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Title: 1962 Jaguar Mark II
Post by: JimH on November 10, 2010, 10:04:14 am

Last night I got my old Jaguar running again.  It's been a couple of years since I drove it last so it had a few cobwebs.

My first trip was to the gas station to put some air in the tires and buy more brake fluid and oil.  Antifreeze too.

http://www.pix01.com/gallery/8D12431D-7EA0-495D-9EA2-775091458CB9/Jaguar_runs/522702069_orig0.jpg

After about 20 minutes of driving, it began to recover its old oomph.  It was a lot of fun.

More pictures (http://www.pix01.com/gallery/8D12431D-7EA0-495D-9EA2-775091458CB9/1962_Jaguar/) from a couple years ago when it was cleaner.

Title: Re: 1962 Jaguar Mark II
Post by: KingSparta on November 10, 2010, 08:18:42 pm

What Is "Coventry Cat House"?

Title: Re: 1962 Jaguar Mark II
Post by: KingSparta on November 10, 2010, 08:20:34 pm

Never Mind

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Title: Re: 1962 Jaguar Mark II
Post by: Magic_Randy on November 10, 2010, 08:22:18 pm

Nice car. I always liked the older Jaguars.

I used to have a 1957 Jaguar XK140 Drophead Coupe. It was I nice car before I got it. I was too young at the time and destroyed it.

Title: Re: 1962 Jaguar Mark II
Post by: glynor on November 11, 2010, 07:59:49 pm

Wow!

It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.

 ;D

Old Jags are sweet.  Newer ones.... Well, to quote William Gibson: "never trust the British to build anything larger or more complicated than a hat if you want it to work properly."  Same goes for GM, frankly.

Title: Re: 1962 Jaguar Mark II
Post by: jmone on November 11, 2010, 08:10:26 pm

Quote from: glynor on November 11, 2010, 07:59:49 pm

Old Jags are sweet.  Newer ones.....

Mmm Jag has been a Ford company since '89 and sinice then have been sharing alot of parts between the platforms they really lost the plot adopting the Taurus? Platform (the whole world car thing) last decade IMHO.  Lets see how Tata goes as the new owners.

Title: Re: 1962 Jaguar Mark II
Post by: glynor on November 12, 2010, 12:27:13 am

That was mostly a joke.  William Gibson was actually referring to Jaguar in that quote (though not to a car, an airship or a tank-like vehicle, I believe).

Title: Re: 1962 Jaguar Mark II
Post by: drmimosa on November 12, 2010, 06:44:27 am

Wow, sweet pics!!

I can almost hear the sound of Media Center streaming over an Android phone coming out of the windows...

Title: Re: 1962 Jaguar Mark II
Post by: KingSparta on November 12, 2010, 07:03:59 pm

My Yugo Is Way Better Than A Jag

Title: Re: 1962 Jaguar Mark II
Post by: ThoBar on November 18, 2010, 07:40:20 pm

Love that style of car from that era.

We had a 1963 Bentley when I was a kid... it's been one of my all time favorite cars ever since. So much so I got a '61 and '62 for my wedding cars.