The North West´s Leading Classic Vehicle Club
North West Casual Classics
The North West’s Leading Classic Vehicle Club
Car of the Month
Here we will focus on one of the members’ vehicles and any member is welcome to send us their details and a picture for future months otherwise the choice will be made randomly by the committee.
built in
1962
speed was
125 mph.
JAGUAR MK II
No, we haven’t turned back time, but we have celebrated some fantastic wins over the last few months and needed to rectify the fact that we had missed one! We are very lucky to have a very varied selection of outstanding vehicles within the club and this one is a beauty.
Back in June at the Tatton Classic and Performance Car Spectacular one of our members won the Overall Best Car out of the hundreds attending with his 1962 MKII Jaguar – not an easy feat. This fabulous, in my humble opinion, vehicle, was built in December 1962 and first registered in 1963 and had a top speed of 125mph. It has a 3442cc 6-cylinder engine with a manual 4 speed gearbox with overdrive and to buy her new in 1963 you would have had to pay out a grand sum of £1,200.
It was in daily use until the early 90s and in the mid-90s the owner then decided to have the car restored. But, for whatever reason after stripping it down the project was abandoned and the car was left in a disused garage until 2009 when John H bought it. It was a rolling shell with no doors, bonnet or boot lid. The shell had been brush painted with red lead (which probably saved it!), the rest of the car was literally in boxes with a few parts missing. The first job was to bare metal the shell and assess what parts needed replacing. After sourcing the missing body parts and new door skins, the body was primed and painted.
The next challenge was to strip and rebuild the engine, gearbox, carburettors and all the electrical motors, a new wiring loom was also installed. The original wood interior was sent to a specialist firm who stripped and re-veneered it. All the carpets, door cards, head lining and leather seat covers were supplied by BAS in South Wales and then painfully installed.
John has tried to keep the car as original as possible – the Motorola radio, Dunlop SP tyres and lap seat belts. The only upgrades are electronic ignition, Cooper Craft brakes and Kenlow fan. I am sure you will all agree – a very worthy winner! Congra
Upcoming events
NWCC AVRO Museum, Woodford Run
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