1961 Jaguar MK II

Estimated Price: £15,000 - £18,000

Leaner looking than its Mk1 forbear, the reduced girth of the MK2's roof posts not only gave occupants a far airier glasshouse but also presented onlookers with a rather more elegant shape

Built as a monocoque, it featured independent coil-sprung front suspension, a well-located 'live' rear axle and all-round disc brakes

Although slower on paper, the 3.4-litre cars nonetheless boasted some 210bhp and 216lbft of torque, an output more than sufficient to ensure a 120mph top speed and spirited acceleration especially when fitted with the desirable four-speed plus overdrive manual gearbox

This handsome example is very well presented in Gloss Black over a classic Magnolia leather interior complemented by recently re-veneered woodwork

UK-registered on 01/06/1961 to the first of four former keepers, one of whom looked after the car for 44 years

Upgrades include power steering and an electronic choke, recent works include mechanical attention to the carburettors and brakes less than a few hundred miles ago

On offer from a private collection that includes important Sixties Aston Martins, so it has been lightly used with the odometer reading some 68,000 miles at the time of cataloguing