Lot 201: Jaguar MK 2.4 - 240 Saloon

The MKII was one the most successful Jaguar saloons in the firms history. After 7 years in production, the model was coming up to the end of its production but Jaguar were still two years away from being able to offer the new XJ6 . In order to extend the life of the MKII, Sir William Lyons and his team introduced some major changes, which included, lighter and much slimmer bumpers, Ambla interior as standard, with leather as an option and replacement of the fog and spot lights with dummy vent grills. The 3.8 was dropped from the range, while the 2.3 and the 3.4 became the 240 and 340. There was one improvement on the 240, when it gained a more efficient inlet manifold, resulting in more power. These changes made the car cheaper to manufacture and kept it in production for another two years. Offered here is a 1967 240, which has benefited from over £12,000 worth of improvement in the recent past. It is equipped with the 4-speed manual gearbox with overdrive and is finished in British Racing Green. The history file, which is 2 inches thick, contains a detailed and date sorted maintenance history, dating back to 1987. There is also an original, 1968, Jaguar service voucher booklet, which has details of early service history and MoT certificates from 1985 to date. This 240 Saloon is desribed as a very honest car, which drives very well and is ready to provide inexpensive, classic Jaguar motoring.