[{"id": 11902463, "authorName": "GarageDreamz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/garagedreamz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What a beauty, age, wear and tear and all... spectacular", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1689087458, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11902506, "authorName": "jockohenry", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jockohenry/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Gravitas on wheels.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1689087882, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11902516, "authorName": "tomjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tomjack/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "...carries the reminders of every mile traveled and still stands proud. What a awesome car.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1689087971, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11902526, "authorName": "criley", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/criley/", "bidAmount": 1000, "content": "$1,000 bid placed by criley", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689088122, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11902803, "authorName": "djimbe", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/djimbe/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I can only hope that I age as gracefully as this beautiful motor car. Grace, Space, and Pace writ large. Well done to the original long term owners who made this possible.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1689090818, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11902819, "authorName": "IamZardoz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/iamzardoz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\"Vertigo\" special! GLWA", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689090909, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11902843, "authorName": "Unclbnz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/unclbnz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I am more of an MK2 guy, but this is incredible in its representation of the pure design asthetic intended. Good show!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1689091170, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11902948, "authorName": "tenbears", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tenbears/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This has to be one of the finest examples of originality in a Mark VII I've seen. Nice color combo and having a proper 4 speed trans makes all the difference in these cars. They are also surprisingly nimble on the road and don't mind being thrown around a bit. And that Hornburg license plate frame is worth more than just a little bit in itself.\r\nIf I wasn't already restoring 737649, I'd be digging deep for this one.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1689092186, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11903148, "authorName": "misterotis", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/misterotis/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful patina.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1689093662, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11903158, "authorName": "57beefheart", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/57beefheart/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Handsome machine", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1689093729, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11903258, "authorName": "BentleyBoy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bentleyboy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is why jaguars telex name back in the 50s and 60s was Bentleys2nd. Beautifully Patinaed example of a classic postwar stately Jaguar. Few people realize this was the car the original Jaguar XK twin cam six cylinder engine was designed and intended for, not the XK 120. Jaguar has always been primarily a sedan manufacturer using sports cars as test beds for new engines before they went into the sedans and for publicity purposes. Like the V 12 being put into the E-type first before the XJ12 and with the later AJ6 engine going into the euro XJS before It went into its intended recipient the XJ40 sedan in 1988 for the USA.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1689094464, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11903453, "authorName": "Brewster", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/brewster/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Those Brits sure knew how to make gorgeous interiors, had a 156XK140MC and a`58 3.8 sedan love being in them", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1689095426, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11903851, "authorName": "Lofty", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lofty/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@IamZardoz Exactly! Cue the Bernard Hermann! \r\n\r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC5AzFc3coo", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689096939, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11903871, "authorName": "Jags_in_the_barn", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jags_in_the_barn/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Lots to like here and it's bound to be a bargain, even if the bidding gets heated up. The colors are perfect - period correct yet still feeling contemporary. The manual trans makes for a much more engaging experience. The engine bay has so much more that is correct than you typically find. \r\n\r\nI wouldn't change a thing. Give it a once over and then go cruising.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1689097049, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11903876, "authorName": "R_Sheridan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/r_sheridan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@BentleyBoy I believe that the 3.4 Liter engine you are referring to was in fact designed for the Jaguar Mark V, to be showcased in 1948. I forget the reason why, but Jaguar decided to build a sports car for the show and had very little time to do it. The XK120 used a Mark V chassis. I don't recall all of the details but the main point is that the 3.4 engine was meant for a Mark V not a Mart VII", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1689097056, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11904805, "authorName": "amsjmaltd", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/amsjmaltd/", "bidAmount": 1953, "content": "$1,953 bid placed by amsjmaltd", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689101212, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11906212, "authorName": "Stentr", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stentr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Trafficator semaphores?