2022-09-18 17:34:30 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 10/22
www.jeffmartinauctioneers.com/auctions/677/lot/103702-1952-JAGUAR-MARK-7-VIN%3A-731527

Auction description:
UPPER MIDWEST CLASSIC CAR AUCTION PRESENTED BY FREIJE & FREIJE AUCTIONEERS- OCTOBER 15TH

3.5L, 4 SPEED MANUAL, SUN ROOF, OWNER STATES MATCHING NUMBERS, UPDATED FRONT DISC BRAKES, FACTORY SPINNERS, THE JAGUAR MARK 7 - THE FIRST OF THE "BIG CATS" AFTER THE WAR, EPITOMIZED BY THE SLOGAN GRACE, SPACE AND PACE. THE 3.4L DUAL OVERHEAD CAM, 160HP, INLINE 6 IS THE SAME ENGINE AND 4-SPEED MOSS MANUAL TRANSMISSION USED IN THE JAGUAR XK SERIES AND E-TYPE. ALTHOUGH AFTER 70 YEARS, THIS ORIGINAL 8:1 COMPRESSION MOTOR IS DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON POWER. THIS EXTREMELY ORIGINAL EXAMPLE INCLUDES RARE FACTORY SPINNER HUBS AND IS CONFIGURED FOR A RADIO. THE BURL WOODWORK IS ALSO ALL ORIGINAL AS ARE THE PATTERNS IN THE REDONE UPHOLSTERY. THE ONLY MODERNIZATIONS ARE FRONT DISC BRAKES, MASTER CYLINDER, FUEL PUMP AND SMALL HEAD LINER HOLE FROM A RECENT MOUSE VISIT. THE GAUGES WORK MOST OF THE TIME AND SHOW 44,000 MILES ON THE CLOCK. ROWAN ATKINSON (MR. BEAN) RUNS HIS '52 MARK 7 ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY AS A TRACK CAR; AND DROVE IT WITH SIR STIRLING MOSS AT THE 2020 JAGUAR REVIVAL., ODOMETER READS: 44,765