As in the header, I have been checking the price of XK engines of late and asking prices seem high. Even in UK, ebay prices are high, up to two or three thousand pounds for E Type engines. An XJ6 engine on ebay Australia recently sold for almost $2000, and the only work done was some rings and a valve grind.
Am I mistaken or are we seeing an increase in value?
There are still some good buy’s to be had
JAGUAR XJ6 SERIES THREE 3.4 PETROL COMPLETE ENGINE LOW MILEAGE UNTESTED | eBay
I’m in the wrong country: I just gave one away, and I’m about to throw another one away!
Last week started a clean-up around the shop. The boss sent a MK2 to the crusher that still had the 3.8 and 4sp/od, but no suspensions (made it hard to move). Local ad brought no response. I did save a 140 front fender out of the back seat. A '60’s Alfa and a V12 E engine and auto trans went too.
But now we have lots of room to gather more junk for the next 20 years again.
Phil.
4.2 XJ engines are as cheap as chips but a big valve head or set of wide blade rods might easily sell faster than a complete engine, due to ease of shipment/storage.
Good 3.4/3,8 engines are getting scarce and becoming worth more as a result.
Top of the tree are E-Type engines. Just a sump is $800-ish. It’s not that they’re much better, but they enhance the value of an expensive in-demand car if it has been fitted with an XJ or other non-original engine.