\r\nOK, I give up. What is it?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1689107202, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11906456, "authorName": "salesmotorcars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/salesmotorcars/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "beautiful car- are there tools included in either tool kit in the doors? i am not sure i saw a picture of the insides of the kits?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1689108430, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11906466, "authorName": "Mark63", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mark63/", "bidAmount": 2200, "content": "$2,200 bid placed by Mark63", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689108485, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11906694, "authorName": "Robert150556", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/robert150556/", "bidAmount": 3000, "content": "$3,000 bid placed by Robert150556", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689110608, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11907239, "authorName": "criley", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/criley/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Stentr.... when the turn signals ( american car talk) are used, a little arm on the \"B\" pillar sticks out to show which way you are turning", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689117195, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11907443, "authorName": "jayrhancock", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jayrhancock/", "bidAmount": 3650, "content": "$3,650 bid placed by jayrhancock", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689119733, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11907457, "authorName": "XK140", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/xk140/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@BentleyBoy @R_Sheridan BentleyBoy is correct. The new 3.4 litre XK engine was designed for the all new postwar Saloon - the Mark VII, and not the interim Mark V model that was always going to stay with its pushrod motor of pre-war SS Jaguar origins.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1689119880, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11907470, "authorName": "XK140", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/xk140/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "As per earlier comment, can we please see some pictures of both left and right door Tool Kits, tool boxes closed and opened...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689120015, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11907573, "authorName": "Bluesy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bluesy/", "bidAmount": 4250, "content": "$4,250 bid placed by Bluesy", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689121496, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11907909, "authorName": "EpicMC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/epicmc/", "bidAmount": 4500, "content": "$4,500 bid placed by EpicMC", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689126950, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11908266, "authorName": "Wob (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Ok, so we have dozens and dozens of cars in. We have race cars that have won the most important races, Ferraris coming out the nose, Porsches to make your head spin, you name it. And this... this is my favorite car in the whole place hands down. \r\n\r\n100% original paint, original interior and drives like an absolutely new car. This is everything I love about cars. Stories, truth, character, driving enjoyment, grace, style, poise, history - you name it. A stunning piece of Jaguar's history but even further its roll in the family's history is incredible. \r\n\r\nA wonderful story from the famiy who owned the car from 1953-2021:\r\n\r\n\"Cecily, my mother, had graduated from nursing school and wanted to travel around North America before settling down, so she boarded a ship for Toronto in 1949. \r\n \r\nMy father, an electrical engineer, viewed the U.S. as having better postwar economic opportunities than England, but was unable to immigrate right away due to restrictions based on country of origin. My father was born in Johannesburg, and the quota for South Africa was very low, so he had to bide his time for a while in Canada first. So he boarded a ship for Toronto, too, and of course that\u2019s where they met. \r\n \r\nThey must\u2019ve hit it off, because, shockingly, he asked her to marry him after just two days! This is especially amazing, considering my father\u2019s generally conservative, sober, risk averse attitude toward life. What the hell was he thinking??? \r\n \r\nMom wasn\u2019t ready to get married, though. She wanted to travel around the U.S. and Canada first, and then go back to England to see her father, before settling down. She strung poor Dad along for five long years! At one point, he wrote her a poignant letter saying he feared that he was losing her. \r\n \r\nBut thankfully, the story has happy ending. I\u2019m not sure of the details, but I believe Dad moved down to the States in early 1954, and he and my mom got married in Haddonfield, New Jersey, on Sept. 4. \r\n \r\nA few years later my father heard of a job opportunity in California, so they moved out to Palo Alto \u2013 the birthplace of Silicon Valley \u2013 in 1957, and lived there ever since. They had three kids \u2013 saving the best for last\"\r\n\r\nThe car was purchased new and kept in the family and cared for like a member of the family itself. The paint, never damaged or painted. The leather has lasted its life. The original engine hums like a top and drives like a dream. Grace, Pace and Space...