1950 ies Mark 7
I have come into possession of 2 Jaguar Mark VII s.

Now, I am trying to figure out what to do.

I am in Southern California, therefore the bodies are really well preserved.
One car (the more complete of the two) has virtually zero rust, while the other has rust in/around trunk/boot or rear of the car and surface rust .

Looks like these were started and stopped to be worked on for quite some time.
The motors and transmissions are either gone or in pieces.

Would a later model 3.8 I6 work just as well ?
They look the same all the way to the eighties and nineties...

Any suggestions what to do ?

Of course if anyone has any interest in these: they are available to any dedicated restorer.
Since I am mostly a Mercedes -'guy' these will be a little further down on my list.

Alex in Los Angeles

 

Bodies in the state you say these are in would be of great interest to a person restoring a car, because there are no panels available for these cars at all, everything has to be made from scratch.

Due to the expense of restoration, there aren't all that many cars around now, but there are quite a few in Europe, particularly Germany of all places, so you might get interest if they were advertised in European publications. Shipping around the world is now commonplace. Or a US-based Jaguar restorer might want them.

Engine wise these cars started with the 3.4 litre XK engine, and later on may have had the 3.8. Any XK engine up to around 1967 is suitable, with the gearboxes being the manual Moss box, or the Borg-Warner automatic.

 

If you want to restore one and part one out I would be VERY interested in the steering gearbox for my brother's 1952 MK VII. It is very worn and replacements seem hard to find.

You could restore one and make a 'resto-mod' out of the other with more modern drivetrain?????

bob gauff