Nostalgia can be a dangerous game. You only have to recall the saying ‘schooldays are the best days of your life’ to know quite how much time can warp perceptions.
Except, that is, if you’re a bank robber. Back in the old days things were easy. There were no security boxes, no timed safes, no bulletproof glass, no helicopters. You simply walked up, threatened the hapless guard and made off with the cash. And you made off with it not in a four-wheel-drive turbocharged Japanese saloon, but in a Jaguar Mk2.
Mk2 prices have gone up in recent years but, if you want a usable classic to enjoy driving quickly or slowly, four up, the Jag makes a compelling case for itself. And it needn’t break the bank, or require you to rob it.
Proof of this can be found in our own classifieds, where you can find this (above). We will readily agree it’s far from mint and we’d pay particular heed to corrosion, but as a rolling restoration for the brave it’s hard to fault, especially in this car’s 3.8-litre, €11,000, form.