[{"id": 13566240, "authorName": "GDogg", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gdogg/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Very nice Mk II\r\n\r\nGLWTA", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1706828268, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13566266, "authorName": "RogerD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rogerd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I\u2019m no expert but I know beauty when I see it. With manual trans and OD, picnic trays and toggle (not rocker) switches, and balack leathuh, it\u2019s got it all. GLWTA!!", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1706828538, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13566267, "authorName": "2ManyCars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/2manycars/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Original color?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706828547, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13566298, "authorName": "59turner", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/59turner/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "But which original color is it? I see bright yellow, something that looks like primrose, and then beige, all 3 in the photo gallery. Which rendering is right?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706828931, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13566306, "authorName": "DaveD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daved/", "bidAmount": 12500, "content": "$12,500 bid placed by DaveD", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706828992, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13566328, "authorName": "whale", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/whale/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Has the car been converted to negative ground? Great looking classic!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1706829215, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13566330, "authorName": "DaveD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daved/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@angryjuan ~ Lovely! Funny, but I used to put whitewalls on Jaguar saloons back in the day, but if I were fortunate enough to win this auction, I'd probably swap 'em out for period-style blackwall radials. Does everything function properly (other than the radio)? Overdrive as well?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1706829236, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13566346, "authorName": "mbiamonte77", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mbiamonte77/", "bidAmount": 13000, "content": "$13,000 bid placed by mbiamonte77", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706829437, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13566551, "authorName": "angryjuan (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/angryjuan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@DaveD, thank you for your comment. The radio is inoperative because the owner didn't want to violate the interior with aftermarket speakers & chose not to cut the rear package tray for an original, single, center mounted speaker. The inset analogue clock in the speedometer is also inoperative. Everything else functions properly, including the overdrive.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1706831910, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13566584, "authorName": "Peterfix67", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/peterfix67/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I like this! Any rebuild history on the drivetrain?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706832472, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13566589, "authorName": "angryjuan (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/angryjuan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@whale. This MkII is equipped with an original style Lucas screw cap battery & helmet style cables. I didn't take the cables off to determine if it was positive or negative ground, but this warning tag is on the battery. (Photo attached)", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1706832535, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13566629, "authorName": "angryjuan (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/angryjuan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Peterfix67. The engine was reportedly rebuilt when the car was acquired by the owner. The transmission is a replacement unit that was rebuilt by a well known, local, Jaguar marque expert.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1706833071, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13566647, "authorName": "angryjuan (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/angryjuan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@59turner. Thanks for your question. The Arizona sun has a way of affecting the way colors appear in photos. The color is Primrose Yellow. I will add an additional indoor photo to try & give you a true representation of the color", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1706833357, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13566661, "authorName": "angryjuan (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/angryjuan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@2manycars. The original color was a Copper/Bronze", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1706833554, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13566681, "authorName": "angryjuan (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/angryjuan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1706833802, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13566716, "authorName": "Beaglebreath", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/beaglebreath/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My folks had one of these when I was a teenager; traded it two months before I got my driver's permit. The heartache is still there. This is a gorgeous MK II, and for the record, I'd leave the whitewalls.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1706834225, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13566731, "authorName": "shawnshawn99", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/shawnshawn99/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What a beauty.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706834418, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13566777, "authorName": "2ManyCars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/2manycars/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Absolutely stunning example of a car on my bucket list. But to my eye the primrose yellow doesn\u2019t \u201cwork.\u201d I\u2019ve seen this color on MGBs, and liked it, but was it a color available for 62 Jaguars? Purely a matter of personal taste.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1706835154, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13566961, "authorName": "Dugue", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dugue/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@2ManyCars Series 2 e-types of this period had primrose yellow.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1706837587, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13567003, "authorName": "Paschal", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/paschal/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "That soft buttery yellow is almost too genteel for the outside world. I'd have to find a way to drive it indoors only.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706838140, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13567016, "authorName": "austinhealer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/austinhealer/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Lovely car! Just about everything you could want in a Mk2. 