07/29/2026
Meet Brian Newbold.
This photograph shows Brian aged 21 with his 1962 Jaguar Mk2 3.8 Manual Overdrive - a car he still remembers fondly more than 50 years later.
"I bought it in 1970 for around £300 from a mate at work, partly funded by a loan from my mum. Third party fire & theft insurance was £60! I was earning £26/week as a welder."
For a young man in his early twenties, a Mk2 3.8 wasn't an everyday sight.
"Even at 21 I looked young for my age and got stopped by the Plod regularly. My Dad, who never drove or owned a car, thought I was mixing with some dodgy people by buying a Jag."
Brian kept the car for around three years before replacing it with a more economical Mk2 Cortina GT, but it's never been forgotten.
Alongside an Aston Martin he once owned, the Jaguar remains firmly on his "I wish I'd kept it" list - although, as Brian admits, a little rose-tinted nostalgia may be involved. This is the only photograph he still has of the car: Aged 21. Feeling, in his own words, like the King of the Road.
