Description
H&H Classic Auction @ The Imperial War Museum, Duxford/ Cambridgeshire
9th October, 2024 13:00
1947 Jaguar Mk IV 3. 5 Saloon
Estimate
£34, 000 - £38, 000
Registration No: EMR 251
Chassis No: 611098
MOT: Exempt
Desirable 3½-litre example
‘Home market’ car that subsequently resided in the United States of America
Subject to a comprehensive restoration completed in 1997 and still presenting very well
Supplied with a history file including Heritage Certificate and restoration photo album
The Jaguar MKIV was Jaguar’s first car following World War II and was produced between 1945 and 1948. Manufactured using a 120” separate chassis featuring beam front and live rear axle suspension on semi-elliptic springs and Girling mechanical brakes, it was offered with three engine variants; four-cylinder 1½ Litre, or six-cylinder 2½ / 3½ Litres coupled to a four-speed manual gearbox. The stylish all-steel coachwork was available in four-door saloon or drophead coupe configurations featuring the kind of luxurious interior typically associated with the Jaguar. In addition, it featured distinguishing chrome headlamps and a prominent chrome radiator grill. Very few of these magnificent Jaguars were built for the right-hand markets as steel was being rationed for goods for export.
Chassis number ‘611098’ is a desirable 3½-litre, right-hand drive saloon that was dispatched new on the 22nd of April 1947, and was supplied to the first owner by official Jaguar dealer Henlys of London. Remaining in the ‘home market’ until 1979, the Jaguar then left for the shores of the United States of America. Thereafter a resident of Texas, California, and spending some time in Canada as well, the 3. 5-litre was provided with a comprehensive restoration while a resident of America, which was completed in 1997 and with some $32, 000 understood to have been spent during the restoration, and the work completed believed to have been of a high standard, with ‘EMR 251’ still presenting very well now.
More recently repatriated by the vendor (in 2020), the Jaguar has since been used for events and local use. Accompanied by a history file that includes the JHT Heritage Certificate, a collection of invoices for servicing and improvement (including recently benefitting from new wire wheels and tyres), a photo album of restoration images, a copy instruction book, previous state titles, import documents, and a current V5C document. A notably nice Mk IV, it is also accompanied by a mostly complete toolkit, features working trafficators, and both started readily and ran very well during our photography session.
