2014-01-22 10:26:25 | pauls writes:

Ebay item 1/22/14
www.ebay.com/itm/Jaguar-Other-Model-420-4Door-Az-Car-95-RustFree-Auto-Orig-1968- ...
Current bid $1,025, no reserve, 5 bids, 1 day left in auction.

Sellers description:
RECENTLY ACQUIRED:
1968 JAGUAR "420" 4 DOOR SEDAN "SALOON"
4.2 LITRE JAGUAR ENGINE AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ARIZONA CAR FOR MOST OF ITS LIFE AND IS NEARLY 95% RUST FREE....
VEHICLE HAS BEEN SITTING FOR PAST 2 YEARS AND HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN, PREVIOUS OWNER STATED HE TURNED IT OVER AND STARTED IT UP LIKE 6 MONTHS PRIOR BY HIS STATEMENT, I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY HEARD IT RUN...
EVERYTHING MECHANICALLY LOOKS INTACK AND IS PRESENT, INCLUDED IN AUCTION BUT NOT SHOWN IS OVER ENGINE MUFFLER TYPE EXHAUST PART, ITS LOCATED IN TRUNK CURRENTLY... ORIGINAL MATCHING NUMBERS ENGINE AND TRANNY, ORIGINAL TWIN CARBS AND MANIFOLD AND SO ON....
WAS RUNNING WELL WHEN PARKED, BUT WILL NEED SOME ATTENTION TO GET IT RUNNING AGAIN, I WOULD START BY CLEANING GAS TANK AND LINES AND CHECK FUEL PUMP PRESSURE AND THEN TAKE IT FROM THERE...ENGINE BAY IS VERY STRAIGHT AND RUST FREE....BRAKES WILL NEED ATTENTION AS WELL...

BODY IS LASER STRAIGHT WITH NO BODY FILLER OR PREVIOUS SIGNS OF DAMAGE ANYWHERE, I WOULD SAY 95% RUST FREE, AND ONLY HAS 3 SPOTS OF MINOR RUST ON THE WHOLE CAR, ONE SPOT IS ON PASSENGER SIDE BOTTOM OF FRONT FENDER, NOTHING TO SERIOUS, BUT I MUST STATE IT, THE OTHER IS ON THE SAME SIDE ON THE DOG LEG OF REAR DOOR, AND DRIVER SIDE REAR DOG LEG AS WELL... I HAVE PROVIDED OVER 150 PICS, AND SPECIFIC PICS OF THOSE SAID AREAS TO SHOW ALL POTENTIAL BUYERS MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES AND LOOKS OF THIS CLASSIC AND RARE MODEL 420 SALOON....LOOKS LIKE TO HAVE BEEN RESPRAYED 1 TIME ONLY, NOT SURE OF ORIGINAL COLOR, JUDGING BY THE DOOR JAMS ITS A SHADE OF GREY...WHICH BY THE WAY THE DOOR JAMS ARE REALLY CLEAN AND HAVE NO RUST...ALL DOORS SHUT NICE AND SOLID, PANELS ALL FIT WELL...THE HOOD DOES NOT SHUT FLUSH, I BELIEVE BECAUSE THE OPENING HANDLE IS NOT ALL THE WAY DEPRESSED BACK IN....ALL CHROME IS PRESENT AND IN GOOD CONDITION....ALL ORIGINAL BODY PANELS AND SHEET METAL...FLOOR BOARDS ARE SOME OF THE MOST CLEAN AND ORIGINAL IVE EVER SEEN, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICS I PROVIDED, ZERO RUST UNDER THERE AND SUPER SOLID....GRILLE IS ORIGINAL AND IN REALLY NICE SHAPE....JAGUAR HOOD ORNAMENT IS IN GREAT SHAPE TOO...THE 2 FRONT SIDE MARKER LENSES ARE MISSING...ALL OTHER LENSES AND LIGHTS ARE PRESENT...TAIL LAMPS ARE ORIGINAL "LUCAS"...1 TAIL LIGHT LENSE IS CRACKED, BUT ALL INTACK...DRIVERS MIRROR IS ORIGINAL "LUCAS" BRAND....REAR BUMPER HAS CHROME PEELING AS SHOWN...REAR TRUNK AREA IS VERY CLEAN AS WELL...ORIGINAL TIRE JACK INCLUDED...
INTERIOR IS ORIGINAL, BUT DOES NEED SOME ATTENTION...REAR SEATS ARE BURNT FROM OUR ARIZONA SUN AND NEED TO BE REDONE, AS WELL AS FRONT SEAT COVERS...REALLY BRITTLE AND DRY...IT IS THE ORIGINAL LEATHER THRU OUT...
DEFINETLY NEEDS TO BE REDONE....ALL WOOD IS PRESENT AND IS CRACKING IN SOME AREAS...DASH HAS CRACKS AS WELL...ORIGINAL RADIO...ALL GUAGES ARE ORIGINAL "SMITHS" AND ARE ALL PRESENT...STEERING WHEEL IS IN GOOD SHAPE WITH NO CRACKS ON WHEEL PART...1 CRACK NEAR HORN PLASTIC...ORIGINAL KEY...CARPET IS ORIGINAL AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL...ALL GLASS IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE WITH NO CRACKS, WINDOWS OPERATE AS THEY SHOULD AND ALL GO UP AND DOWN...WINDSHIELD IS FINE WITH NO CRACKS...HAS REAR POP OUT SIDE GLASS THAT WORK FINE...ALL 4 ORIGINAL HUB CAPS AS WELL....

OVERALL YOU ARE BIDDING ON A VERY SOLID 1968 JAGUAR 420, ALMOST ENTIRELY RUST FREE AND SUPER STARIGHT BODY AND ALMOST PERFECT UNDERCARRIAGE ON THIS TIMELESS CLASSIC...THIS VEHICLE WILL MAKE A PERFECT PLATFORM FOR A TOTAL RESTORE AS IT IS SO SOLID...
I HAVE DONE MY BEST TO DESCRIBE THIS MODEL 420 JAGUAR TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, I HAVE DISCLOSED EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT THIS CAR FROM VIEWING IT UPCLOSE, I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL OR CLAIM TO BE ONE, ITS ENTIRELY MY OWN OPINION AS TO THE CONDITION OF SAID VEHICLE... PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY NOT RUNNING AND WILL NEED TO BE TOWED AWAY...IF I HAVE FAILED TO MENTION ANYTHING OR NOT DISCLOSE ANY OTHER THING IT MIGHT NEED OR WORK TO BE DONE, IT WAS DONE WITHOUT INTENTION AND WITHOUT MALICE.