1967 Jaguar 420G | STORIES ep 009

[@gregharvie3896]

Hi from Sydney , Australia .My mum bought a new black with biscuit leather (natural not dyed ) 3.8ltr mk10 in november 1961, then replaced it with a new 1971 opalescent gunmetal grey , with dark oxblood leather 420G she kept it until early 2007 when a drunk in a truck ran into it and wrecked it. I had worked & saved as a kid plus as a teen i had sold my toy cars, trains, Meccano sets, slot cars & whatever else that I could , then saved some more , looked & then eventually bought a left hand drive 1965 4.2 liter mk10 in April 1975 in cream also with oxblood leather I kept it for many years , then sold it . I then bought a replacement low mileage 1 owner 1967 420G also in cream with oxblood leather which I still own, it's beautiful to drive, to look at & to own . I get as much happiness today in 2022 as I did when as an almost 6 year old I saw mum's brand new black one all those now 60 years ago. They are like Sinead O'Connor's song , Nothing Compares . Be it a Mk10 or a 420G they have Quality , Class and Durability .

[@hirampriggott1689]

The most beautiful car that ever existed on Earth.

[@StuartOliver83]

Best British car ever built in my opinion,well done mate

[@GNeuman]

Fantastic... My Dad owned a blue one... He called it the Aircraft Carrier... Fantastic... RIP, Dad.

[@bcfairlie1]

What a spectacular example. What a colour. They always looked better in light colours. Manual overdrive. I am so jealous.

[@nielskjr5432]

Very refined. Very elegant. Our Queen's mother Ingrid had one. She drove it herself. She had such a good taste. She was Swedish. But was grandchild of Queen Victoria of England.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Lovely story and a superb car. These were UK's widest production car at the time, being wider than a RR Silver Shadow.

[@adriandeb2710]

What a lovey car, my uncle bought one new around 1966,67 as very kid i will never forget it, i think it was called sand gold, it was an auto, he had a mk10 as well and the last was a series 2, i then got the taste and have jags for the past 30 years, only one was new…

[@ronwalker4849]

THIS IS REALLY A VERY BEAUTIFUL AUTOMOBILE. LIKE A SCULTURE BUT IN MOVEMENT. TODAY´S CARS ARE STATIC AND IMMOBLE

[@cbleas]

My Dad had a few of these in the 60s Travelled Europe with my parents in several towing caravans often. Great cars

[@JonDingle]

My dad bought a 1969 420G in 1974. It was in British Racing Green and made a huge impact upon me as an 8yr old kid. I have longed for one since and have been lucky enough to own many XJ's, two XJS's and newer S Types. This story is brilliant and its great to see such a beautiful car saved and enjoyed.

[@adelaidewinetours]

Great clip and good on you, enjoy and hope to see you in Australia, George Wine Valley Tours

[@andypaine7489]

Just came back from a week in Malta. Sure wish I had been driving Jaguar rather than the rental I had. Great video!

[@peterbaker9673]

I have had Jaguars all my life and this one is the best jag ever made

[@davidhynd4435]

What a gorgeous car. Sir William Lyons had such a good eye for shape and proportion.

[@paulsowney771]

Handles like a boat round corners priceless !!!! What a beautiful car. Great interview

[@alberteisenmann1023]

Absolutly great. 👍

[@renorti1]

Lovely story, and the 420g looks great in Gold.

[@kennethparkes7265]

I owned a my 10 jag and a 420G some years back loved them both great cars. Wish that I had kept the mk10. Still have the workshops manuals for the car and the auto transmission. Ken P

[@davidpeters6536]

Beautiful. I wish Jag had made a 450G with a tweaked 4.5 V8 Daimler engine an extra Lux interior and a LWB option.

[@MrPeteJMc]

My father owned one, 1969 to 75. Two tone blue. Loved having snacks in the back with the vanity tables down.

[@fx02zbn]

Loved this video. thanks for uploading and sharing

[@raywest3834]

I've always loved the Mk. X Jag, and the 420G is the ultimate model. Thanks for sharing this beautiful story.

[@maxbeale8186]

Such a badass and beautiful Jag

[@mustafastokely4962]

I owned and drove a 1967 Jaguar 420 (not a G,) in Washington, DC, back in the early 1990s and it was a blast to drive. Of course, the 420 is more like the Mk II/S Type (which it replaced,) and is much smaller than the 420G/Mk10 variants, and easier to drive, in some ways. (Though the handling was not much to write home about!) I enjoyed watching this clip and thank you for sharing your fond memories with us.

