Did this car have PAS?

Seems the "crooks" in those days had a touch of class about them !!

Would have been torched these days 😢

I guess it is torched now a days to hide the DNA. Not a concern in the 60's.

@@stupitdog9686 don’t romanticise them. No better or worse

@@stupitdog9686 Well, I expect they didn't want to risk breaking down, or run out of petrol as they made their getaway.

Anybody remember Joey and his black Jag in _Bread_ ?

"Hooligan car"? Naw naw naw. Class, mate. Class all the way.

Your Sister??????

@@stupitdog9686 No, both in the same business but no relationship beyond that.

Hawthorn died in a Mk1.

Although Hawthorn died in a Mk1 I have heard he had one of the first Mk2s on order at the time of his death

I worship the Mark X/ 420G myself here in America… what Majestic creatures!

Hey thanks for all the memories and tips about your own car!! Big wave to Australia 🇦🇺!!

By comparison ANYTHING else on offer in Australia mid to late 60s the Mk2 Jaguar was far FAR Better by a Country Mile than Holden or Fords offerings!!!!!!! They were not even in the same league NOT EVEN CLOSE NO were Near it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or you choose a BL Kimberly or a Marina 🤣🤣OR a some BIG barge from USA!!!!! I know which i would grab 🦁

@@gkstanfield Hi Grant , they ARE majestic. I was lucky to grow up with a mum & a dad who were both from well off families. My paternal granddad had bought new a 1955 Mercedes 300C the large 50's predecessor to the 1960's "dictators special" the 600's. My mums folks had two lovely cars a then near new black 1956 Packard Patrician plus their previous new car gigantic 1934 Airflow Imperial Custom the ULTRA version of all Airflows, the longest most opulent & powerful (we still own it mum & self). When I was a little kid mum bid at an auction on a 49 Hudson Commodore eight with custom Derham rear treatment eliminating the rear windows , a gun-slit of a rear window plus padded black leatherette roof covering I saw it as a 6 year old at the auction and it was unforgettable in all black. The black '61 mark10 was the next best thing. When I first saw our big new mk10 in November '61 I was almost 7 yrs old & I was hooked, the interior both elaborate & beautiful also with the padded leather front console that no other cars had making it like a cockpit to sit in. Also the big high performance bronze head 6 cylinder XK engines have their own unique subdued "growly" sound and pack a 340 hp punch too. after near 10 years & 200,000miles use she replaced it with a big Merc' convertible for the matter of months, it was a giant let down, a total dud of a car. After just 17months it was replaced with a opalescent gunmetal grey '71 420G /mk10 it came with the newer & better automatic, power booster brakes, & the accurate Melbourne, Aust' made steering with few turns lock to lock & accuracy too. These 3 things transformed the cars all 4.2 litre cars have them whether 4.2 mk10's or 4.2 420G's. both my first one in 1975, a 4.2 mk10 & my second one in 2012 a 420G have both been cream with "ox-blood" leather seats a really dark maroon. I was just the second owner of each, both benefitted by having sedate doctors as owners, my own profession who lovingly looked after them like I do to. Ordered with the right factory options they are way better than anything else from the time, looked after carefully with just oil; & water changed on or before time they just last & last . I have two other "monsters" that I love just as much & HERE in Australia EXTREMELY rare as they were CKD kit cars to be built here at GM's Pagewood Sydney plant as right hand drive cars being completely knocked down as "bits & pieces" to assemble. Near identical, one is a white 1972 car & the other a black 1974 car , Cadillac Fleetwoods, '72 70th Anniversary car& a black '74 Talisman. So Grant the aussie versions are full power export engine cars not detuned anti-pollution versions for the US home market. So when you put your foot down you have a FULL 8.2 litres underfoot not a lily-livered version. The first one I saw was the bigger type 75 Limousine in 1971 the new US ambassador's car in a very dark enamel blue with no vinyl roof , the new fuselage look body being similar to the mk10/420G Jaguars, also I liked the tall side windows which give a spacious interior feel to them. Then a few months later I saw a black 60 special fleetwood Brougham with the unusual thick centre B post and the very curved profile side glass & padded turrets, beautiful in a subtle paint color within a couple of months I Have been driving my black '74 Talisman for 41years! Also Majestic in black paint & padded roof turret with "gold" (mustard) color leather seats classy in a way few cars are. Its prior owner ordered EVERY option except 2 a external thermometre in the driver rearview mirror & sunroof. Selecting useful modern items like GM's Trackmaster ABS brake & traction control system and GM's early SRS Airbags "air cushion restraint system". Additionally he'd marked delete all badging and excess chrome scripts, opera lights etc so it is discrete, not knowing what it is people always ask. It still looks like new, I knew I would not get another as time marched on I found out that in 1974 Holdens-GM Australia ordered just 3 Talisman kits to build as special orders and approximately two dozen standard Fleetwood Brougham kits. Mine is the only Talisman remaining. One cars owner died & daughter left it sitting outside in the elements for years and now beyond redemption, the other was driven by an idiot after bursting either a radiator hose or radiator and seized the engine both are now in breakers yards awaiting their fate as they are picked over for parts, shame on their owners !

