Just had a drive of a nicely restored Mark V. What a lovely car to drive even though it has light truck crossplies fitted at the moment and was running on ULP not premium. The old Sir Bill had it right back in the good old days. For me there's no Jag like an old Jag!
Graham
It will feel much better on crossplies than on radials, for which it was not designed. In particular, you get much better steering feel. Mk V has a relatively cooking, pre-war, Standard-based push-rod engine. Certainly doesn't require high octane, although it will need hardened valve seats if it going to run on unleaded all the time.
Lovely old car, but it was an antique when it was built. Very much a stop-gap until the Mk VII came along. There was talk of putting the new XK in it, but decision was taken to wait for the completely new car.
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You don't say if it was a 2.5 or a 3.5. The bigger engine is rated at
125 bhp at 4250 rpm. Bags of torque, though. 'Motor' achieved a 0-60 mph time of 14.7 and a standing quarter at 20.2. 102bhp was claimed for the 2.5.No. You are thinking of the overhead valve head, which was introduced on the SS Jaguar in 1936. Still push-rod operated, though. We were talking about fuels. The 3.5 has a compression ratio of only 6.75:1 and the 2.5 of 7.3:1, so no high octance requirement here. UK Fuel quality wasn't very high in those post-war years.
No such thing as a Mark IV, other than retrospectively. These were marketed simply as Jaguar 2.5 and 3.5 saloons and drophead coupes. (The SS name having been dropped for obvious reasons.) The were, effectively, identical to the pre-war SS Jaguar 2.5 and 3.5 saloons and drophead coupies produced up to 1940. Real '30s style indeed.
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