And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, March 22, 2024
Jeeves, bring the Jag around, it's time to motor over to the Blitheringtons for tea.
The Jeeves and Wooster tales are set prior to 1930, so this beautiful car is not the proper age. I also believe that Bertie prefers open-top rides when the weather is clement.
Could be a '63, the Mk II came out in '59 and was unchanged until '67 when it was replaced by the XJ6. The design dates back to the 1955 Mk I. This was the favourite car of British gangsters in the '60s as it could out-run any police car in the UK. The Bobbies had to buy Jaguars of their own to catch them. It was very successful in British racing. Watch #21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnpHadmESeg Al_in_Ottawa
Actually replaced by the short-lived 340, with Ambla interior, narrow bumpers and no picnic tables in the seat backs (which seem top be missing on this one). Dealers often rebadged 340's as MKII's. My '67 340 was badged as a MKII when I bought it.
In 1959, my career US Air Force father purchased a 1960 Jag sedan from the factory and had it shipped to our home in Tokyo. It had a cream exterior and red leather interior. What a luxury automobile...especially after our family cars were Chevy's and Buicks for what seems like forever.
Had a '63. Bought as "running" which meant it was running when it shut off a few years before. No rust, interior shot having been apparently parked under an oak tree with the windows down. I refinished the wood and installed a new headliner. Got it running. Drove it to work for a couple of months. Family issues didn't allow the money needed for a new interior so I let it go. I would love to have one of these in daily driver condition.
The Jeeves and Wooster tales are set prior to 1930, so this beautiful car is not the proper age. I also believe that Bertie prefers open-top rides when the weather is clement.
ReplyDeleteI know, I am being pedantic.
1963?
ReplyDeleteCould be a '63, the Mk II came out in '59 and was unchanged until '67 when it was replaced by the XJ6. The design dates back to the 1955 Mk I.
DeleteThis was the favourite car of British gangsters in the '60s as it could out-run any police car in the UK. The Bobbies had to buy Jaguars of their own to catch them. It was very successful in British racing.
Watch #21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnpHadmESeg
Al_in_Ottawa
Actually replaced by the short-lived 340, with Ambla interior, narrow bumpers and no picnic tables in the seat backs (which seem top be missing on this one). Dealers often rebadged 340's as MKII's. My '67 340 was badged as a MKII when I bought it.
DeleteHEADRESTS AND PLASTIC SEATBELTS = CONTEMPORARY SAFETY CRAP
ReplyDeleteIn 1959, my career US Air Force father purchased a 1960 Jag sedan from the factory and had it shipped to our home in Tokyo. It had a cream exterior and red leather interior. What a luxury automobile...especially after our family cars were Chevy's and Buicks for what seems like forever.
ReplyDeleteHad a '63. Bought as "running" which meant it was running when it shut off a few years before. No rust, interior shot having been apparently parked under an oak tree with the windows down. I refinished the wood and installed a new headliner. Got it running. Drove it to work for a couple of months. Family issues didn't allow the money needed for a new interior so I let it go. I would love to have one of these in daily driver condition.
ReplyDeleteNot much legroom in that backseat.
ReplyDeleteThese days in Britistan; Amir, bring the car around, we're to bisit Mustafa to view his new harem of white tarts.
ReplyDelete"Blitheringtons" ⬅ 😂
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't look like anything special to me. On the Pretty Car scale, definitely the bottom 50%. To each his own.
ReplyDeleteAm I suppose to remove my shoes before getting in? What would you Jag-humpers do if a real man with dirt on his boots got in?
A so-called "real man" with dirty boots would not be able to afford one of these. He would be relegated to a far less expansive pickup truck.
DeleteMy favorite.
ReplyDeleteExcellent photo series.
Saw one like this in 1977 on the lemon lot at RAF Lakenheath.
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