Hi all, I'm Joe from Tucson Arizona - A nice commenter (DaveD) from the Bring a Trailer auction site pointed me here to learn about the old Mk 2 Jaguars. Sadly, the reason for signing up on this forum is for preparation for sale of my father's 1960 Mk 2 2.4 manual, right hand drive. He's had it sitting in the garage for many years, and it's just time for him to pass it on. I'm actually a BMW collector myself, and I've had 24 BMW cars and a few BMW motorcycles too. Having a sizeable and rotating collection for so long, I've found that it's best to try and sell special cars to the enthusiasts on the forums; as opposed to eBay, or Craigslist. BaT is a good choice for Jaguars it seems, but I haven't had much luck with the admin over there accepting my (what I think are) reasonable reserve prices.

Anyway, once I have my 10 posts I will create the for sale ad in the appropriate section of the forum. Thanks to DaveD if you're around!

 

Welcome aboard Joe........Good Luck.

 

Thank you for that! Glad to be here-

 

Welcome to the Forums.

 

Hello, Joe,
Welcome to the forums from ElinorB.
(';')

 

Appreciate it Elinor & Grant!

 

welcome to the forum - enjoy!!!

 

Thank you Steve! Headed to Greenville on Wednesday (BMW Oktoberfest event), hope your S.C weather is nice!

 

Welcome to Jaguar Forums Joe,

Good to have you with us.
Enjoy the forum.

If you haven't done so already you should add your car details to your signature to help others to help you.
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Welcome to the forums.

 

Much appreciated Clarke!

 

Thanks for the warm welcome Norri, looks like my signature details are showing up now - this is a very nice, fully featured forum (I've been on lots over the years and ran my own for 15 years as well)

 

Should have some photos of the car pretty soon.

 

OK, I have some photos (and older videos) of the Mk II in its current (sad) state. Still trying to get to 10 posts, and then I will make a for sale ad and link here on this thread... Thanks for your patience!

 

Happy New Year's to all!

 

And here is the for sale link: https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/market/227502

 

Prices on 80s to early 90s BMWs, especially Ms are through the roof. Hopefully "had 24 BMW cars" translates into "and still have some today".

My favorite BMW is 635 CSI with M30 engine. What is yours?

 

Thanks for the comment SinF-

Indeed, if you watch Bring a Trailer BMWs as closely as I do, you can definitely see some incredible value gains in the late 80's early 90's E30 chassis cars, M3 or not.

I'm not much into the older BMWs however, and have focused my collecting around 1995-2006; in my mind the truly *golden* years for modern classic BMWs. BTW, it's now up to 25 cars, as I've recently purchased a relatively modern 2012 135i Coupe to play with on the weekends. I'm trying to move away from being a restorer/custodian of cars, and actually get out and drive them (while still enjoying working on them). On the classic cars I've restored and refreshed, I never wanted to drive them after all of the obsessive effort and money I put into them. They just went to the occasional car show. I'm trying to move away from that now.

I do very much like the E24 635CSi shark nose! I almost bought one as my first BMW 10 years ago, but ended up with a '97 V12 850Ci instead (another shark nose!). On that note, I think my favorite BMW has to be the E31 (8 series chassis). I've had four of them over the years. It's going to be hard to let my last one go.

Here is my list of cars, newest purchase to oldest purchase, and if no red or green note, I don't own it anymore! Cheers!

2012 E82 135i M Sport DCT (Marrakesh Brown Metallic) Weekend Fun Car
2005 E53 X5 3.0i Sport (Kalahari Beige Metallic)
2000 E38 740i Sport (Oxford Green II)
1995 E31 840Ci Canadian (Oxford Green I)
2004 E46 330Ci 6spd (Oxford Green II)
2002 E39 525i Sport 5spd (Oxford Green II)
2001 E53 X5 3.0i Sport (Oxford Green II) Daily Driver
1995 E31 840Ci (Oxford Green Metallic I) FOR SALE
2001 E39 530i Sport 5spd (Aspen Silver)
2001 E38 740i Sport (Sahara Beige)
2000 E38 740i Sport Canadian (Sahara Beige)
1994 E31 840Ci 6spd (AVUS Blue)
2000 E38 740i Sport (Titanium Silver)
2007 E91 328iT 6spd (Deep Green)
2015 E84 X1 (Cashmere Silver Metallic) Daily Driver
2000 E36/7 M Roadster (Oxford Green II)
1999 E36 M3 Coupe 5spd (Fern Green Metallic)
2000 E36/8 M Coupe (Oxford Green II)
2001 E36/8 Z3 3.0i Coupe 5spd (Oxford Green II)
2002 E36/7 M Roadster (Oxford Green II)
2007 E63 M6 SMG (Silver Grey)
2006 E86 M Coupe (Sepang Bronze)
2009 E92 M3 DCT (Space Grey)
2008 E92 M3 6spd (Melbourne Red)
1997 E31 850Ci (Jet Black)