free” under advisement; the British Tinworm is famous for finding hidden vulnerabilities in these. But as shabby as it appears, this is a good buildable example, and the mileage is a plus for a nearly 60 year old. Someone with skills and experience can do her proud.
Had a ’60 XK 150S with the same drivetrain. It was awesome even at 8 years and about 90,000 miles. The Borg-Warner shifted up to 3rd at about 75 mph and then lurched forward. Got stopped just after going 85 (in a 60 zone) but the cop just wanted to see the car, hadn’t clocked me at all. It ended when the “foreign car specialists” in town could not figure out why it would not run at all. Sold it dead for what I had paid for it 4 years before, and, even in New England, it was not rusted out. “When it was good, it was very, very, good and when it i was bad, it was horrid.”
Vice-grips clamped under the dashboard? Interesting.
De-laminating wood?
I have a Mark 2, and the vice grip is no doubt clamped to the end of the cable that releases the bonnet… the plastic T handle has probably broken off, leaving only the end of the cable to grab on to…
Gotta be more pictures somewhere….
Especially of the rear end, suspension and brakes!
Too few pictures. I have always liked the body style from the windshield forward. Behind that, not so much.
Those rear brakes are mounted inboard on an independently suspended rear axle, just saying.
Gorgeous car. My older brother had one in the garage back in the early 70’s for a year or so where I was a kid. I loved sitting in it dreaming of motoring down the road. All that wood and red leather, and those switches on the dash!
He never got it going though as it needed a special factory tool, that he couldn’t get ahold of, to align and bolt the tranny to the engine. Or at least that’s what I think the issue was …
It was the S model that had the independent rear suspension and inboard disc brakes. This one had semi-elliptic rear springs and solid axle
If it is a Mark 2, that is. It looks like an S Type boot!
No, it is definitely a MK II, not an S Type.
My brother’s was a Mark, not an s type. And it definitely had inboard rear disc brakes. I was witness to that fact.
I may have been young but when it came to machines I did not miss a beat.
Sorry, I guess my memory must be playing up. I thought that those long boots and IRS belonged to the ‘S’ Type.
Garry,
No worries. All good. Bottom line is it was a cool car to have sitting in our garage back then. Definitely the shorter tail end too.
Thanks Robt. It has been getting the better of me so I consulted my Daily Express Review of the 1966 Earl’s Court Motor Show. They listed the Mk.2 but only with 2.4 motor, it had cantilever leaf rear springs. The 1967 show had much the same car, bit more power and called the 240. Still no mention of inboard discs and still leaf springs. They must have been a LHD market specifications only item. Mysterious!
It was the 3.8S and the 420 that had the inboard brakes, along w the MkX / 420G
LHD makes no difference to the rear suspension, all Mk1 and Mk2 inc. 240-340 models had a solid rear axle with outboard rear discs. The S type, 420, Mk10, 420G and E types had IRS with inboard rear discs, the Mk2 body was too short to fit IRS and still have trunk/boot space for a suitcase!
The Mark in our garage had inboard rear disc brakes. It was not the longer tail s-type. Whether it was an independent rear end I don’t remember.
But I do know it was a short tail Mark and it had inboard rear discs!
Maybe that car in the garage had the longer tail? which
I would think I’d have remembered correctly. Mostly because I didn’t like the longer tail of the s-type … but I don’t remember well enough to dispute other commenters or a google search.
But it definitely had inboard rear brakes!
Time to apply Occam’s Razor to this MkII IRS discussion: No documented of that version exists. Memories are 60 years old. Please.
Buzz off peter. I thought I did put an end to it with my last comment.
Not worth it.
Jesse, Josh, and crew – I don’t know how else to make this suggestion other than in an auction ad. I think it would be useful to all of us and the Barn Finds’ crew to publish a record/history of the cars that have been auctioned on Barn Finds – their asking price, their selling price, the amount the seller actually received, and the days at auction. It would allow everyone to see the benefit of using Barn Finds to sell their vehicles versus say Hemmings Motor News or some other site.
These are beautiful cars when restored, but not worth much even then. I think the price will need to come down below $4,000 before anyone gets serious about buying it. I do like the vise grips under the dash. It gives it a “homey” look.
It’s currently a pretty soft, down market for sure, but a nicely restored Mk II will still fetch $30k. (Perhaps you’re thinking of the Mk Xs/420s and S Types (?), which don’t fetch nearly as much). But this car still has some potential for minimal upside for the DIYer at the asking price. Nonetheless, I still suspect you’re right about the “strike price.”
A MK2 has a solid axle, shocks, leaf springs and regular disk brakes, NOT inboard. Sorry Robert. Is it possible someone did a “one off” IRS/inboard brakes installation? Possible, but not likely.
I sold my nice one in 2017 for $39K. I have seen perfectly restored ones going for over twice that and saw one sell for $100K. This one is definitely worth going through as long as there is NO rust and engine turns by hand. Clean it up and start there. The wood is easy if you take your time as it is time consuming to do it properly.
Seeing as we’re looking at a Jaguar, I’d sure want to know if any of that potentially gorgeous plywood is delaminating….
Didn’t Mike Hawthorne die in one of these? My dad had MkVII’s when were growing up and my uncle, his brother, had Mk II’s. Always loved the smell of the leather. Probably overpriced, but definitely a good starting point.
Does the vicegrip holding the dash on come with it! 😜😂😂
Sections of the dash are plywood and other parts solid. The plywood as well as the veneer over it does delaminate in spots. If kept dry in it’s life, the dash might be able to be taken off and very lightly sanded, and finished with clear poly
Also, I might add, a MK2 has a solid axle, leaf springs, shocks and does NOT have inboard brakes.
Yup, a 3.4.
Not interested in an overpriced MKII. However, what is the story on the red XK 120 next to it?