3.8 engine, manual g'box and an O/d...", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1706838318, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13567118, "authorName": "BritGuy6", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/britguy6/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "When I was about 20 odd years old in England I had a 1966 MK2 3.8 Jaguar with automatic transmission I was about 20 miles from home when all the forward gears gave out, I drove all the way home in reverse! I will never forget it driving backwards in London streets! It was green with 66 MY plates worth a lot in England now just for the plates! I have lusted for one ever since, this one ticks all the right boxes BTW looks like still positive ground.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1706839800, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13567132, "authorName": "HaveTrailer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/havetrailer/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow. This is a beautiful example! Somebody spent a lot of money and time on this restoration. Would love to have this Jaguar in my garage.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1706840022, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13567380, "authorName": "HaveTrailer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/havetrailer/", "bidAmount": 13800, "content": "$13,800 bid placed by HaveTrailer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706844240, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13567388, "authorName": "duntov1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/duntov1/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I have never seen a yellow mk2\u2026. Just 420\u2019s\r\n\r\n\u2018", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1706844410, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13567476, "authorName": "Chamberlin", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chamberlin/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Got to get a great look and photos of this car at a Jaguar event a couple of months ago... It's truly the nicest Mk II I've ever seen. My dad said he would never bother entering his '60 2.4 Mk II in the club competitions, because this car would always take the prize!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1706846537, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13567618, "authorName": "DaveD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daved/", "bidAmount": 18500, "content": "$18,500 bid placed by DaveD", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706850571, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13567882, "authorName": "morganplus8", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/morganplus8/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I could live with the color but the whitewalls have to go.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1706873855, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13568152, "authorName": "rideair", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rideair/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "1962 was an interesting year for tires. Some autos still using the wider whitewall others going with a thinner version. Looking at the 1962 Road & Track write-up and the sales brochure, the wider whitewalls are correct for the car. I had the wide on a 1962 for some time, but then changed them for a thinner to give it a more up to date 60's look vs. the older later 50's early 60's look.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1706882160, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13568746, "authorName": "morganplus8", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/morganplus8/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I don't care about the sales brochure for the US market or Road and Track. Look at photos of cars in the UK or the Continent from that time and you will see nary a white wall. This was an American affectation. The guys that did the Great Train Robbery did NOT have mom's white wall on their Mk ll.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1706889122, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13569016, "authorName": "berfinroy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/berfinroy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The ancient Moss gearbox with its inevitable weak syncros (and none on first gear) though \"correct\", is always prblemtic. A car of this quality deserves a new five-speed Tremac. \r\nAnd AC...", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1706891388, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13569070, "authorName": "professorgearhead", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/professorgearhead/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "There was a period\u2014maybe the early '70s\u2014when some tires came with thin red stripes. They were common on TR6s. I think a set of those would look great on this car\u2014and the owner could pretend it was 1971 so they would be period correct. I\u2019m not sure why people bash things like the white walls (incidentally, I don\u2019t like them either) when that is such an easy thing to change and has nothing to do with the integrity of the car. Should these white walls affect the auction price? Absolutely not, and their presence wouldn\u2019t affect my bids, if I were bidding. Looks like a gorgeous car. That one man\u2014William Lyon\u2014could be instrumental in designing the XK120 FHC, the \u201cE\u201d Type, and the Mk 11 is staggering.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1706891837, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13569333, "authorName": "2hecknback", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/2hecknback/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Color is lovely. Whitewalls don't compliment it, tho.\r\nDon't hold your breath waiting around for another orig spec MK II this nice.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706893704, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13569412, "authorName": "Toddharrington", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/toddharrington/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My question is : what is up with the photo that has the slave cylinder.. I question what looks likes pop rivets and red RTV ? Looks damaged? Any thoughts?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706894320, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13569544, "authorName": "Brewster", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/brewster/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I agree on the w'w's but thats one outstanding Jag. Our 59 spun a rod bearing, yanked the I6 out, borrowed the manual and specficic tools from an XK 120. owning friend and rebuilt the engine . this car is so gorgeous I could sit in it and stare for hours", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706895431, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13569890, "authorName": "angryjuan (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/angryjuan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Toddharrington. Thank you for your question & alert. \r\nI re-inspected the slave cylinder and surrounding area and didn't see what you were referring to. I included a closeup photo of the slave cylinder for your review.