\r\n\r\nThis car would be eligible for most all rallies and I believe would be Mille eligible as well. \r\n\r\nBest of the luck to the bidders. I believe this to be the most original and best original condition MK VII in existence, you can never replicate it. \r\n\r\nAttached are a few photos of the car in 1954 with the family on their wedding day :)", "likes": 10, "timestamp": 1689134878, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11908306, "authorName": "Robert150556", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/robert150556/", "bidAmount": 5000, "content": "$5,000 bid placed by Robert150556", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689136246, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11908382, "authorName": "kkherman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kkherman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "YES, only repair, but please do not change anything!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689139868, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11908506, "authorName": "Lugesq", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lugesq/", "bidAmount": 20000, "content": "$20,000 bid placed by Lugesq", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689152623, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11908586, "authorName": "vty777", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/vty777/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This really is Art Deco-and grey,like a passing cloud.......................", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1689159249, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11908770, "authorName": "Dollycat3", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dollycat3/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Absolutely beautiful and stunning and love the California family provenance \ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\udc4c", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689164826, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11908845, "authorName": "Dollycat3", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dollycat3/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "From the sticker on the rear bumper regarding the Lenkurt Electric Company ,\u201d its roots can be traced as early as 1935 when its predecessor started the development and manufacture of electronic equipment. The company adopted its name in 1933 and was taken from its founders Lennart Erickson and Kurt Appert. By this time, it focused on the development and manufacture of carrier current communications equipment. In the first year they were based in San Francisco with 10 employees, but this grew to around 75 by 1947 when they moved to San Carlos, California. The company published a monthly monograph for customers titled Lenkurt Demodulator that served as both educational and promotional material.\n\nIn 1959 the company merged with General Telephone and Electronics Company.\u201d\n\nI wonder if the original owner of this beauty was one of these fine gentleman \ud83e\udd14", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1689166051, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11909394, "authorName": "JagManBill", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jagmanbill/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "pure class", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689172242, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11909454, "authorName": "Holly", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/holly/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Absolutely gorgeous. To find a one owner, well preserved MK 7 is as rare as it gets. One of the biggest challenges in buying and restoring one of these is undoing all of the sins of the past owners. Not always their fault as pre internet parts were not always easy to come by. Someone is going to be one lucky new owner.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689172742, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11910006, "authorName": "pbf777", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pbf777/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'm thinking I recognize this car, particularly due to the wedding photos presented, as having been listed on the Hemmings Auction site, June of 2021, and as listed sold for $21,000 there.\r\n\r\nScott.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1689178121, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11910282, "authorName": "Wob (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@pbf777 correct, same car and TONS of clean up and prep thereafter to preserve, protect and making a ready to enjoy running and driving car. Receipts posted don't do that number justice. Dozens of hours in paint clean up and protection, interior preservation and of course mechanical love.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1689180220, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11910786, "authorName": "tomjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tomjack/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Simply a great unmolested time capsule. I would love to have this in my garage, I would do \"NOTHING\" to it (...perhaps sew that seat seam.). The story and wedding photos are a great addition. Most compelling car I have seen on BAT in a long time. If only I could have it delivered while my wife was away, perhaps she wouldn't see the gap in our savings account for a few weeks. Nice mate to my 140. Hhmmmmm...", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1689182288, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11912583, "authorName": "rcwkr", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rcwkr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Grace, Pace, Space.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1689188606, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11912950, "authorName": "David_P", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/david_p/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What a fantastic car, in fantastic colors!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1689190212, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11916321, "authorName": "gdpmv152", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gdpmv152/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I apologize for possibly revisiting this, but are the tools complete?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689211484, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11919238, "authorName": "tomjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tomjack/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "If the significant issue is this car's tool kit - this car is pretty complete and well presented. I am guessing, complete or not, the tool kit isn't a deal breaker.