hi new to this forum il put some pics up, its a 3.8 auto should be grey met, but looks sort of brown met at mo, red leather wires, the last owner was half way though fitting an xj6 4.2 with auto box, the original engine was seized since 82 with the plugs out and head gasket gone, well im fitting a 3.8 back in it but i want to make the car manual, ive also bought a 3.8 which is also seized, but though lack of use ive got the head of and the bores have light rust cams head all looks good, any how il give more info and questions later first il put some picks up, cheers adam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

congrats, and good luck, it's a long road and mucho dinero but hey, life is short, enjoy it.

looks like the valve covers were replaced, unless the engine is a 4.2. (those are 4.2 engine valve covers, they are not original to the MK-2). Better make sure what engine is in there.

If it is a 3.8, and you want a pair of the original aluminum valve covers with the original Jaguar logo aluminum oil filler cap, I have them.

 

it is a 4.2 but ive got a 3.8 to go in it

 

probably an early 4.2 from a 420 or Series 1 XJ. An excellent engine, and a lot more power and reliability than the 3.8 you're going to install, also has an Alternator, a lot better than the 3.8 Generator. Think twice about replacing it.

 

Hi

I was talking to an 81 year old man today who once owned a blue 1964 Mk2 3.8.
He owned a garage and he bought it and overhauled in the mid-1970's.

He talked about some modifications he made but I am not a Jaguar owner or even very interested in cars so it went over my head.

He told me he built some kind of air horn arrangement behind the radiator grill.

Anyway this car was stolen in 1975 in Manchester and has never been seen by the owner since. He still has the log-book.

I asked him to find a forum like this and post some photo's of his car as someone might know where it is.

 

A lot of work there, Adam, but no doubt you knew that before you bought the car. I rebuilt a Mark 2 from a bare shell in the 80s so know quite a lot, except being many years ago, my memory may be faded a bit and nheed jogging ! First thing I noticed is there seem to be no closing panels at the back of the front wheel arches.

The car looks to be painted in Opalescent Silver Grey, the same as mine was.

 

Not necessarily true. The 240 and 340 cars had the fluted cam covers. Many of these were retrofitted with the earlier Mark 2 bumpers as they just bolt on.