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706897463, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13570190, "authorName": "angryjuan (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/angryjuan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706898682, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13571604, "authorName": "billyblyth", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/billyblyth/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "In the interest of avoiding the sacrifice of another 20,000 syllables on the topic of white wall tires on early '60s Jaguars, please review the link below. This is the American brochure for this exact car. Please note that the car is presented with white walls. In America that's the way they were marketed. In England and Europe, no white walls. So, you have your choice and nobody is wrong. Period.\r\n\r\nhttps://www.ebay.com/itm/324327410852?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200818143230%26meid%3D0a7e1e5fab744a56a060ca24a653cf19%26pid%3D101224%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D394683408043%26itm%3D324327410852%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D4429486%26algv%3DDefaultOrganicWebV9BertRefreshRanker%26brand%3DJaguar&_trksid=p4429486.c101224.m-1", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1706904076, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13572438, "authorName": "akrzczuk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/akrzczuk/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I had a '63 Mk II 3.8 in the early '70's and absolutely loved it -- drove it all over New England (summers only) and it was the most reliable Jag I've ever owned -- never let me down once. But looking at this one, I'm absolutely floored! It's the best example I've ever seen. GLWTA!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706908051, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13573012, "authorName": "Toddharrington", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/toddharrington/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@angryjuan \r\nThe photo of the slave area has above questionable area near floor edge and inner transmission tunnel . That shows rivets and caulk.\r\nAlso like to know if the photo of the rocker panel just below the door pillar area seems to show a vertical crack ??? Please advise", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1706910808, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13573359, "authorName": "killer58", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/killer58/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\"The photo of the slave area has above questionable area near floor edge and inner transmission tunnel . That shows rivets and caulk.\"\r\n\r\nPerhaps a section of the tunnel may have been cut out in order to perform transmission work without pulling the engine.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706912886, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13573677, "authorName": "angryjuan (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/angryjuan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Toddharrington, @killer58. Thank you for your questions & keen eyes. Upon closer inspection of the areas mentioned, there is area on the lower portion of drivers' side gearbox tunnel that has been repaired & sealed, with what appears to be a sheet metal patch that was sealed with silicone and pop riveted in place. I imagine as killer58 mentioned, that might have been done, rarly on, to access the gearbox or ?? \r\nThe rocker panel issue appears to be a gouge in the prep or paint surface, but no crack.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706914303, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13573774, "authorName": "angryjuan (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/angryjuan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@billyblyth. Thank you for your timely & valuable white side wall tire information & backup data. This MkII has been judged numerous times a Jaguar club shows & has never lost points for the white wall tires.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1706914701, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13574555, "authorName": "billyblyth", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/billyblyth/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Seller I just did it for those poor syllables!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1706921733, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13574595, "authorName": "billyblyth", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/billyblyth/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Seller Also, that '62 brochure is for sale on Ebay (not by me). Might be a nice piece to own along with this beautiful car!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706922348, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13574687, "authorName": "Andrew_Leeson", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/andrew_leeson/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Is this the primrose Mark 2 that has been coming to the JCNA Concours in Idyllwild in recent years?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706923561, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13574979, "authorName": "Hilliac", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hilliac/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@berfinroy Dear Sir, while I do not dispute the many benefits of a full synchromesh five speed, I for one prefer the original. Well suited to the travel conditions of the UK in its time and twisty roads of any nation. Yet I am no purist: yes to air conditioning for an American summer. Or drive a convertible. GLWTA. Great car.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1706928307, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13575395, "authorName": "sov211", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sov211/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The colour is Pale Primrose and it was introduced into the Jaguar palette for 1964. Not available in 1962. The front door interior handles are incorrectly oriented. Whitewall tires were on EVERY Jaguar, every model, imported to Canada and the US until 1981. They receive no concours deductions providing the white band is in the width provided in the model year. For 1962 the white band was, aptly named, a whitewall, by 1965 the white band was only about an inch wide.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1706942266, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13575529, "authorName": "morganplus8", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/morganplus8/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The Moss gearbox, by the way is just fine suiting the vintage nature of the car. Non synchro low is not a problem with that big torquey six and the other synchro's, while not Miata like are just fine with a little care. This car is over 60 years old, enjoy it as it is and was for its time, not everything has to be compared to cars of today.", "likes": 10, "timestamp": 1706958785, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13576175, "authorName": "MoogEnvy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/moogenvy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Many small town cops make their daily quota with \u201cHollywood Stop\u201d violations. Having a Moss box tranny sans\r\n1st gear synchro makes one less vulnerable.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1706973020, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13577333, "authorName": "angryjuan (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/angryjuan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Andrew_Leeson. Yes, this MkII participated in the JCNA Jaguar Concours in Idyllwild.