[@stevengore578]

What a lovely story. “It’s a disease” is exactly what I always say too!!

[@jamesproudlove1527]

Hi. I came across your video of Jaguar 420G just by chance. What a wonderful recount of the history of this fabulous car. I had genuine tears in my eyes as your account of this beautiful Jaguar unfolded. What a joy to breathe new life into this old girl & getting motoring as you should for this magnificent Jag. Thank you for sharing.

[@mattsta1964]

Beautiful!

[@jspope2008]

Lovely! My father had one and once I was 17 I drove it as much as I could.

[@Visionery1]

My father's work colleague had a beautiful white one in the early 70s, I didn't even know they were produced as a manual.

[@sohrabrustum8582]

Beautiful car. Nice that you have it still in the family. The manual overdrive cars are the best from that era.

[@kevinblair8832]

The mkX and the 420G are both beautiful cars.... A Real Jaaaag! My Dad owned one.... This Is my dream car... Thanks for the Car, short and great background story. 👍🏻👍🏻🚗

[@jonmintz37]

The Jaguar is great. What patina.

[@marcoserafini3534]

Absolutely gorgeous car and very well presented video. A credit to you. Best wishes Marco 👍

[@blackpoolrox6475]

A beautiful car, well preserved by the current owner. I used to own an 'S' type Jaguar, 3.8 manual in powder blue. A superb drive and I still have the original handbook!

[@jaguar53100]

It's a disease... ha ha, I suffer from it too! Lovely story, Great video Marcus.

[@michaelcrafter8994]

What a great story, well told and you can see the passion behind it.

[@zurcherzurich213]

Elegant AND wild! :)

[@JSDesignHK]

What a splendid video with my friend Marcus and his superb 420G. In fact, it was this car that was the catalyst for our friendship. Looking forward to joining all of you lovely people in Malta post coronavirus days. What a delightful video!

[@stevestone4346]

Great video of a magnificent 420G, so rarely seen in such beautiful condition.

[@martinlove7073]

My farther had the same car with auto box beautiful car bought it new in 1969 I’ll never forget it . Thanks for the video 👌

[@babybenz.190]

My father is restoring one. A Mark X 3.8 from 1962. I should make some videos from it soon.

[@tommasmoeller7518]

Lovely colour -males the car even more buitiful

[@nervo6321]

What a beautiful story...

[@johnhaworth4795]

What a car, great story thanks, I had the gold matchbox car as a child. It wouldn't look out of place ferrying the Maltese PM around. For sheer style there is nothing to touch the pre XJ Jags! Glad it was saved. Grace space and pace could have been written for the MK10/420G

[@axeljacobs9723]

Thanks for sharing! You‘ve restored the Jag beautifully! I own an unrestored 65 RR, rhd, and hope to restore it to its former glory too! I hope you enjoy the Jag for many years to come!👍😊

[@mscott3918]

Sensational car. I always wanted my father to buy one, but he stuck with Bentley. They seemed so boxy compared to the sleek Jaguar. Lord Mountbatten's 420G sold recently for, I think, £120,000.

[@niwa957]

What a brilliant, brilliant story. Life is about...passion. Thank you for sharing. (Pretty nice car too!)

[@timpskihighbury8161]

What a fantastic car.❤

[@toucan221]

Nice story lovely camera work = Great

[@clivehaynes2183]

Nice video and great car, I know as I own one. It will be nice to get it out again after this lockdown.

[@alanplumbridge9097]

I had one of those. Bloody good car!

[@tangatoto362]

Ah…. I feel a warm glow after watching this. Thank you for sharing your story and that of the car, which despite all the “barge” reference, a lot of us have loved since our teenage years when a Mini was all we could aspire to. Our family had a friend with a Mk 10 which I would occasionally ride in think I was in heaven. PS.. so nice to see a KZbin car video with someone driving on the “correct” side of the road 😎

[@mousecat9398]

I love the car....geezers got a good attitude as well....Noice

[@RHP9898]

Excellent video, story, car! Congratulations.

[@TheDavidIrvine]

Very good! Brilliant story!

[@asacarrick1440]

Britain produced some of the world's finest motor cars and bikes....we threw it all away

[@PhillRobinson]

A thing of beauty

[@swanvictor887]

ahhh...when Jags looked like Jags.....gorgeous cars.

[@pauldavies9464]

I have a Rover P5B Coupe but I would really like a 420 g to park alongside it .

