2.4, 3.4 & 3.8, although the 2.4 was a bit of a poverty special. It looked almost identical to the others but didn't have leather and was a bit slow in comparison.
This is a very late response to your comment. Jaguar used its Daimler marque to power the Mk2 body with a 2.5 V8. It's a very fine motor and the car has the usual Daimler interior refinements. I like the look of this project, but the videos seem slow in coming.
61 did not have a 4 speed syncro, that was later that one had a non syscro on first I believe. It had a 4 speed Moss box, no syncro on first. Obviously you know the cam covers should not be black.
Coombs should be pronounced "combs." John Coombs modified a handful of Mark 2s in the sixties, no more. Some had modified rear wheel arches, with a piece of copper or brass tubing installed in the channel for the spat weatherstrip. The tubing was lead-loaded and painted body color. These cars did not have detachable spats. So-called "Coombs" spats are indeed narrower than the original factory ones but these are a latter-day invention, not used by any of the original Coombs-modified cars. A genuine Coombs Mark 2 is worth a fortune today but they are exceedingly rare. There are many so-called "Coombs spec" cars around today but these often bear little resemblance to the ones actually modified by the Coombs shop back in the sixties. Geoff Rogers Rogers Motors Jaguar XK and pre-XJ saloon specialists
'All synchromesh on all 4'!! Judging by the gear knob the gearbox is a Moss so it has a straight cut no synchromesh1st and reverse gear! Do your research! I'm so fed up of so called Jaguar experts in the USA that know nothing about Jags! 😂
keep these coming! looking forward to seeing how this project progresses
Great show. Wonderful quality in presentation.
Just purchased a mk2 will be watching everything from a to z. Thanks 😊
Wow, a Packard in the background. Not what I was expecting
Interesting project! I'm pretty sure Jaguar also offered a 2.5 Litre variant of the MK2.
2.4, 3.4 & 3.8, although the 2.4 was a bit of a poverty special. It looked almost identical to the others but didn't have leather and was a bit slow in comparison.
This is a very late response to your comment. Jaguar used its Daimler marque to power the Mk2 body with a 2.5 V8. It's a very fine motor and the car has the usual Daimler interior refinements.
I like the look of this project, but the videos seem slow in coming.
61 did not have a 4 speed syncro, that was later that one had a non syscro on first I believe. It had a 4 speed Moss box, no syncro on first.
Obviously you know the cam covers should not be black.
Coombs should be pronounced "combs." John Coombs modified a handful of Mark 2s in the sixties, no more. Some had modified rear wheel arches, with a piece of copper or brass tubing installed in the channel for the spat weatherstrip. The tubing was lead-loaded and painted body color. These cars did not have detachable spats. So-called "Coombs" spats are indeed narrower than the original factory ones but these are a latter-day invention, not used by any of the original Coombs-modified cars.
A genuine Coombs Mark 2 is worth a fortune today but they are exceedingly rare. There are many so-called "Coombs spec" cars around today but these often bear little resemblance to the ones actually modified by the Coombs shop back in the sixties.
Geoff Rogers
Rogers Motors
Jaguar XK and pre-XJ saloon specialists
Powder coat the exhaust manifolds? I don't think so !
A 61 jag mk 2 had a moss box crash 1st gear not syncro
keep the steelies! wires are OTT these days. ...too reminicent of those atrocious looking mid 80's wannabe chrysler wire hubcabs. boo!
'All synchromesh on all 4'!! Judging by the gear knob the gearbox is a Moss so it has a straight cut no synchromesh1st and reverse gear! Do your research! I'm so fed up of so called Jaguar experts in the USA that know nothing about Jags! 😂