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1706983887, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13577548, "authorName": "Andrew_Leeson", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/andrew_leeson/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@angryjuan I have seen and admired this car and we have chatted. This is as nice a Mark 2 Jaguar as one is ever likely to find on open sale. GLWA.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706985252, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13580231, "authorName": "Chatham", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chatham/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@billyblyth, when you write that this is the brochure for this \"exact\" car, do you mean the car that is being sold in this listing (and, if so, how do you know?), or is it simply the brochure for the 1962 Jaguar MK II model generally? Thank you.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1706996474, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13580603, "authorName": "billyblyth", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/billyblyth/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Chatham I meant exact make and model. But it might be the same car... Geesh!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1707001527, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13580917, "authorName": "YorkshireLad", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/yorkshirelad/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I thought I recognized this car. I was one of the JCNA Judges at Idyllwild, and the Southwest Regional, and the year before. This is a beautiful car in person and up close. It runs well well also - I drove behind it on the drive to Inspiration Point. This is one of the nicest Mk IIs anywhere with multiple JCNA regional and National awards. GLWA!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1707005663, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13586983, "authorName": "HaveTrailer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/havetrailer/", "bidAmount": 20000, "content": "$20,000 bid placed by HaveTrailer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707105520, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13587329, "authorName": "V8roller", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/v8roller/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What puzzles me is why you would own this car 16 years and spend all that time and effort, and drive it 900 miles....\r\n\r\nNice to see it being driven by someone who is respectful of the gearbox.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707129185, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13588047, "authorName": "LuvBrit", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/luvbrit/", "bidAmount": 21000, "content": "$21,000 bid placed by LuvBrit", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707145097, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13589268, "authorName": "Nitroman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nitroman/", "bidAmount": 25000, "content": "$25,000 bid placed by Nitroman", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707155283, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13595603, "authorName": "Jagmania50", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jagmania50/", "bidAmount": 27500, "content": "$27,500 bid placed by Jagmania50", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707179608, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13596431, "authorName": "Alletta", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alletta/", "bidAmount": 29950, "content": "$29,950 bid placed by Alletta", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707190197, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13601644, "authorName": "hueyhoolihan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hueyhoolihan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "sometimes people invest sooo much of their time and effort into a restoration that they are fearful of even scratching the car while driving in public. plus the weather must be absolutely perfect. \r\n\r\nand then there's all the cleaning up after the drive, for even a few miles will leave a layer of paint-scratching-dust on the wheels and paint for the cover (a must) to rub into the finish. \r\n\r\ni'm not exaggerating here...it happens all too often.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1707254022, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13601759, "authorName": "hueyhoolihan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hueyhoolihan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "we interrupt this program for the following announcement: \r\n\r\n...forgot to mention that my previous comment is not necessarily applicable to this auction. :)", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707254504, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13606185, "authorName": "Stinkys_Dad", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stinkys_dad/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I hope this isn\u2019t taken as negative, as this is a beautifully restored car, and with all the most desirable equipment.\r\n\r\nBut every time I look at this auction, I feel an overwhelming desire to go find a Marie Callender\u2019s somewhere, and get a big slice of Lemon Meringue pie.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1707291173, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13611298, "authorName": "Chatham", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chatham/", "bidAmount": 31962, "content": "$31,962 bid placed by Chatham", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707339949, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13613832, "authorName": "Alletta", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alletta/", "bidAmount": 35000, "content": "$35,000 bid placed by Alletta", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707358085, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13614660, "authorName": "Jyasgur", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jyasgur/", "bidAmount": 35500, "content": "$35,500 bid placed by Jyasgur", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707390062, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13614811, "authorName": "john1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/john1/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I would be right there bidding but I just purchased a 1962 with a 700R4 trans, red leather interior and I have a 1967 also w red leather, both white, + 2 more Jags.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707396490, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13614814, "authorName": "Nitroman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nitroman/", "bidAmount": 45000, "content": "$45,000 bid placed by Nitroman", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707396522, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13614865, "authorName": "rideair", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rideair/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@billyblyth Since the car has wide white wall tires which are a USA thing, no one should ever have trouble figuring out \"Do I drive from the left or is it the right?\" when walking up to the car. Nice car and correct for the USA market, just don't drive it in the UK without changing the tires and steering wheel first. GLWTA.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1707397602, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13614912, "authorName": "Sherlock", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sherlock/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful automobile indeed. I sometimes wish I was incredibly wealthy, rather than incredibly handsome. Cheers!