Magnum PI Jaguar E-type S2

Tom Sellek et al getting laughs at the expense of a Jaguar E-type - now (Oct '15) in equal condition worth much more than Magnum's Ferrari 308 GTS!

[@l4n1301]

Such a funny series. Out of all the 80's tv series this was hands down my favorite. The acting was incredible, the chemistry among the actors was awesome

[@domais68]

Great show. Lots of loyalty to smaller time actors. The car salesman has been in a number of episodes. Rest in peace, John Hillerman!!

[@matterantimatter5179]

Magnum is just so cool; miss you guys much Bro.

[@dinos7185]

The first time l sat in a 1966 E-TYPE it was like climbing in to a cockpit of an airplane.....always thought The E-TYPE was built ahead of its time.....now 41 years later l still own the car....Enzo Ferrari told the Jaguar founder William Lyons at the Geneva Motor show "this is the car l always wanted to build ".....

[@colehara]

That show was great. The new version is pretty darn good as well.

[@black5f]

Poor old Jag. it's revolutionary 60's car, didn't stand a chance against the 80's corvette but I'd have that lovely old Jag any day in any condition. Oh, my daily summer runner is a 90's Z28. Jag now worth what ... £120k - £200k?

[@johndrake2729]

I think the dame driving the Vette was on The A Team.

[@shakthidhasan4544]

Damn those are some short shorts.

[@philpreston8658]

Love how they put a cushion for Selleck to sit on, so it looks like he's way too tall for the car. In reality, they have so much leg room it's not funny.

[@cl759]

I was going to say, car too small or tom too big

[@Schultzy1992]

What ya expect he is 6'4

[@misscrouch]

Why are you all hating on his shorts? They do be looking good on my boy Thomas.

[@fredsalfa]

Check out those shorts !

[@kevinjohnson8792]

Harry high pants for sure.lol

[@silence-selfenquiry7812]

Where will I be able to watch or download magnum pi 80s version .

[@williamlucas7978]

Its almost funnier when u dont see Higgins reaction.

[@everythingclassic1705]

This isn't the only TV show or movie that depicted the Jaguar this way. Movies like Love Letters or That's Life in some way had similar scenes, which were perhaps inspired by the real situations the screenwriters, or producers, or directors had with their own Jags.

[@dirgramsey6132]

The 308 must have some deep seats.

[@garyhaber333]

I would rather have the E type. Even if its a garage find, it's now worth 5-6 times more than that vette.

[@DIZAZZO]

@Peter C Good luck, she's probably in her 70's now...

[@DIZAZZO]

@Peter C Man, I owe you apologies. I googled her, and she is 60 years old and stunning... Lol

[@olivierjunkar1253]

Which episode is it ?? I can't remember it

[@elfistro6717]

Some things don’t change, jags are still a money pit! 😂

[@0xyg3n]

Size wise, the car matches the pants.

[@Californiansurfer]

English cars voltage is reverse polarity. I worked on them in1990, great video.

[@Nickolas52]

Many English cars were typically "Negative Earth", aka grounded via the positive terminal of the battery. There was an almost wholesale switch over to negative ground beginning in the mid-60s with the introduction of alternator charging systems, replacing generator systems. For the E-type, the switch over happened with the advent of the 4.2 litre engine in late 1964, so Sellek's E was negative ground.

[@Mercedes4eva]

I picked up a tool from a retired builder's house a few years ago and saw 2 Speedsters in his garage. He told me that he can't get them to run so I offered to take a look at the SUs but he did not want to. Pity....

[@mousel5424]

The true voice of magnum good my way i look in french thang you Hollywood

[@dinos7185]

The E-TYPE. Never had a fan belt ( they were cooled by electric fan ) as the so called mechanic on the show quoting he replaced the fan belt...

[@Nickolas52]

Good catch, and right on. No fan belt. Two other belts though, driving the water pump and the generator/alternator depending on model year. AC cars additionally complex.

[@philpreston8658]

A belt ran the generator and water pump. Use of the term "fan belt" is pretty generic.

[@bmitch1926]

What turned the alternator

[@michaelbrown5838]

T.C. was a brilliant mechanic, an expert pilot, and one of the best most loyal friends a guy could have.

[@tim2468]

So sad to see a stunning XKE portrayed like that ; - (

[@Nickolas52]

I think the saddest thing in the entire clip is those shorts.

[@lorimiller4301]

Nickolas I don't mind the shorts but the grey hair is tacky. I never liked Carol. No problem looking at Magnum though.

[@johndrake2729]

Exactly what I thought! Guess a clapped-out Nova wasn't available.

[@healthyamerican]

you must always buy two british cars...one to drive and the other for parts,,and dont forget a large net to catch the parts that fall off while going down the road

[@Nickolas52]

I made one MGB from three. That was in the late 70s when they were cheap, like E-types. People bought them and drove them and didn't maintain them. They broke down a lot. And parts were expensive because they had to come from England and the British Motor Corporation was not especially good at supply management. Not so now. Once you have a British sportscar up to snuff and then maintain it, you only need one to deliver maximum smiles per hour.

[@harveyepstein6265]

I think the McLaren is a good car. In England Ford stands for Found On Rubbish Dump. Your country doesn't seem so healthy now ,American.

[@Thereishope664]

The E-Type has had the last laugh. You would need to part with 100K for a good roadster today.

[@BanquetNZ]

those shorts though

[@onerewdone5516]

LoL, those shorts ...

[@anticorruptionagenda5106]

lol he just bought the car!!

[@danielserrano591]

standard s.

