Grimaldi Classic Cars
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Jaguar MK II 3,800 cc.
31,660 KM.
***COMPLETE RESTORATION CARRIED OUT BY GRIMALDI CLASSIC CARS***.
*ALWAYS ITALIAN
*ORIGINAL BLACK VARESE PLATES
*VA.31?
*MATCHING NUMBERS
*OVERDRIVE
*4 GEARS
*CAR'S ACCOMPANYING BIRTH WHEEL.
*RESTORED BIRTHPLATES.
*BORN with left-hand drive
*NEW TIRES
*INTERIOR CONNOLLY
Car in our family since 1993.
IMPECCABLE condition from all points of view.
History
The MK2 was a fast, spacious, and pleasingly styled car and thus followed Sir William Lyons' best-known maxim: "grace, pace and space" (i.e., "grace, pace and space," where pace meant "speed," "brilliance of travel").
It was offered with three engines, which differed in displacement. All three were powerplants from the Jaguar XK.
The smallest had a displacement of 2,483 cm³ and delivered 120 hp of power, the middle one was 3,442 cm³ (3.4 L, 210 hp) and the largest engine was 3,781 cm³ (3.8 L, 220 hp). The latter was similar to the 3.8 L engine used on the E-Type, as it had common components such as the cylinder block, crankshaft, connecting rods and pistons. However, the two engines had different intake ports and a different fuel system.
The brakes became all-wheel discs, while the manual transmission, still a 4-speed with overdrive, was completely new (and Jaguar-made with, until 1964, the first speed not being synchronized). The 3.8-liter had a self-locking differential as standard (optional on the 3.4 "manuals"). Mark II produced 1959 to 1967: Made from 1959 to 1967, the Mark II sedan was Jaguar's most successful model up to that time, with a total production of 83,701 units. The 3.8-liter engine developed 220 hp, taking it to a top speed of 201 mph and a 0-60 mph time of 8.5 seconds.
This was always considered the most desirable of the Mark II models, especially when equipped with wire wheels and an overdrive transmission. With these extras, along with leather upholstery and metallic ("Opalescent") paint, the 3.8-liter Mark II cost Lire 3,996,300 in 1967. The Mark II had a history of successful competition in international touring car racing and rallying. It was driven by, among others, Roy Salvadori and Duncan Hamilton , as well as European drivers such as Bernard Consten and Peter Lindner.
A Mark II was memorably used as an escape car in the Great Train Robbery in 1963.