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1707398432, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13614967, "authorName": "Jyasgur", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jyasgur/", "bidAmount": 45500, "content": "$45,500 bid placed by Jyasgur", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707399227, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13614972, "authorName": "Jyasgur", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jyasgur/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Has a compression test been done lately?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707399267, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13615487, "authorName": "Alletta", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alletta/", "bidAmount": 47950, "content": "$47,950 bid placed by Alletta", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707405418, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13616135, "authorName": "angryjuan (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/angryjuan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Jyasgur, Thank you for your question & your bid. There has not been a physical compression test performed, recently, but a 'cylinder drop' computer analysis was done a little over a year ago, which showed all cylinders to be within 10 percent of each other.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707410198, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13616323, "authorName": "billyblyth", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/billyblyth/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ridwair LOL! A prudent policy!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707411511, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13616727, "authorName": "Jyasgur", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jyasgur/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Do you know how old the tires are?\r\nIs the wiring harness original?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707414680, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13617424, "authorName": "Chatham", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chatham/", "bidAmount": 50000, "content": "$50,000 bid placed by Chatham", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707417888, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13617697, "authorName": "Alletta", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alletta/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jasgur. The Firestone, Deluxe Champion tires are void of any date codes on either side of all 4 tires. They are bias ply, 640x15 supplied by Coker Tire & have been on this MkII for appx 10 years. \r\nThe wire harness is a replacement, fabric covered, vinyl wire harness with all correct colored wires with appropriate colored tracers.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707418602, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13618764, "authorName": "Alletta", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alletta/", "bidAmount": 52950, "content": "$52,950 bid placed by Alletta", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707421903, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13618783, "authorName": "billyblyth", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/billyblyth/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nice to see that this has the most modern anti theft device available. A stick shift!", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1707421973, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13618848, "authorName": "angryjuan (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/angryjuan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@billyblyth. Not only funny, but true. LOL!!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1707422155, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13619541, "authorName": "hueyhoolihan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hueyhoolihan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "what with the manual transmission, choke, pull starter knob and unsychronised first gear (1953 MG), thieves unfamiliar with the car would have a hard time getting it started let alone ten feet in it! ha\r\n\r\ni once watched a guy try to steal my fixed speed bicycle fall over, try again and fall over again within ten feet. ...he eventually ran away. same principle.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1707424608, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13619612, "authorName": "billyblyth", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/billyblyth/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@hueyhoolihan \r\n\r\nYes! As the saying goes \"Old age and treachery will outdo youth and skill every time!\"", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1707424950, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13619638, "authorName": "angryjuan (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/angryjuan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@all. FYI:?\" The 17\" , 12 rivet, lightweight Derrington steering wheel, without slots or holes on the 3 spokes, was offered, by Jaguar specifically for the MkII Jaguar", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1707425082, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13619778, "authorName": "Jyasgur", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jyasgur/", "bidAmount": 54000, "content": "$54,000 bid placed by Jyasgur", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707425736, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13619838, "authorName": "Jyasgur", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jyasgur/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "No pics of the headliner. Any issues such as tar staining from smokers?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707426072, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13619999, "authorName": "angryjuan (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/angryjuan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jyasgur. Great question. The headliner is in excellent condition. This MkII is from a non smoking environment. I have added some additional photos of that area for your inspection and review.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707426734, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13620142, "authorName": "Alletta", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alletta/", "bidAmount": 55950, "content": "$55,950 bid placed by Alletta", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707427294, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13620364, "authorName": "Alletta", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alletta/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Is the tool kit complete?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707428163, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13620464, "authorName": "Alletta", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alletta/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Do all locks function as the should?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707428581, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13620613, "authorName": "Chatham", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chatham/", "bidAmount": 56500, "content": "$56,500 bid placed by Chatham", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707429170, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13620633, "authorName": "snoia", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/snoia/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "You could not restore it for triple the current bidding. That's only if everything would get completed the first-time and no do overs. I've had various Jaguars since 1968, and still have three. This is a nice car and well done. It's worth it.