2016-06-05 13:46:40 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction 3/16
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Auction description:
Lot number 111
Hammer value N/S (est. £30,000 - £35,000)
Description Jaguar MkI 3.4 MoD Saloon
Registration VUK 134
Year 1958
Colour Cotswold Blue
Engine size 3,442 cc
Chassis No. S972535DN
Engine No. KE6948.81
Documents V5; due to have new MOT; old MOT from 2004; buff log book; owner's handbook; lubrication and maintenance charts

As the original buff log book confirms, VUK 134 was sold new via Attwood's of Wolverhampton to first owner Henry Hough of Wednesfield in April 1958. It then had three further local owners in quick succession before being acquired in 1964 by Arthur and Edna Haden of Redditch who were to keep it for the next 41 years, the current keeper acquiring it from their estate in 2005. The indicated mileage of 23,400 is believed genuine but there is insufficient history to warrant this, although the wonderfully preserved Navy hide interior would certainly not rule it out.

At some point the car's original 3.4-litre engine (KE6948.81) was removed and a replacement of the correct type fitted, this unit being professionally rebuilt prior to installation since when the car has covered just a handful of miles, being mainly kept in Carcoon storage these past 10 years. Uprated Coopercraft brakes were also fitted front and rear at around the same time.

Starting promptly and running sweetly as we manoeuvred it for these photos, the car remains in largely original condition throughout with excellent panel gaps and good Cotswold Blue paint that appears to have been expertly refreshed at some time. The interior woodwork has also been French-polished and has a lustrous satin sheen.

Riding on steel wheels with optional 'Ace Mercury' aluminium hubcaps, it comes with the aforementioned buff log book; old style V5; one old MOT from 2004/05; an original owner's handbook, lubrication chart and maintenance chart; spare wheel; wheel-changing kit and the original tool kit and case. Pleasingly it also retains its original aluminium number plates, although these had yet to be re-fitted when we took these photographs. It is due to have a fresh MOT in time for the sale.