1959 Jaguar MK IX
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1959 Jaguar MK IX
Sold for $40,500 on 5/27/21
This 1959 Jaguar MK IX is said to have spent time in California, Arizona, and New Hampshire before it was acquired by the seller in 2017. The car is finished in two-tone black and silver over gray leather, and power comes from a 3.8-liter XK inline-six that was reportedly rebuilt in 2020 and is paired with a three-speed automatic transmission. Features include fender-mounted mirrors, rear passenger tray tables, and a rear clock. This MK IX is now offered with factory books, wiring diagrams, recent service records, and a clean Illinois title in the seller’s name.
The Mark IX shared its bodywork with the preceding Mark VIII with the addition of chrome Mark IX badging on the trunk lid. This example is finished in two-tone black and silver and features single-piece taillights, Jaguar Automatic badging on the boot lid, rear-wheel spats, fender-mounted mirrors, and a leaper hood ornament.
The black-painted 16″ steel wheels wear Jaguar hubcaps and trim rings, and are mounted with Firestone whitewall bias-ply tires. A full-size spare is mounted under a cover in the trunk. The Mark IX features an independent front suspension and was the first Jaguar sedan to be equipped with power-assisted steering and four-wheel Dunlop disc brakes.
The cabin features front and rear bench seats trimmed in gray leather with matching door panels and blue carpets. Equipment includes a wood dash panel with dual gloveboxes, wood door and window caps, rear seat trays, and a central rear clock mounted over a locking storage cabinet.
The four-spoke steering wheel fronts a dash panel housing Smiths instrumentation including a tachometer with a 5,500-rpm redline and an inset clock as well as a 120-mph speedometer and gauges for fuel level, oil pressure, water temperature, and amperage. Just under 53k miles are shown on the five-digit odometer, 2k of which were added under current ownership. Total mileage is unknown.
The 3.8-liter XK inline-six was factory rated at 220 horsepower. The engine is said to have been rebuilt in 2020.
Power is sent to the rear wheels via a Borg-Warner three-speed automatic transmission. The transmission is said to have been rebuilt under previous ownership in 2015.
Factory books, a shop manual, and wiring diagrams are included in the sale. The car is titled by the engine number listed on the chassis plate.
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As I've posted elsewhere more than once, this car was my dream car, the one my father test-drove in 1959 and then chose to buy a 1960 Cadillac Coupe de Ville instead and broke my heart.
What amuses me about THIS particular model is that the dashboard was made for a right-hand drive with the speedometer on the far right, while the steering column and wheel are on the left as in all North American cars.
I did not copy and paste the comments (there were 65 of them when I posted this) but I did get a kick out of reading some of them. You can access them by clicking on the SEEDED COMMENT link at the top of the page which will open the original source article.
My ''gold card'' is maxed out after my purchase of this 1933 Pontiac Eight Convertable. Do you think that they would take payments on the Jaguar?
Why would you want a car named after a big cat when you've got one named after an Indian chief?
Each Chief needs a tribe to be a Chief, thus the big cat would fit perfectly into the tribe.
My Grandfather had an off white Pontiac Chieftain with an amber hood ornament of an Indian Chief that lit up at night. It has been a long time since I've seen one up close...
Well, I never had a Jaguar car, but over the years I had three cars named after Chief Pontiac.
I can't remember what the hood ornaments on my cars looked like.