161 Jaguar Mk.IX (1959)

Jaguar Mk.IX (1959-61) Engine 3781cc S6 DOC Production 10.009

 

Registration Number LCP 229 (Halifax)

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Powered by the 220bhp version of the 3.8ltr. engine, the Mk.IX was the last of the big separate chassis saloons, plus all disc brakes and power assisted steering. Choice of manual or automatic transmissions, but more automatics..

 

In the luxury car market, the Jaguar Mk IX was very competitively priced, selling for ₤1995 with manual gearbox, ₤2063 with overdrive, and ₤2163 with automatic transmission, which was less than half the price of similar competitors.

 

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TRIVIA

A light green Mk.VIII was used extensively in the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock movie Vertigo, the colour did not exist in the Jaguar catalogue, and Hittchcock had a new Mk. VIII resprayed on the basis that his chosen colour photographed better than the original

 

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Shot on 01.01.2015 at Brooklands New Years Day Classic Car Gathering Ref 104-161

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