1958 Jaguar Mark 1

This 3. 4 MOD car received a full bare metal body rebuild (by Vintage Voitures in 2018), and new carpets and headlining. It benefits from a Trico folding sunroof.

Braking (Dunlop discs), steering, suspension & damping, cooling, fuel, ignition systems rebuilt/ replaced. Wire wheels (competition rears) and replacement rear springs include an extra leaf were fitted (all by Paul Roach Jaguar).

Moss gearbox refreshed, new clutch, new master and slave cylinders (all by CKL Developments).

Further work includes re-chroming of radiator grill and other items (by Doug Taylor in Somerset) and maintenance & sundry repairs by the Weald Service Station in Goudhurst Kent.

This month (August '26) the car has been serviced (oil change, new distributor cap, rotor, plugs, HT leads). Road Wheels were removed for checking brakes. A new N/ S/ F track rod and the tracking adjusted. All by the Weald Service Station in Goudhurst.

The car is accompanied by a portfolio of documentation which include invoices for works, the Jaguar Heritage Certificate and a Certificate of Vehicle Authenticity from the Coventry Transport Museum together with the DVLA confirmation of restoration of the original Coventry registration number & V5C.

When Jaguar introduced the MK2 in 1959 these earlier cars became retrospectively known as MK1’s. They had first become available in 1955 with 2. 4 litre engine capacity, but it was with the launch of the 3. 4 version in 1957 that these cars really gained the power which the chassis deserved. They still regularly beat the opposition on the track in historic racing, as they did in period in the hands of Roy Salvadori, Stirling Moss, Tommy Sopwith and, of course, Mike Hawthorn.

On the road their performance sparkled too…after all this was the first 120 MPH Jaguar saloon. All in all, a 3. 4 litre MK1 with manual transmission and overdrive still provides practicality and excitement in equal measure.

UWK 260 combines these attributes.

It's believed that the car was delivered from Browns Lane to the first owner... a Tech. Sgt. Getlin serving in the UK. It seems that he personally exported it to the USA.

It was later provided with an age related registration number by the DVLA. The present owner succeeded in having the original (Coventry) registration number restored.