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689267622, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11919946, "authorName": "gdpmv152", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gdpmv152/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The tool kit question is valid and not a deal breaker. Regarding the trafficators, are there functional turns signals? Any idea on the nonfunctional wipers? The car would reside in a damp climate if a successful bid is made.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689270435, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11920005, "authorName": "pbf777", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pbf777/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "At least this vehicle seems to have what appears to be an \"original\" vehicle identification plate mounted; this which seems to be becoming less and less often witnessed on many Jaguars these days.\r\n\r\nScott.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689270706, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11920093, "authorName": "pbf777", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pbf777/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@gdpmv152: \"The car would reside in a damp climate if a successful bid is made.\"\n\nJust be aware that these \"survivor\" type cars, are such because they generally are not from \"damp climates\"; and at this point when injected into such, for a number of reasons, will in some instances deteriorate at horrific rates!\n\nScott.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1689271095, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11920144, "authorName": "gdpmv152", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gdpmv152/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Kept indoors, climate controlled, but foggy outside most days.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689271187, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11921880, "authorName": "Babadawv", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/babadawv/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is a beautiful vehicle --as all have said-- its originality a compelling feature. \r\n\r\nMay I commend those interested in the car's state of preservation to look at photo 133 and then compare photos 138 and 141, which show the squabs of the passenger and driver seats respectively?\r\n\r\nThe color, apparent age, uneven field color in photo 141, sheen and 'lay' of the leather in the third photo makes me wonder whether the driver side squab was once recovered. What do you think?\r\n\r\nNot intended to nitpick, simply to observe. My MK IX has a similar issue, but for different reasons, and is nowhere near as nice as this example in terms of being 'just as it was'.\r\n\r\nThese cars have a persona. It's another of their many compelling features. \r\n\r\nThose more knowledgeable than I assert the this car is better than the coeval Bentley saloon for performance, handling and quality. I've only ridden in --not driven-- a Bentley of this era, but it felt more like a stagecoach than a postwar automobile.\r\n\r\nWere I not to have 774826, I would bid strongly on this lovely example.\r\n\r\nBest of Luck with the auction!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689277754, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11922291, "authorName": "Wob (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Did someone say complete, original, perfect tool kits??? \r\n@gdpmv152 @tomjack", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1689279064, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11922739, "authorName": "gdpmv152", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gdpmv152/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful and as expected, thank you!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689280841, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11922989, "authorName": "pbf777", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pbf777/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Babadawv: \"makes me wonder whether the driver side squab was once recovered. What do you think?\"\n\nYes, I'm definitely under the impression that that has been the case. But of course not unexpectedly.\n\nAnd in similar observation, one wonders if that as presented in photo #59 where the paint finish is of what seems a different shade of color (maybe they were just afraid to rub on this surface so much?) and is failing (has failed) in a fashion not so commensurate with much of the rest, might this also prove to be an area of 're-worked' at sometime in the past?\n\nScott.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1689281747, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11923011, "authorName": "Balch-XK", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/balch-xk/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@gdpmv152 The wiper motor is the more complicated two speed Lucas unit with self parking used on the XK140. It can be removed and sent to a specialist for repair. Also, much information about these wiper motors is available online for the mechanically/electrically inclined. \n\nIn the meantime, simply apply RainX to the windscreem before heading out in rainy weather. Better yet try to avoid rainy weather drives. Keep the car in a dehumidified garage to preserve its current condition.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689281782, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11923046, "authorName": "pbf777", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pbf777/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Balch-XK : \"Better yet try to avoid rainy weather drives. Keep the car in a dehumidified garage to preserve its current condition.\"\r\n\r\n+1 !\r\n\r\nScott.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689281863, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11923709, "authorName": "Babadawv", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/babadawv/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@pbf77 wrote: \"....And in [a] similar observation, one wonders if ... photo #59 [shows] the paint finish is of what seems a different shade of color (maybe they were just afraid to rub on this surface so much?) and is failing (has failed).