Larry asks. . .
%The guy says this car runs fine. It has the Borg-Warner automatic. Any
%comments on it ?
and Daren opines. .
% >>My .02 worth; I think they were also called Mark 10s
% for some reason, and I have a distinct vision of them
% being used as police cars. Other than that, nada,
% except my personal opinion that they look *fat* ;-)
% cheers-
% dstone@sc9.intel.com
There were two different incarnations of the 420. The "fat" one being referred
to as the 420G or the Mk10. . no question, one of the largest if not homliest
shapes to ever come out of Coventry.
The other model is one of my favorite to carry the Jaguar name. . it is
basically the crossover model in between the 3.8 MkII's (gorgeous) and the
later XJ-6 models. . most of them have automatics tranny's and obviouslly 420
indicates the 4.2l engine. . my father has one which has the 4 speed with o/d
and it is real nice to drive on the freeway. .although handling is quite
ponderous. They're fairly rare as Jags go. . and parts for the engine are
obviously available.
PS-Dad put new Dayton wires on the 120 a coupla months ago, so we took it out
to I5 for a high speed handling run. . funny. . 130MPH didn't feel like much
more than. .say. . 110!
I am still trying to decide what to do with the MG. .would really like to
restore it to original but I'd also do well to buy a house while the getting
is good. . .sigh. . wish I could just play with motorcycles and cars and not
have to be so mature all the time! :-(
cheers
teej
Triumph (as in, motorcycles)
MG (as in, "in My Garage")
BMW (as in, what to drive on trips to Napa/Sedona/Boonville on hot summer days)
"Nothing can exceed the vanity of our existence but the folly of our
pursuits"-Goldsmith
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