2021-08-25 16:50:31 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 9/21
www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-91---1958-jaguar-mk-ix/

Auction description:
1958 Jaguar MK IX
No Reserve
Lot 91 (Imperial War Museum Duxford, Wed, 8th Sep 2021)
Registration No: Un-Reg
Chassis No: P770020BW
MOT: Exempt

Understood to be the second oldest MK IX to survive
The 20th MK IX made and originally registered as 777 MEV
Owner by the current vendor for c.45 years
Offered with heritage certificate, Brown logbook and MOT certificate from 1973

According to the accompanying Heritage Certificate this MkIX Saloon, the 20th car built, was manufactured on 24th September 1958 and originally finished in Cornish Grey over Mist Grey with Dark Blue interior trim. The original registration mark allocated was 777 MEV. Its first owner was a David Currie of Chelmsford, as recorded on the buff logbook retained in its history file. It subsequently passed through the hands of a couple more owners in the Chelmsford area and has now been with the vendor for around 45 years. Understood to be the second oldest example to survive, it is offered for restoration with the aforementioned Heritage Certificate, buff logbook, an MoT certificate from 1973 and displays 35,884 miles.