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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen-Webb's
• Sale Name:
  Collectors' Cars & Motorcycles
• Sale Date:
  18 Jun 2017 ~ 3pm (New Zealand Standard Time)
• Lot #:
  16
• Lot Description:
  1962 JAGUAR MKII 3.8 LITRE MANUAL RACING CAR
  The Metropolitan Cranes Jaguar. Chassis No: 209014 DN. Engine No: LC 3730-8.
• Notes:
  Holding fast to William Lyon’s (Jaguar’s founder) tenet: grace, pace and space, the Mark 11 became a highly successful performance saloon achieving multiple Championship wins across the Tasman in the hands of racing drivers such as Bob Jane who won the 1962 Australian Touring Car Championship in his 3.8 Litre Mark 11; the New Zealand Wills 6 Hour won in 1963 by Tony Shelly and Ray Archibald in a 3.8 Mark 11 Jaguar. In International Touring Car racing and in rallies Mark 11s were driven by Roy Salvadori and Duncan Hamilton amongst others, as well as by European drivers such as Bernard Consten and Peter Lindner. Peter Nöcker won the 1963 Touring Car Challenge driving a 3.8 Litre Mark 11. John Coombs prepared the UK Mk 11’s as virtual factory cars which were driven by F1 drivers such as Graham Hill. Of note, Roy Salvadori and Denny Hulme won the 1963 Brands Hatch 6 Hour driving a 3.8 Litre Mark 11. This illustrious marque has trail-blazed to such success that it competitively challenges Historic Racing fields around the world today as well as being enjoyed for its sporting pedigree of a graceful road-going touring car. The standard production models had three engine capacity variants of the famous Jaguar XK engines; 2,483cc; 3,442cc and the 3,781cc. The 3.8 is similar to the unit used in the 3.8 E-Type referred to as XKE in the USA, using twin SU carburettors and having the same block, crank and con rods but around 30 bhp lower in power. The Mark 11 cylinder heads have curved ports compared to the straight ports of the E-Type. The 3.4-Litre and 3.8-Litre cars were fitted with twin SU HD6 carburettors and the 2.4 Litre with twin Solex carburettors. Jaguar’s inspiration for the S-Type which was re-introduced in 1999 was derived from the Mark 11 body lines, the overall design proving sufficiently popular over time to become a style icon. This New Zealand delivered example for auction was dispatched on 15 October 1962 and distributed by Independent Motors, of Wellington. According to the Jaguar Trust Heritage Certificate, this car was delivered in Opalescent Blue with a dark blue interior, as a right-hand drive manual with overdrive. The NZ Certificate of Registration show the first owner’s name as Bowie(sic) of Wellington and remained in that ownership until 1966. This racing car started its sporting life known as the Metropolitan Cranes Jaguar and has been well known in NZ over the course of time. The car retains the original chassis no: 209014 DN and engine no: LC 3730-8, but has undergone extensive mechanical works and modifications throughout its racing career necessitating a donor body to be used in the ‘80’s to complete its restoration. According to the Motorsport New Zealand Certificate of Description (COD) issued on 8 November 2004, the Jaguar is now classified as Schedule K Group S, with its year of manufacture as 1962 and the year it now represents being as raced in the 1970s. The COD details a steel body with its original front suspension specifications and dimensions, fitted with a non-adjustable anti-sway bar and suspension. The rear suspension is a non-original type A frame fitted in the 1970s; live-axle 3 leaf spring and telescopic dampers; original type worm and peg steering; Willwood front callipers and XJ6 brakes at the rear; a 5 speed gear-box and a Salisbury LSD with Koni adjustable shock absorbers; American 15” racing alloy wheels were fitted as raced from 1970s. All bushes are either nolathane or steel. The engine is fitted with 3 Weber 48 DCOE carburettors instead of the standard twin Sus fitted to a straight port head with a fuel pump to suit. The roll cage is a homologated bolt in cage built by Harris Motorsports in West Auckland. The gearbox is a Dellow (Toyota internals) from Australia and approved and noted on the COD papers with almost identical ratios as original. The pistons are Arias with Carrillo type rods manufactured in Australia and a hi torque starter. The engine has competed at 3 race meetings with some added road mileage since its last mechanical rebuild for shake-down and according to the vendor is 100% reliable. Previous competition history: The original owner and constructor was Donald McMillan and construction commenced in 1969 and was completed in 1970 by Dave Silcock with the first competition event taking place in 1970 at Pukekohe. The illustrious racing exploits of this car can be read about further in the Auto News article available on request. The provenance of this interesting racing Jaguar was subsequently held by Steve Millen 1971 to 1973; Donald Peddie 1973 to 1978; Gwyn Edicott-Davies 1979 to 1981 and Clive Gott 1981 to 1984. The Metropolitan or as later known the Millen Jaguar has a continuous racing provenance in the classic era of New Zealand motorsport and the acquisition of this car would make a good racing car collection even better with all the fame and glamour this Jaguar’s racing heritage can offer. The car will be accompanied with a Jaguar close ratio box as previously fitted and clutch and driveshaft along with the Certificate of Description, logbook and the Jaguar Heritage Trust Certificate.
• Estimate:
  NZ$55,000 - 65,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Automobiles & Accessories

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