Description Believed to be 1 of only 30 420's from 1968 left on the road making this a rare machine; even rarer is that this car has a factory fitted manual transmission; owned by the vendor for 25 years 1968 Jaguar 420 4 speed Manual with Overdrive – very rare car in respectable driveable order.

The lesser spotted Jaguar 420 is a rare sight on UK roads, not surprisingly, given Jag’s slightly confusing model range in the ‘60s.

The very pretty and devilishly sporty 420 is often misunderstood or just simply unknown.

It was the quickest, best handling, best braking & most powerful of all Jaguars ‘compact sporting saloons’ and we think it’s the one to have…if you can find one.

They only made approx.

10,000 across the 2 short years of production and compared with about 122,000 Mk1 & Mk2’s produced they were rare from the off.

There is believed to be only 30 cars currently on the road from 1968, arguably one of Jaguar’s best kept secrets.

First registered in March of 1968 this car has...