1970 Jaguar E-type Mark II 4.2

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Mitkawatch

Mitkawatch

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@philipshilling8665
@philipshilling8665 11 ай бұрын
A lovely Series II E Type! I have a PPY '69 OTS. Two comments: One: this car has been given new leather somewhere along its lifetime, and the headrests were removed! They add a nice touch of class to the seats' appearance and give good protection in a serious accident, with their inner steel bar reinforcement. Some people think that in removing them they are making the car "more like a Series I"...which is a bit silly, given that it detracts from originality and lowers the value. Two: the revised rear design with the new tail lamps below the wrap-around bumper were NOT dictated by American regulations--unlike the uncovered/protruding headlamps in the front. Sir William Lyons had never liked the split-bumper look of the Series I, with the indented licence plate. He also did not like that Malcolm Sayer had given the new car horizontally-positioned tail lamps developed by Lucas originally for his competitor, Rolls-Royce!. That new rear look of the Series II was undertaken by both Sir William and Malcolm Sayer as AN UPDATING of the design. They considered this necessary and desirable in that the E Type's original look had not changed since 1961...and in its most important market--America--cars in the '50s and '60s often saw total or big partial redesigns ON AN ANNUAL BASIS! Had Sir William wanted to, he could have kept that original split-bumper look right up to and including 1973. By 1974, though, American regulators were imposing 5 mph impact rear bumpers on everyone. Not everything that was changed on the Series II over the Series I was done to satisfy American safety bureaucrats, as seems to be widely believed in England nowadays.
@jamesrickerby2756
@jamesrickerby2756 3 ай бұрын
It's amazing the car is in great condition , I've an MK2 from 67, with an original E/type 3.8 engine in it. Not in as good condition as yours, but the body is in great condition and very little rust. I've replaced all the woodcinside, 8ve been in an e/type and the are still my next car. At 79 the good lady has told me the day I swop the mk2 she's leaving, sounds a afir swap!
@awalk5177
@awalk5177 Жыл бұрын
Lovely car and very original. It is nice to see one that has been used, yet almost as new with all the trim still in place.
@jaguarrroman
@jaguarrroman Жыл бұрын
Mint condition, looks great!
@Thereishope664
@Thereishope664 Жыл бұрын
Nice to see the gentleman still enjoying his E-Type after 21 years. A lovely original Series 2. By the way the Series 1 had glass headlight covers not perspex.
@philipshilling8665
@philipshilling8665 11 ай бұрын
Sorry to contradict you, old chap, but perspex it is. I had a '64 E Type prior to my current '69 OTS and they are indeed perspex--much lighter than glass. Perspex was developed as a much lighter, bulletproof alternative to glass in the late 1930s, for aircraft cockpits. I can't blame you for thinking that they were glass covers, because most people on line repeat that.
@Thereishope664
@Thereishope664 11 ай бұрын
Thanks for correcting me. I did have a series 1 E-Type and I was sure they were glass.@@philipshilling8665
@E7DMG
@E7DMG Жыл бұрын
Tail lights taken from a Hillman hunter.
@Mitkawatch
@Mitkawatch Жыл бұрын
Cool! Did not know that
@awalk5177
@awalk5177 Жыл бұрын
The Hillman Hunter tail lights are different and more rectangular. The Lotus Europa shared the E type tail lights.
@Mitkawatch
@Mitkawatch Жыл бұрын
@@awalk5177 thanks for the correction 👍
@awalk5177
@awalk5177 Жыл бұрын
@@Mitkawatch I have a Europa and always trying to find what parts come from where. That is the only reason I know where the lights are from.
@Mitkawatch
@Mitkawatch Жыл бұрын
@@awalk5177 Cool! I like the Europa 👌
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