Totally agree but a bit biased as I have both. Fortunately I got them many years ago when they were still cheap....

@@philiptidmarsh real envy now. I preferred the saloon to the coupe personally on the P5Bs

Well said two favourites of mine as well. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

@@williejack3695 Me as well , they are better proportioned and were really what they were supposed to be

Ah thanks for the memories chap!

The iron block and aluminium heads had a lot of head gasket problems over the years. The later 4.2 engines had machined slots on the top of the block between cylinders to try and improve this. Fortunately you could re-torque the head studs easily (When cold).

I ran a 3.8 E Type for ten years, at motorway speed it was very economical but thirsty round town. I had lots of older Jags, 3 1/2 litre prewar, Mk7 and 10, Mk1 and 2 2.4 and 3.4, series 1, 2 and 3 XJ6. The Mk2 problems were very sharp chrome upper door frames and extremely heavy steering. Power steering was an extra not standard. As the cars died of British rust, power steering boxes became mose common.The paint bubbles on the RH bonnet were almost de rigueur as most of the bloody awful electric starting carbs flooded and cought alight. Fortunately ordinary SU jet mechanisms with a choke cable could be fitted. I think the series 2 XJ was the best handling at real speed, the E Type tried to fly at 130 mph plus, was very twitchy and took up the whole road.

Ah thank you Gregor!

To be fair, the car in Morse came off a scrap yard and received minimum care.

John thaw preferred chasing the jags in the Sweeney.

Also, the Morse car was a 2.4 dressed as a 3.8. John Thaw didn't like the car only for the reason that specific car was a banger that barely ran straight. They had to do a lot of retakes simply because the car wouldn't start on cue. There are several scenes that ended up on tv where he had a problem starting the car and a big grin of "this f****ing heap" when it finally does.

Supposedly built in faults. On a Jag! They had enough faults by accident!

I've heard the same story about his preference for the 3.4 engine. 👍

I owened two RR Shadows around 1970,s reg that were veritable rot boxes.Most modern cars from 1990 were better build quality.

I’m glad you think so.. always try and do something a little bit different!

3.4, 3.8 & 4.2 all share the same stroke of 106mm.

We could go on about the king of darkness wiring, the lack of headlight relays on high beam,the hit or miss overdrive switch, the temperature gauge that did not tell you the engine had fried, the "Moss" box that belonged in a truck, the immediate rust in the doors as rain ran down the glass and accumulated in the blocked off door bottoms. The temperature bulb was mounted in the coolant manifold and when all water flow had ceased (boiled dry) the temp gauge dropped back to normal until the whole engine was near red hot. The engines ran afterwards but rattled (piston slap) and burned lots of oil. For all that they were cars with charactor.

Had to laugh at some of your comments John,can't disagree either. Currently own two Jaguars,one of which is a1989 V12 XJS, everything is about there aside from some of the body work. The wife would happily see it in a scrap yard in a heartbeat but it's going nowhere!!