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1707429244, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13620696, "authorName": "Jyasgur", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jyasgur/", "bidAmount": 57000, "content": "$57,000 bid placed by Jyasgur", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707429478, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13620727, "authorName": "Vtec4ever", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/vtec4ever/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Legit Cat.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707429574, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13620721, "authorName": "hueyhoolihan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hueyhoolihan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "this one needs no restoration, i think a previous commentor meant to write \"..could not restore one for triple...\" and, of course, it's true. :)", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707429613, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13620745, "authorName": "Chatham", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chatham/", "bidAmount": 58000, "content": "$58,000 bid placed by Chatham", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707429621, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 13620781, "authorName": "Anonymous", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Reserve not met on 2/8/24 at $58,000", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707429741, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 13620785, "authorName": "hueyhoolihan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hueyhoolihan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "and rightly so...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707429759, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13620798, "authorName": "Vtec4ever", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/vtec4ever/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A classy cat indeed", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707429799, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13620825, "authorName": "E.Bugatti", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/e.bugatti/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@hueyhoolihan..., \"this one needs no restoration, i think a previous commentor meant to write \u201c..could not restore one for triple\u2026\u201d and, of course, it\u2019s true. :)\"\r\n\r\nNot getting this one for a third...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707429878, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13620867, "authorName": "Bug36T57", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bug36t57/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The car is perfect, does not need restoration, but perhaps another color.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1707430041, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13620869, "authorName": "DaveD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daved/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "While the economy in general is doing very well, the market on older British cars (and motorcycles) is waning, as those who recall them and desire them are aging out. Ironically, automatic transmission E-Type 2+2s, historically the poor stepchild of the E-Type marque, are coming on strong for obvious reasons. Easier to get in and out of, no shifting required, etc.\r\n\r\nAs Bob Dylan said, The times...they are a-changin'....\"", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1707430042, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13620882, "authorName": "sov211", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sov211/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "To the new owner: congratulations! But please correct a couple of things: first the front interior door handles are wrongly oriented; second, the car sits too high on the suspension, especially at the rear. I judged this car a number of years ago and pointed out these errors. They remain uncorrected.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1707430082, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13620931, "authorName": "V8_Vantage", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/v8_vantage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Does anyone know why the beautiful straight six, so stunning in the XK 120 - XKE cars, has an ugly air cleaner when in the sedans?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707430269, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13620945, "authorName": "hueyhoolihan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hueyhoolihan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "yes there are a couple of valid criticisms, some admittedly arguable, that may be leveled. but nothing that is not completely addressable at reasonable cost. color, wheels and tires, suspension height.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707430299, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13621008, "authorName": "hueyhoolihan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hueyhoolihan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "the air cleaners on the sedans varied over the years from hideous to just plain ugly, IMO. the one on this car, and on mine, is the latter of the two. :) and i don't know why except that perhaps sedan owners are not as vain as sports car owners WRT to their engine compartment.\n\nor maybe, it's that the engine compartment in the sedans is a bit cramped to accommodate those lovely little side-draft cleaners.\n\nor, for heaven's sake i hope not, some muddle-headed designer actually WANTED to put those ugly air cleaners on the XKE but they couldn't get them to fit!! wouldn't THAT be something?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707430871, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13621814, "authorName": "davidxk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/davidxk/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Jaguar always gave priority to refinement, particularly in the saloons. It was more important that the air induction sound was suppressed, even at the expense of engine power. Even on the E-Type, the air filtration system is reputed to have cost 11 HP to keep the noise at an acceptable level. The appearance of the air cleaners on the saloons was probably not high of the priority list of Sir WIlliam...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1707438376, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13622277, "authorName": "45B", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/45b/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Every once in a while a very special automoble crosses the block on BaT. This is one of them!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707444009, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13624424, "authorName": "2hecknback", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/2hecknback/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Rare to see a MkII bid this high.\r\nCar is a tough resto. Buying a quality MK II is money well spent.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707495602, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 13642136, "authorName": "classiccarman57", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/classiccarman57/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@sov211 Because of the modern scourge of speed bumps I would keep the car at its ride height and avoid damage. Ask how I know!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1707681890, "type": "comment"}]