[@master-kq3nw]

haha old jaguar magnum loves only ferari

[@jack1394]

I wish Magnum kept the E-Type as his own personal car after tending to its repair properly. Say Higgins takes the 308, Magnum employs the use of this beauty. Ah well.

[@bbqking7410]

Magnum was better off driving the GMC K5 Jimmy in this situation!!!

[@garyhaber333]

How tall was Tom??

[@Nickolas52]

6 foot 4 inches. Still is.

[@thedragonofdojima4157]

Nickolas yup

[@martinetarchamp4308]

Beau gars😄😄😄

[@aidanburns7511]

thats not right to me thats like seeing a hero die

[@brettwyatt7165]

I bet originally magnum was going to drive around in a etype but he does look ridiculous in that Jag and so they looked around for something else .. maybe even a Corvette or a Mustang but they decided on a Ferrari.

[@redmr2na]

Brett Wyatt I'm sure he was supposed to but then Jag said No. Jaguar PR people were not great at making friends in hollywood back in the 70s and 80s. This is why Roger Moore drove a Volvo p1800 in The Saint. The producers went to Jaguar and asked politely for a E-type and Jag said Fuck you and as the producers were walking out the gate Volvo said Hey, got a car for ya.

[@johndrake2729]

Producers initially wanted Magnum to drive a Porsche 928S.

[@johndrake2729]

@@redmr2na They made up for it with Return Of The Saint -- Ian Ogilvy driving an XJS.

[@teresitagazda9993]

En español por favor gracias

[@kavinskysmith4094]

Well what you have to remember is he's 6 foot something, the moss gearbox doesnt have a synchromesh for 1st gear, it had 3 tripple choke SU carbs, and they were built on the cheap and thus had alot of problems. as Jag wasnt making that much money on them, about 10 cents to every dollar back then basically, banking on volume to make up for the 10% profit and British leeland was so bad back then that cars made at certain factories could be worse or better based on who made them. and Jags made pre 1965 before british leeland were better than the post ones, and this is one of the post ones. and its been about 50 years, 30 years since the 1980's so that was a 20 some year old car that wasnt worth anything, and the 308 has gone up in price, considerably to the point where it was worth 2 testarossa's and back then it had fix on fix on fix, and Hawaii is the other side of the planet from england, so just try and find parts for it without the use of the internet, not to mention anyone who can even work on that thing. and also it looks stupid on him, like a giant clowncar lol and the car was only good for a 120 mph, a C3 was 145 with a 454, the 308 was 155 in its early form of 255 HP before they got strangled by the smog things, hence why they used an early 1977 or 1979 car for the first 3 years. so while its easy to point and laugh and say you so stupid in retrospect here, what you have to remember is the circumstances of it and its not a series 1, and we dont know what the liters were. so for all we know it was a bondo dog on its way to the crusher before they saved it here for use in the show, much like they did with the inspector morse jaguar.

[@Nickolas52]

Well, not quite. This particular car is a US-Spec Series 2 with dual Zenith-Stromberg carbs and all-synchromesh 4-speed gearbox. The later cars are actually a little better sorted out than the earlier ones with better brakes, better cooling system and other improvements. I have owned a Series 1½ E-type for over 34 years and can tell you it is by no means a poorly built car. It is an amazing car in all respects. The fact that I've kept it this long attests to that.

[@skrutinizr9372]

Keep in mind that most of what Mr. Smith posted was complete gibberish pulled out of his arse. The car used in that episode was sprayed with a dull coat and he sat on a pillow to exaggerate the size. That car is still in Hawaii, albeit a different island now. The value is right in line with 308's varying from $50K for a ratty driver to well into six figures for low mile pristine ones.

[@waterbuffalosick4735]

Seine Shorts 😂😂😂

[@petyrkowalski9887]

Pathetic and sterotypical US portrayal of a British sports car vs "fantastic" Amercian "sports" cars which of course are all fabulous and high quality.....

[@DimitriTheSaint]

And no comments yet on the ridiculous shorts he is wearing ??? and with a wedgie on top of that !!!

[@danielserrano591]

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[@timpriddy349]

Meh.....68 or 69.......67 and earlier are the true money makers

[@Nickolas52]

If money's what you're after and all things equal, yes. Value comes down to condition. Given the choice, to pass up a good S2 for a clapped up S1 is surrendering to a paradigm. The S2s are in some ways evolved and others (courtesy of the US 1968 Federal Regulations ) devolved but they are overall better cars in every way but the aesthetic.

[@lorimiller4301]

Nickolas It usually comes down to form or function. Sometimes you get lucky and have both but not often.

[@danielserrano591]

I.D.symbol

[@MrSnow-dx1pr]

L M A O

[@Colt-tf6xf]

They had to remove the bottom seatcushion on the Ferrari so he didn't sit in a similar fashion depicted in the Jaguar, and by the way, the reliability of the Jaguar wasn't exaggerated, British cars are truly a joke.

[@harveyepstein6265]

McLaren is better than anything the US makes. F ound O n R ubbish D ump.

[@harveyepstein6265]

Enzo Ferrari told the Jaguar founder William Lyons at the Geneva Motor show "this is the car l always wanted to build Suck it ,citizen of a Third World Country.

[@Ze_Hans]

@@harveyepstein6265 He calls British cars a joke while he probabaly doesent even have a driving licence. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡

[@q-bert6454]

Awful just awful show

[@Nickolas52]

Ah, c'mon Q-Bert, how do you *really* feel?

[@q-bert6454]

Feel awful about the show 😺

[@danielserrano591]

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