what's the most you've seen a Mark 2 sell for?

[TomFromStLouis]

I have only been drooling over the Mark 2's lines for a couple of years now, so I may have missed the peak in pricing. I became enamored with Willow Green as a Jag color from an E-type I saw n person, so I have been watching the restoration photos of this baby for some time.

I finally "inquired" as to asking price. Ready? $160,000!

I realize they may need that much to profit from their work, but have you ever seen even a show quality Mark 2 sell for that much?

 

[PhilW]

I'm familiar with 2 that sold recently. 1 was a JCNA national winner - the best MK2 in North America and the other was almost as good, but never in a show. Both sold for under $50K each (US). I know each had in excess of $100K in them. I also saw a MK1 that had over $150K in it and it sold for around $35K.

I don't think i've ever seen one in willow green.

Phil.

 

[vagt6]

A very good place to watch Jag and LBC prices is pistonheads.com Seems the pricing is actually higher over there, hard to figure.

Also, there always seems to be a few Mk IIs on eBay and the other usual venues such as Hemmings and Classiccartrader.com In fact, there are a couple right now on eBay. 420s are also seen often, some very nice.

Nicely (e.g., no rust, painted & mechanically sound) sorted MK IIs are going for anything from $25,000-$40,000 in the past year or so. Seems lots are listed and don't sell. Limited market, high restoration costs don't help sales efforts.

Really beautiful cars, wonderful tourers. I'd give my eye teeth to have one.

 

[AJAX50]

I went to JD Classics, quite close to where I live in the UK, to enquire about the cost of re-painting my Mk2, their estimate was about £20,000. In their show room the cheapest Mk2 was £60,000 and the most expensive was £150,000. Not sure what they actually sold for.

 

[Steve]

Back in the late eighties and early nineties, I used to see over £100,000 selling prices for show quality MkIIs. They were really hot for a while and demand was really high but prices have been trending down for quite a while. I think that $35K to $50K is probably about right for good ones, maybe $60K for excellent. With respect to Phil's information I would add that a lot depends on the vendor, or the venue (in the case of an auction).

You can find them at reasonable prices but go for a good, unrestored example or one that has had all the work done and that someone needs to unload. Restoration costs can be prohibitive as you have probably guessed, and those telephone-number asking prices are just people trying to re-coup their costs and I don't see that happening.....

Might I throw a wild-card in there for you? The Daimler V8 2.5 (later 250) is the same car, just with the fluted radiator grill-shell and boot plinth. It has that really sweet Edward Turner-designed V8. I don't think that any of these had a manual transmission, but otherwise they are every bit as good as the Jaguar variants, some would say that with that engine they are actually better cars.

Prices for these are about 60% of what an equivalent-condition Jaguar would be. Just a thought.

 

[Deleted member 8987]

But, you look around, one might just fall on top of you for a really shocking price.
BTDT.
And, Daimler's of the MK2 vintage did have 4 speeds available. In fact, I always liked the Daimler approach, with the shifter sticking out of the carpet like a MK1 Jag.
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