\"\r\n\r\nThank you Scott for bringing that to my attention; I missed that photo. \r\n\r\nCheers,\r\n\r\nDavid", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689284759, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11924073, "authorName": "Balidoug", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/balidoug/", "bidAmount": 21000, "content": "$21,000 bid placed by Balidoug", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689288158, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11924104, "authorName": "XK140", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/xk140/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@WOB Did someone say complete, original, perfect tool kits???\r\nLooks pretty good, but where is the Grease Gun pic on top of the lid ? Often missing ..", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1689288462, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11924257, "authorName": "Wob (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Babadawv @pbf777 not a different color and zero signs and hisotry with the family of any paint work.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689290253, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11924597, "authorName": "Dawvi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dawvi/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@WoB: @pbf777 commented on photo 59, saying it appears to show paint flaking on this lovely car's roof. \r\n\r\nThe only thing I find curious / interesting about that photo is that the layer underneath the gray paint is white. Was white a standard color for primer in the early 1950s ( at Jaguar or elsewhere )? \r\n\r\nI know that Alfa Romeo implemented white primer to make their red paint 'pop' by the late 50s-early 60s.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689294079, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11924941, "authorName": "bvd", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bvd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Re Bentley as stagecoach: I have a 52 Bentley Mk 6, and it looks very prewar but with radials and proper alignment it is surprisingly capable on my hilly and curvy drives. II have never driven a Jag sedan of any era but I would say a fair comparison is then and now the Bentley is better built and is not in the Jag's league for power and flash (in the most positive sense)..", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689298645, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11925052, "authorName": "Wob (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Dawvi its not primer, its bare metal, just seeing reflection of white light.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689300138, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11925534, "authorName": "mototalbott", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mototalbott/", "bidAmount": 21500, "content": "$21,500 bid placed by mototalbott", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689312392, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11927521, "authorName": "pbf777", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pbf777/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Like it, or not, with bare steel being displayed it is time to do at least \"some\" paint repair work; that is if one is planning on doing anything other than placing this in a hermetically sealed box! Just think of it as your wife undergoing a rhytidectomy (\"nip-n-tuck) event, though I'm not sure which might cost more?\r\n\r\nScott.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1689352830, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11927873, "authorName": "pbf777", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pbf777/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "B.T.W. \"Grace.... Space.... Pace\" though most often attributed to starting with the 1950's Jaguar saloon cars, and I suppose rightfully so, but this byline might actually belong more to the M.G. Car Company as they introduced the advertising slogan of: \"for space.... for grace.... for pace\" for their 2-Litre/SA saloon cars at least a decade or so prior, this before WWII.\n\nScott.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689355321, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11933358, "authorName": "Wob (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@pbf777 I pray the new owner does not touch the paint to address a few chips on a completely original paint, survivor class car like this. If you win though you are welcome to paint it polka dot, but with not a dab of paint other than how it left the factory I would be afraid I would burst into flames if I even tried :)\r\n\r\nAnd that is part of what the current owner did - preserve and protect. Existing paint was polished and sealed so a hermetically sealed box won't be needed. To use your analogy, I hope I get to see my wife age honestly and gracefully, wrinkles and all. As a great friend said \"Aging is a story of truth. Surgery is a story of fiction\". I'll take the truth on this Jag please :)", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1689384124, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11935709, "authorName": "Veneeshun", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/veneeshun/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Wob I have sent a couple of messages. I'd like to view and test drive this car on Monday if possible. Please contact me to schedule", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1689439539, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11938761, "authorName": "tomjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tomjack/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I certainly wouldn't try and touch-up paint other than perhaps wax and preserve. I wouldn't bother with any repair to windshield wipers as it wouldn't see a drop of rain in my world.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1689452511, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11940444, "authorName": "Wob (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Veneeshun have had a few people reaching out saying they have sent messages and haven't seen them. Have been getting lots of questions though so not sure why the system is seemingly selective at the moment. Can you try to resend please?