Highlights
- Beautifully presented car in desirable gunmetal grey with red leather
- Older restoration that has been preserved to a high standard
- Sweet-revving 3.4L cr with 4spd synchro box and optional overdrive
- Woodwork professionally restored in 2025 at a cost of £4,602
- Part of the current keeper’s carefully curated Jaguar collection
- Voluntary MOT to August 2026 with no advisories
The Appeal
The 340 and its smaller-engined 240 sibling were the last cars to use the Mk2 body style, undoubtedly one of the most beautiful four-wheeled shapes of the '60s. Slimmer bumpers are the only real visual clue to these later cars, which were produced for just two years.
This is a very early 340, one of just 2,265 RHD models built. It is one of the best we’ve seen in a very long time, an impression helped by its sought-after combination of gunmetal grey metallic with red leather. Although an older restoration, thanks to the care of its handful of keepers you would hardly know. The work was clearly done well - a quick check of the door fit, front wing finish and sill condition confirms that.
Any Mk2 is as much about the interior as the exterior, and this car doesn’t disappoint. In 2025, the current keeper, a Jaguar enthusiast collector, spent £4,600 having the wood trim professionally renewed. Even the sun visors were retrimmed.
As a late model 340 this car has the sweet-revving 3.4L XK unit, the one preferred by getaway drivers, and the much-improved 4spd full synchromesh gearbox with optional overdrive. As such, it would work well as a touring car.
It is a mark of the car’s condition and the vendor’s approach to maintenance that it comes with a voluntary MOT valid to August 2026. There are, of course, no advisories. This is a seriously tidy and well-specified example of these stylish cars.
The vendor says:
“The car is in exceptionally good condition and is probably one of the best 340 out there. I have a small collection of cars and they are better for driving. I am selling this great car simply because I’m not using it enough.”
History and Paperwork
- First registered 1st January 1968
- Factory built in 1967
- Car number 464 of the 2,265 RHD 3.4L 340s
- Seven registered keepers from new
- DVLA records car as previously blue, which was changed in May 2015
- VIN number 1J50464DN
- Copy of DVLA buff log book included
- Current keeper since January 2023
- Part of current keeper’s small collection now being reduced
- Offered for sale due to insufficient use
- V5C
- Factory handbook
- Various old MOTs
- Various spare keys
- Two key sets and three keyrings
- Receipts dating back to the 1980s as shown
- Invoice for woodwork repairs in October 2025
- Invoice for sunvisor retrimming in 2023
The Condition
- The vendor reports the older restoration to be in very good condition throughout
- Beautifully presented car in popular gunmetal grey metallic
- Paintwork in very good order with only minor stone chips and marks to note in photos
- Bodywork also presents well with flush panel fit, including across the doors
- Exterior chromework appears bright and well-kept
- Fitted with well-kept painted wire wheels with matching spare
- Underside as shown with evidence of underseal and no MOT structural advisories
- Lovely red interior with matching seats, carpets and door cards
- Woodwork refurbished in October 2025 at considerable expensive as above
- Retrimmed sun visors fitted in 2023
- Fitted with classic-style DAB radio
- Boot area upgraded to fitted carpeted trim in red to match cabin
- The vendor considers this to be one of the best 340 examples available
The Mechanics
- 3,442cc XK straight-six engine
- Fully synchromesh 4-speed manual gearbox with overdrive
- Reported to drive well and starts on the button
- Sparing used since the vendor acquired the car but well stored
- No advisories on MOT
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