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I nearly bought one of these, but the metal frame of ragtop hit my shoulders when it was up.
Replaced photo after cropping and color balance. Bought this new around 1966-7. Only $6000 new!!! Had dark blue leather interior. Sweet car until my first wife was out with her boy friend at a bar and some guy fell asleep at the wheel of a Dodge Charger and did a 180 and ended up on the hood of the Jag ass backwards! I fixed him, I made him fix it.
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From a few years back. British Car Show.
My first car (actually my second car) in High School was a 67 E Coupe.
That is a 3.8 sedan, my 3.8S had little fins on the back. Nice restoration. My first Jag was 3.4 sedan, stick shift. Bought it when I was in college. I used to go and sit in it after hours and smell the leather. I was warned not to buy it, but it was fun for a while until I discovered it had a terminal case of rust, as most cars do in Rochester NY.
Rust is a huge issue to look out for when buying a classic Jag. I'm fortunate in that my 67 E-Type was originally a New Mexico car and that's where I've had it for the majority of time. Never driven on snow or bad roads so it's 100% rust free.
I watched a PBS Masterpiece series call "Endeavor" about British detective and he always drove Jag sedan, pretty ordinary over there I guess.
This was my E-Type in high school as it looks today (it's now owned by a guy in Denver). Looked exactly the same when I owned it. I sold it 1n 1972 when I joined the military.
Looks like we were stuck on Jags, another English car that was a lot of fun. If you have a sharp eye, you notice it has the same license plate as the 3.8S. Sold this, got a Jag XK-120, didn't like it, sold it and got the 3.8s. In New York the plate belonged to you and not the car as in CA.
OK, one last Jag
My daughter at the wheel of my '51 XK-120 Apple Green with dark green leather.
My daughter at the wheel of my '51 XK-120 Apple Green with dark green leather.
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I saw a bumper sticker once that "The reason the English like warm beer is that Lucas makes the refrigerators".
You would need to have owned a few English cars to appreciate that.
You would need to have owned a few English cars to appreciate that.
Nor is it "warm", in my mind. As an American traveling to the UK for 25 years who absolutely loves beer, I've never once had a warm beer. I've tried a lot of beer in a lot of pubs and other venues. Cellar temperature certainly, but that's a great way to have it if you actually want to taste at least some types of beer. Some need to be very cold, but not all (or most).
I am sure you don't drink warm beer, but it was a poke at Lucas's reputation. I had a friend in Toronto that bought a Rover sedan (he was British), the car had continual electrical problems, the last straw was when he took into the dealer for service, the service manager got locked in the car!
I never had any electrical issues with the 5 British cars that I had. I wish I had the money to find a Mark IV Jag some day.
I never had any electrical issues with the 5 British cars that I had. I wish I had the money to find a Mark IV Jag some day.
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London, Madame Tussaud 1986
Her Limousine was a Daimler. This was my Daimler...1950 Special Sport.
Another sport. BMX competition, Angel Fire New Mexico
Canoe races - Sasquatch Days, Harrison Hot Springs, BC (2018)