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689467888, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11940464, "authorName": "Veneeshun", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/veneeshun/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Wob Just sent", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689468300, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11940487, "authorName": "EpicMC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/epicmc/", "bidAmount": 22000, "content": "$22,000 bid placed by EpicMC", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689468770, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11941395, "authorName": "EpicMC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/epicmc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I\u2019ve recently added more cars to my local OUR car collection for people\u2019s viewing pleasure. (Original Un-Restored) and I believe this beauty would look lovely next to the OUR 1958 Rolls Black over red Silver Cloud. I believe not every car needs to be restored if they have been loved and preserved for future generations viewing pleasure.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1689508276, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11945654, "authorName": "bbreezus", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bbreezus/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I had one of these in the early 70s. Very smooth and quite riding car. Notice this has the leather wrapped leaf springs in pics 201-204. I remember they had zert fittings to fill them with grease for sqeak free ride. The tail lights with the peeling paint are probably pot metal and wont be prone to rust. Might corrode if exposed to weather. Loved the sunroof. GLWS", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689541703, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11948975, "authorName": "jakedog", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jakedog/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Partial service records starting when? Thank you", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689611084, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11950224, "authorName": "CAVictor", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cavictor/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow, just wow, luxurious in simplicity.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689616607, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11950999, "authorName": "pbf777", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pbf777/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Wob (The Seller): \"Existing paint was polished and 'sealed\"............\n\n \"Sealed\"? Out curiosity how and with what? \n\n Yes, there are a multitude of sealing products out there, some being perhaps more appropriate , but others, not so good; and although waxing does \"aid\" in fending off the rusting of bare steel (perhaps more so in California, but not so much here in Florida) this is perhaps as I was alluding to in previous post of how \"survivor\" cars need to be kept in not so humid an environment as otherwise they may tend to begin showing their age quite quickly. And here perhaps, if one really wanted to drive this vehicle with any regularity, or even if only touring events, it might be best to decide which might prove more damaging to the value or character of this vehicle, \"some paint repair\" or some rusting. \n\nAlso, speaking of sealers: In photo #76 and perhaps #147 (somewhat out of focus) it seems the rear window seal had failed at some point in the past, and looks as though it might have some sort of sealer applied about the exterior, but apparently not before it appears water had entered, staining the package tray shelf upholstery material, and I would assume pooled somewhere in the lower extremities? Obviously it is possible that there may have been other sealing failures over the decades, this allowing water intrusion, but this one mentioned seems apparently the most obvious. Though I believe the trunk seal is also notorious for such and since no one complains of getting damp, it often is allowed to remain failed for longer periods of time, that coupled to the rubber (?) matting which does not provide good breathability and therefor resisting evaporation of the moister, corrosion is often found underneath. So............. has anyone lifted the floor carpets, (particularly the rears being relevant here) or lifted the rubber matting material (which may be quite brittle at this point from age?) on the trunk floor and spare tire well, and including the trunk side-trim panels, and observed the condition of these interior steel surfaces? \n\nThank you,\nScott.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689619886, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11951326, "authorName": "pbf777", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pbf777/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@bbreezus: Very smooth and quite riding car. Notice this has the leather wrapped leaf springs in pics 201-204. I remember they had zert fittings to fill them with grease for sqeak free ride.\n\nNote that although the application of grease or oil here is effective in aiding in the silencing the leaves, the real value to the suspension engineer here is that with the use of a lubricant, captured by and also sealed from the intrusion of road contaminants by the gaiters, their function is much more consistent; as realize that the clamped leaf stack provides a significant dampening effect as the leaves slide against one another as being deformed (arched further or de-arched) in shape with the vertical movement of the suspension. \n\nAlong with the more consistent function in suspension motion that as being influenced upon by the mechanical function, it also provides for a more consistent damper (shock absorber) choice by the manufacture with less concern as to the intended environment in which the vehicle may be operated. \n\nScott.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1689621242, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11953450, "authorName": "brightlight", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/brightlight/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Just before getting my license at 16 in 1965, an elderly friend gave my parents his 1955 Mark Vll, (almost identical to this car, different tail lights) for their 3 sons. My older brother was a freshman in college and away, my younger brother was 11. Guess who drove the Jag? I think it had 50,000 miles on it and ran beautifully but there was a lot of rust from salted winter roads. I did a terrible job repairing the rust and an even worse job painting it with a borrowed gun and compressor. My Dad took pity on me and arranged for a local body shop to repair my mess making it presentable even after the considerable damage I had inflicted. The interior was beautiful, barely worn at all The interior...with the tool boxes inside each front door that folded down, the wood edged sunroof and back seat! That back seat was a high school kid's DREAM. A lot of friends wanted to double date with me (guess who drove) and suddenly I was more popular. I occasionally was able to take advantage of that couch in the back but surely not as often as I wished or tried. What a great ride for a 16 yr. old! Thus began my 50+ year \"affliction\" with British cars. What a great ride that was.