Magnum PI Jaguar E-type S2

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  • Опубліковано 22 жов 2024

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  • @l4n1301
    @l4n1301 3 роки тому +13

    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
    @domais68 6 років тому +26

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

  • @dinos7185
    @dinos7185 7 років тому +22

    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 ".....

  • @matterantimatter5179
    @matterantimatter5179 5 років тому +10

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

  • @colehara
    @colehara 5 років тому +4

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

  • @black5f
    @black5f 4 роки тому +2

    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?

  • @philpreston8658
    @philpreston8658 6 років тому +16

    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
      @cl759 5 років тому

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

    • @Schultzy1992
      @Schultzy1992 2 роки тому

      What ya expect he is 6'4

  • @misscrouch
    @misscrouch 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @johndrake2729
    @johndrake2729 5 років тому +2

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

  • @silence-selfenquiry7812
    @silence-selfenquiry7812 2 роки тому

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

  • @shakthidhasan4544
    @shakthidhasan4544 4 роки тому +4

    Damn those are some short shorts.

  • @everythingclassic1705
    @everythingclassic1705 6 років тому

    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.

  • @williamlucas7978
    @williamlucas7978 5 років тому +4

    Its almost funnier when u dont see Higgins reaction.

  • @garyhaber333
    @garyhaber333 6 років тому +3

    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
      @DIZAZZO 3 роки тому

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

    • @DIZAZZO
      @DIZAZZO 3 роки тому

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

  • @olivierjunkar1253
    @olivierjunkar1253 4 роки тому

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

  • @dinos7185
    @dinos7185 7 років тому +8

    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
      @Nickolas52  7 років тому +1

      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
      @philpreston8658 6 років тому +1

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

    • @bmitch1926
      @bmitch1926 5 років тому

      What turned the alternator

    • @michaelbrown5838
      @michaelbrown5838 5 років тому +1

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

  • @dirgramsey6132
    @dirgramsey6132 5 років тому +1

    The 308 must have some deep seats.

  • @fredsalfa
    @fredsalfa 6 років тому +4

    Check out those shorts !

  • @healthyamerican
    @healthyamerican 7 років тому +8

    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
      @Nickolas52  7 років тому

      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
      @harveyepstein6265 3 роки тому

      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.

  • @mousel5424
    @mousel5424 3 роки тому

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

  • @0xyg3n
    @0xyg3n 3 роки тому

    Size wise, the car matches the pants.

  • @elfistro6717
    @elfistro6717 Рік тому

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

  • @jack1394
    @jack1394 3 роки тому

    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.

  • @tim2468
    @tim2468 7 років тому +12

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

    • @Nickolas52
      @Nickolas52  7 років тому +3

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

    • @lorimiller4301
      @lorimiller4301 6 років тому

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

    • @johndrake2729
      @johndrake2729 5 років тому

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

  • @onerewdone5516
    @onerewdone5516 5 років тому +1

    LoL, those shorts ...

  • @Californiansurfer
    @Californiansurfer 6 років тому +1

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

    • @Nickolas52
      @Nickolas52  6 років тому

      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
      @Mercedes4eva Рік тому

      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....

  • @Thereishope664
    @Thereishope664 2 роки тому

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

  • @anticorruptionagenda5106
    @anticorruptionagenda5106 Рік тому

    lol he just bought the car!!

  • @BanquetNZ
    @BanquetNZ 3 роки тому

    those shorts though

  • @master-kq3nw
    @master-kq3nw 2 роки тому

    haha old jaguar magnum loves only ferari

  • @bbqking7410
    @bbqking7410 5 років тому

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

  • @brettwyatt7165
    @brettwyatt7165 6 років тому

    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
      @redmr2na 6 років тому

      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
      @johndrake2729 5 років тому

      Producers initially wanted Magnum to drive a Porsche 928S.

    • @johndrake2729
      @johndrake2729 5 років тому

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

  • @garyhaber333
    @garyhaber333 6 років тому

    How tall was Tom??

  • @martinetarchamp4308
    @martinetarchamp4308 3 роки тому

    Beau gars😄😄😄

  • @DimitriTheSaint
    @DimitriTheSaint 5 років тому +1

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

  • @kavinskysmith4094
    @kavinskysmith4094 8 років тому +1

    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
      @Nickolas52  8 років тому +4

      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
      @skrutinizr9372 7 років тому +2

      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.

  • @aidanburns7511
    @aidanburns7511 8 років тому

    thats not right to me thats like seeing a hero die

  • @danielserrano591
    @danielserrano591 Рік тому

    standard s.

  • @teresitagazda9993
    @teresitagazda9993 2 роки тому

    En español por favor gracias

  • @danielserrano591
    @danielserrano591 Рік тому

    eel

  • @petyrkowalski9887
    @petyrkowalski9887 6 років тому +6

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

  • @danielserrano591
    @danielserrano591 Рік тому

    arm

  • @timpriddy349
    @timpriddy349 6 років тому

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

    • @Nickolas52
      @Nickolas52  6 років тому

      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
      @lorimiller4301 6 років тому

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

  • @MrSnow-dx1pr
    @MrSnow-dx1pr 6 років тому

    L M A O

  • @danielserrano591
    @danielserrano591 Рік тому

    I.D.symbol

  • @Colt-tf6xf
    @Colt-tf6xf 5 років тому

    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
      @harveyepstein6265 3 роки тому

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

    • @harveyepstein6265
      @harveyepstein6265 3 роки тому +2

      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
      @Ze_Hans Рік тому

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

  • @q-bert6454
    @q-bert6454 6 років тому +2

    Awful just awful show

    • @Nickolas52
      @Nickolas52  6 років тому +1

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

    • @q-bert6454
      @q-bert6454 6 років тому

      Feel awful about the show 😺