This followed me home today, and I didn't even want it!
 

I got a call from a girl I went to high school (over 40 years ago) about her bother's car which I offered to buy 40 years ago, and wondered if I still want to buy it. It has been in the garage for untill the garage fell down around it 5 years ago. The bother has died and the house was sold and it needed to be gone today! They were going to call the junk yard if I didn't save it. So now it sits in my driveway and will have to find a buyer for it. Car is not rusty, at least on the outside and has been off the road since 73', and reads only 55k miles on it. Its a 62' Mk 2. Most likely would cost more to restore than what it would be worth, but if someone wanted to make a ratrod driver out of it.

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Wait,what?! There’s snow in Georgia?

Madness, cats and dogs living in harmony, madness

No, thats New York snow....I would recognize it anywhere !

I am open to offers as I really just didn't want to see it go to the junk yard, so if anyone is interested in it let talk!

I'll take it if you offer me $15,000.

Love it, wish I was closer

Always considered that to be an extremely attractive and sophisticated sedan design.

All that said, no thanks...

I've always thought those would make a neat limo. Convert the rear doors to suicide - paint it black and snazzy up the interior. I had a previous co-worker about 25 years ago with one for sale. He lived up in N Ga mountains - but not Fulton (metro ATL) county.

A little buffing and it will look just like this:

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I always thought a jag running gear rat rod would be cool on one of these.

Same drivetrain as a 3.8 E type, yes?

Pull out the interior, remove glass and other superfluous stuff like a heater, drill some holes so people really do know you are a poseur. Rip off the trim, maybe a straight pipe and some agressive tires. Drop the ride height and what you got?

A jag rod.

I'd drive it.

Manual or automatic?

Excellent question. I love these but this looks like a huge project. I've owned 2 series III XJ6's and a lovely 76 XJ6C. The guy I bought the coupe from and eventually sold it back to, had an award winning MK2. They just have lovely lines.

My coupe and my last series III.

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Not much of an improvement :)

My buddy has one and has a fuel injected (mega squirt) 3.8 in it with a T5 trans out of a mustang. The car looks original and it in perfect shape. It’s actually sitting right beside my 76 930 right now.

Its manual with a 4 speed, I haven't looked to see if it has an overdrive on it.

I would pressure wash the whole thing and get it running/driving well then you'll be able to sell it easily.
Don't fix anything that doesn't need fixing. Just get it going and make sure the brakes work well.

Ignore any rust... Maybe rub some linseed oil on any larger areas.

Patina is worth keeping.

I can picture myself driving around in that just the way it is. The body is quite beautiful on those cars and with a 4 speed, well, bob's your uncle!

Thank god it doesn't have ww's.

Apparently that triple carb intake is not stock.

That motor won LeMans several times in the '50's. When they run right they're indestructible. The automatic will be a Ford Borg Warner unit. The rebuild kit & torque converter will likely come from Ford (or Rock Auto) fairly cheap. I believe the later sedans used the E-type IRS diff unit with inboard disc brakes. There is a ton of leading edge engineering (1950's) in that little sedan. Virtually the template for the later small BMW performance sedans 30 years later.

can you still get all the rubber parts for it?

You can and they're made in China. You'd think the quality would be awful but honestly not bad at all.
A friend recently restored an MG using Chinese sourced rubber bits. No problems at all but long term, who knows?

That aside why would you spend any significant money on the aesthetics of this car?

Get it running properly and enjoy it as is.

The triple SU carb setup was not standard. It was only standard on XKEs and XK150 SEs and Mk 10s. D types used triple Webers and I imagine that the few XKSS s did too
Mk 2 rust first appears on the crowsfeet radiator support area and then on the rear of the sills. These are drivers cars that you can hang the tail out readily, hold the slide through the corner and then correct easily. YouTube any British Saloon car race of the early 1960s.

Beautiful car! If I had the money and time and resources....

I bet someone on Bring a Trailer wants it. Even if it is just for the parts.

+1 on getting it going mechanically and leaving it alone cosmetically. See how you like it! Once it goes down the road straight, it will be an easy sale and should recover your efforts, unless it has a rod sticking out the pan!

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It's a Jag so its going to be a rabbit hole. I bought a 3.8 a few years back that had been thoroughly restored then parked for 10 years. It required, tank flush, new fuel lines, fuel pump, carb clean, coolant flush, new hoses, battery on and on and on. Eventually got it going (auto choke was a bastard) and it was fun to drive as it just looked beautiful and drove well but make no mistake that these are truly the cure for happiness. I can imagine that the interior is hideous with flaking wood an split leather so if you are OK driving around in the automotive equivalent of a haunted house then do it.

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Yea, I just ran the # off of the motor, it is a 4.2L out of a mark X/420G and it has the high compression gold head. Still didn't see if it will turn over yet, waiting for the snow to melt before I try. Think I could get $2500 for the whole thing?

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I don't know. I think if its relatively rust free (check underneath at the front cross member) then maybe. You need to find someone that really wants to restore a MK2 and is OK about the wrong motor. People are weird about matching numbers these days. Its certainly worth more parted out but that's a royal PIA.

ask yourself "What would Leno do?"

You've got to be kidding, those are beautiful classic sedans. Great engines that were used for many years.

Cheers Richard

I guess I don't get the attraction, it appears to be a scrap yard candidate to me, but BAT may find a buyer for you. Keep us informed of your quest.

That's a 265 bhp motor then. Should go pretty well and of course will run absolute rings around any contemporary US iron

Yea, original 3.8L motor had 220 hp with a zero to 60mph of 8.1 seconds. So this motor should make it a tad faster down the street in its day. There is really not much rust to it so this could be restored if one desired to tackle it. They really were quite ahead for the time, as this has disc brakes all the way around, limited slip rearend, 4 speed with overdirve, power steering, and enough power to send it down the road.

Very cool. I just noticed the AH in your sig, we need pics of your AH 100! I've always loved the look of the 100 and 3000. I think they're one of the prettiest small roadsters to come out of the UK

Ugh

Pal with cancer had me get his low mileage garage queen 78 J12L up and running before he passed.

Transmission mounts to headliner. Injection system also and I'll spare you those details. Long time. Each thing was not that bad, but man, they over-engineered those things. Ball joints had about 15 parts to each. Not big news to a Jag lover.

Transmission mounts to headliner? Must have been in a huge crash.
The Jag Mk 2s were the favourite getaway car for bank and wages snatch robbers as there was nothing much that could catch them in the day and they were strong enough to ram other cars out of the way
The V12 engine is far more difficult to work on than the XK 6 cylinder engine.

LOL

It was a strange mix of repairs. Most all from sitting for 30 years.

and pretty rare (or uncommon) too


it needs to be saved