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1689629350, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11954884, "authorName": "jeffsparrow", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jeffsparrow/", "bidAmount": 30000, "content": "$30,000 bid placed by jeffsparrow", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689642042, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11954889, "authorName": "jeffsparrow", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jeffsparrow/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I don't know anything about this car, but rarely has an automobile made me feel this desperate to own it. I'm sure I can't afford to outbid the winner, but I had to try.", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1689642171, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11955756, "authorName": "ThisitDooWa", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/thisitdoowa/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Jeff! You Can Do It!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1689668607, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11955771, "authorName": "Mr.Knowitall", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mr.knowitall/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Totally agree with jeffsparrow, this is a true work of art. Plus the photos are also amazing. The lighting on every detail is perfect. Thanks for such artistry.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1689671236, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11956211, "authorName": "OutOfMyElement", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/outofmyelement/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I had a '52 MK VII as my third car. It was supposed to be a parts car for my '52 XK 120, but I sold the pair for $45. Well, $25, actually, as the \"buyer\" said he would pay me the last 20 but never came back. Live and learn, eh?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689685716, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11956352, "authorName": "Lord_Balfour_IV", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lord_balfour_iv/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The title is misguided. Instead of \u201cno reserve\u201d it should read \u201cno reservations\u201d, as anyone interested in this should have none at all. Absolutely amazing. Great, responsible, long term ownership.\n\nShame about the trafficactors. That aside, difficult to imagine an example such as this as well preserved and maintained. A Significant car. \n\nDestined for a knowledgeable owner. The flaws fall into the \u2018honest wear\u2019 category and will not detract. With luck this car will be used (at least a bit) and maintained in the same manner it has been for 70 years.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1689687466, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11956860, "authorName": "jockohenry", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jockohenry/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jeffsparrow You've got that crazy infatuation that most of us have experienced with this or that car. While a bigger money bidder (or dreamer) may take this, you've got some fans behind you.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689692247, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11956907, "authorName": "Simon1969", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/simon1969/", "bidAmount": 30250, "content": "$30,250 bid placed by Simon1969", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689692676, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11956925, "authorName": "jeffsparrow", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jeffsparrow/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I have a climate controlled outbuilding where I can keep it, northern Nevada (dry). I wouldn't do anything to it but occasionally drive to town and back or local car show. Is that realistic?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1689692845, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11956939, "authorName": "jeffsparrow", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jeffsparrow/", "bidAmount": 30500, "content": "$30,500 bid placed by jeffsparrow", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689692964, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11956940, "authorName": "LandRover1460", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/landrover1460/", "bidAmount": 31000, "content": "$31,000 bid placed by LandRover1460", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689692976, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11956944, "authorName": "jeffsparrow", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jeffsparrow/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Well, there it goes I guess.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689693012, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11957512, "authorName": "Wob (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jeffsparrow very realistic. I make sure we put miles on every car to make sure we know what we have and this has been the favorite to take to lunch. Drives awesome and smells inside like an old library. Its heaven. We have a lot of crazy stuff in and its my favorite by a long shot.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689697862, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11957803, "authorName": "thurston", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/thurston/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jeffsparrow \"I wouldn't do anything to it...\" except apply Connolly Hide Food or some similar product to the leather, to keep it from drying out, even if you do not drive the car at all. Lovely car.