[@colinpiper4386]

Marvellous

[@SimonNoina]

Lovely - and a factory manual gearbox? - if so, even rarer!

[@marcusharrison3503]

Yes, factory manual with overdrive 👍

[@NADworker]

Great car, great guy

[@keith536]

It's the Baronesses car from Cruella.

[@robinfoster7597]

A lovely car! Perhaps an uprated front anti roll bar and a vew other treaks could help the handling, along with decent tyres?

[@kennethtalbott2233]

i wanted one of these for donkeys years, well i just put a deposit on one, the missus don't know yet. hope i can get the old girl looking as nice as yours.

[@jaxs2384]

This jag is more powerful than xj series 1,2,and 3

[@richardwright7865]

Great car, great video, but who's the suave guy doing the commentary? Just joking! Keep up the good work my friend...

[@jaromor8808]

I wish we were allowed to hear the car 😁

[@ianleaver4967]

I had a Black 1970 420G with a glass division between the driver and rear passengers, l understand there was only 4 of these ever made and the last I heard the one I owned had been off the road for the last 20+ years, so probably scrapped. Which is said as I spent a fortune on that car and wish I could of kept it.

[@borainan1624]

It's a proper jaaag

[@glomibabel1894]

the best :) betther than german cars :/

[@popegeorgeringo]

This car is no where near a” handful in the bends”. Only the English could describe the Marx 10 /420 G that way. Here in America the Mark 10 /420G is considered to handle incredibly well and sure footed in the bends.. perhaps because Americans like me have driven much larger cars and the Mark 10/420G was a revelation in handling for a mid size car which its category in the USA. Spend any time driving any American full size car and this chap wouldn’t be so harsh on the handling of his Jag.

[@uthmaanpacsa7259]

I didn't know Ben Kingsley owned a Jaguar till now.

[@marcusharrison3503]

😂

[@gazookerman1328]

Lovely car,,The only thing I don't like about it is, I think the front wheel arch apertures are ever so slightly too big...(elongated) Every time I see this car this feature really stands out to me..,alway's has I wouldn't turn me nose up at one though.....

[@ajinovoselic4473]

He's got a jaaag..

[@Dg-zj6jo]

lovely what is the color code sir

[@charlesvandenkerckhove6116]

That Aston Martin has a Belgian registration doesn’t ?

[@rotta5507]

No it's Maltese too, we have three different schemes over here - Normal: Black on White, Classic: Silver on Black, High Emissions: Red on White. The latter mainly for a reduced registration tax and to be used only on weekends & public holidays

[@charlesvandenkerckhove6116]

@@rotta5507 Thank you very much for your reply. In Belgium we also have red on white, three letters and three figures

[@tanglewood777]

so the original mk 10 is not this car

[@paulbriggs906]

That backing music is too loud and too frantic.for this interesting story.

[@peterlbaldwin511]

My Late father had two 420G Automatic's consecutively in the then Rhodesia(now Zimbabwe). The first was British Racing Green with bottle green leather.. I still have fond memories of them.. At the time "Mercedes" were the chosen vehicles of the "well to do". I always considerered the German rivals to be overpriced(out there), overrated and under-powered, until I drove my late father's subsequent 350SE and had to admit that the "Merc" could do things the Jag could never do.. Especially with regards to handling..! Even the narrator admitted that on corners he had been on better handling, barges..!!

[@swinderby]

Lovely car but instead of showing us around it, all we get is him talking!

[@trongkhainguyen7628]

I'm gonna dislike this video without watching it. But that's okay. Cause I own a......Jaaaaaaaaagggggggg!!!

[@tirebiter1680]

What is the story on why they named a car after marijuana?

[@Schlipperschlopper]

Sadly soon all combustion cars and trucks including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Car washs will be forbidden too because they are climate killers, now they want to slow down all the gas station pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime.!!! (BABVVEN & TEBBVEN & BEFVO laws)!!!!

[@DionVelvet]

fake news.

[@Schlipperschlopper]

@@DionVelvet sadly not, please google Babvvo and Tebbvo laws

[@DionVelvet]

@@Schlipperschlopper believe me it wont happen,they want to scare us.

[@gregculverwell]

Sadly they were very ugly. While jags of the era had an animal quality, the 420 looked like an old, overfed Labrador.

[@martinlove7073]

Clown

[@mebsrea]

In a nice, dark metallic and with later, 1" larger XJ wheels, they can look beautifully sinister.