GF2 Jag

[hilly10]

Anyone see George Formbys old MK1 3.4 Jag go up for auction this morning at ACA estimated at between £30 to £50 grand it realised £81k. The reg plate GF2 stays with the car and cannot be sold separately. It surely was a beautiful car but £81k was a bit rich, a couple of people really wanted the car.

[hot metal]

https://www.georgeformby.co.uk/jaguar-mk1.htm

Thought I`d bump this, interesting but plenty others to be found for less,

[hilly10]

That was my thought, I parked next to one last year at a local show to me, it’s was every bit and better, bought for £41k. The reg holds no value as it stays with the car.

[vpr]

I watched that auction in disbelief and wondered whether they’d realised the plate cannot be transferred

[hilly10]

The auctioneer did make it clear before commencing, also it was in the write up about the car on ACA website.

[TarquinMX5]

It's an unusual number to be one that can't be transferred, it's not the usual non-transferable dateless number. Does anybody know the background?

[vpr]

TarquinMX5 said:

It's an unusual number to be one that can't be transferred, it's not the usual non-transferable dateless number. Does anybody know the background?

I’d imagine that the reg number had long since died with a car it was assigned to (which was normal in the past)

Then a special request was probably made to return the number to this specific car because it’s of historical interest

In such cases they become non transferable

[TarquinMX5]

vpr said:

I’d imagine that the reg number had long since died with a car it was assigned to (which was normal in the past)

Then a special request was probably made to return the number to this specific car because it’s of historical interest

In such cases they become non transferable

Could be, although the DVLA has previously told me (when I was enquiring about purchasing a number that the family had owned years ago, car subsequently scrapped) that they would never re-issue any number that had previously been issued.

[lowdrag]

hilly10 said:

That was my thought, I parked next to one last year at a local show to me, it’s was every bit and better, bought for £41k. The reg holds no value as it stays with the car.

Except that you are comparing apples with pears. George Formby's car is a MK 1, your photo is of a MK 2. The rebuild of this car incurred substantial investment, and I believe (but am awaiting further news) that the registration was purchased to reunite with the car. I am not sure on this for the moment though. Whatever, a well-presented MK 1 is now to be found from £40,000 upwards. I've owned one, and they are exceptional for the period. Whatever, as always, it only takes two people to create a high price. I once saw a VW Samba sold for over $200,000; someone really wanted that one badly!

Edited by lowdrag on Wednesday 2nd February 10:37

[waynecyclist]

Sounds like to me someone has not spotted the plate stays with the car hence bids going crazy.