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1689699907, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11957897, "authorName": "jeffsparrow", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jeffsparrow/", "bidAmount": 33000, "content": "$33,000 bid placed by jeffsparrow", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689700370, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11957914, "authorName": "DGorvetzian", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dgorvetzian/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Jeffsparrow; YOU GO, GIRL!! I've got a 1960 Mark IX for sale right now, and when I bought it five years ago, I had the same fever. Can't believe I actually snagged it. Bummer that I don't have five garages, else I'd keep it to be buried in it!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689700468, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11957995, "authorName": "Simon1969", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/simon1969/", "bidAmount": 33250, "content": "$33,250 bid placed by Simon1969", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689700786, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 11958150, "authorName": "DGorvetzian", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dgorvetzian/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@brightlight; great story! I recall being 7 years old in 1972, when my uncle threw me in the 'capsule' rear of his brand new Jag E-Type 2+2 and took me for a drive. I got the bug that day. Bought my first XJ at 18, and bought an identical 1972 E-Type to my uncle's when I was in my early 40's. I've had 10 Jags so far (still have an XK and a Mark IX), and I'm certain to have one in the stable until the day I die!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1689701217, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11958327, "authorName": "Wob (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Here we go, final two minutes. \r\nPlease remember the timer will reset for 2 minutes for any bid made under the the 2 minute mark, no need to test your wifi strength! \r\n\r\nNo reserve means high bid wins the car!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689701906, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11958351, "authorName": "Simon1969", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/simon1969/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 7/18/23 for $33,250 to Simon1969", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689702001, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 11958357, "authorName": "Wob (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congrats @Simon1969 well bought!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1689702018, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11958359, "authorName": "DGorvetzian", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dgorvetzian/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congratulations!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689702019, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11958368, "authorName": "Simon1969", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/simon1969/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thanks", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1689702053, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11958370, "authorName": "Dollycat3", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dollycat3/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow what a deal\ud83d\udc4dif your ever in Palm Springs \ud83c\udf34with it, lunch is on me \ud83e\udd42", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689702076, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11958539, "authorName": "jeffsparrow", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jeffsparrow/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Well dang. Just barely out of my reach. Let me know if you get buyers remorse!;)", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689702895, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11958564, "authorName": "DGorvetzian", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dgorvetzian/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Jeffsparrow this is my Mark IX that got posted right when everyone's stocks took a massive hit last year, so bidding was really low: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1960-jaguar-mk-ix-11/", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689703001, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11959134, "authorName": "tomjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tomjack/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congratulations to buyer, well spent. Looks to be a great car.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689705408, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11962522, "authorName": "XK140", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/xk140/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@DGorvetzian Chalk and Cheese. This Mark VII was a superb time warp original car in amazingly top condition. With all respect your brown & white Mark IX was not - with VINYL upholstery and to my eyes a horrible non-factory colours scheme paint job that would cost a lot of money to redo properly - and thats before you look at everything else. So it got a good amount as a driver, with a new owner apparently not concerned about these MAJOR defects...", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1689722724, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 11962613, "authorName": "DGorvetzian", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dgorvetzian/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@XK140, appreciate the comment, and couldn't agree more on the vinyl upholstery. Not sure what the prior owner was thinking, and this was a perfect example of my fever when I bought it. It was advertised as leather, when I got to the auction, I was crestfallen to find that it was done in vinyl. Still, it was a great vehicle in great condition. Not sure why you think the paint isn't a factory color scheme; I'm not certain that it is, but I do have a Mark IX model in the same cream / brown scheme. Plus it had a full, very recent engine rebuild. Anyway, certainly happy for the new owner of the Mark VII, and I still think I had unfortunate timing when mine finally hit the BaT site. Peace.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1689723789, "type": "comment"}]