Dimensions of a MKII Jaguar?

Howard Rose realised it was Tue, 01 Mar

Whatever a buyer thinks it's worth and wants to pay for it. Really.

Howard Rose ( snipped-for-privacy@lycos.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Do they exist? I thought Mk IIs rotted like mad?

google still works, have a look here:

a "really" good one would be worth 20,000 I reckon, but ymmv

mrcheerful

Hmmm... NICE problem...

This one exists :-)

-- Howard Rose

Well the good news is that the garage is currently undergoing refurbishment... so if any walls need moving now is the time to do it!

-- Howard Rose

I was thinking on the thicker end of £20k... yikes. Anyone want to buy a 1947 MGTC?

So much better than a Mondeo though! Thanks for the link.

(I did check Google earlier, but missed that one)

-- Howard Rose

I know that. But a guide price always helps :-)

-- Howard Rose

Are you sure its what it purports to be? You don't appear to be a Jag expert, nor presumably is your dad....

Don't forget that to get out of the car, you have to allow for the size of the door and the driver's waistline!

Jim

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A Mondeo is 2" wider (according to Parkers). The Estate is 1" longer but the Saloon 5" shorter.

Roger ( snipped-for-privacy@nospam.zetnet.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Is that the current (vast) Mondeo?

Sorry, don't have exact dimensions to hand, but it's quite small by modern standards. Try the JEC or JDC websites.

The 3.8 MOD is the most desirable (although the 3.4 was almost as quick and had a sweeter engine). Does it have the Moss gearbox or all-synchro? 1963 implies the former.

Value - silly prices are still being asked, but not achieved. I would say about £15k depending on proven history.

BUT - I seriously doubt if there is such a thing as a "mint and completely unrestored example". There is a 2.4 one owner Mk 2 quite well known in Jaguar circles which is pretty well perfect, but even that had a respray about ten years ago. Suggest Dad should be very, very careful.

Geoff MacK

'Scuse my higgorance, but I assumed MOD meant Manual with Overdrive. Am I wrong?

In news:Xns960D5A2DDDDEEadrianachapmanfreeis@130.133.1.4, Adrian decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a rant as follows

Doesn't add up, if you ask me (which you didn't)

The current, vast, Mondeo is bigger than a Mk2 Granada, which is still a pretty big car.

I'm pretty certain a Mk2 Jag is a lot smaller.

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I didn't know that the Mondeo was suffering from middle aged spread.

The figures I used for the Mondeo were taken from the August 99 edition of Parkers Guide and FWIW both the Mondeo (1993) and the new Mondeo (1996) a credited with the same dimensions - 14' 8" x 5' 9" for the saloon.

The Jaguar figures came from the August 75 edition - 15' 1" x 5' 7".

Roger ( snipped-for-privacy@nospam.zetnet.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Umm, in case you hadn't noticed, there was a new Mundaneo released in 2000. It's HYOOOGE.

Erm, this is 2005... Your Parkers is nearly six years old... Have you discovered the Interweb yet?

Not the current one, then. 5'11.5" wide x 15'6" for the saloon... (15'9" for the estate)

No - spot on.

Geoff MacK

Don't forget that the mondeo dimensions will include door mirrors - so bodily the jag may be wider!