Jay rolled out this video today.

Nice car.

 

Great looking Jag

Don't have time at the moment to watch the entire video but look forward to it later.

Jay's mis-pronunciation of "Jaguar" is a bit amusing. He says "Jag-wah".

Cheers
DD

 

Watching it now.... Glad to see the coupe (and soon the series 2 sedans) are getting some over due recognition as great collector cars.

 

Petrolicious article about the car
https://petrolicious.com/articles/th...nk-to-his-past

 

Great car and good story. The article mentions the dual tank thing in the first paragraph. I dont get it. Why is this considered interesting to so many? Novel yes, but as a practical matter its frought with peril.

I have my tanks bridged so as I go about my day to day driving and I dont worry about the switch or valve malfunctions and can still fill up from either side.

 

I think it's just the mystery of the two tanks and filler caps, it doesn't compute with a lot of people, they want it to be one tank like most vehicles...IMO xj's are one of the few cars where the filler caps are an attractive design feature.

Be interested to know how you bridged your tanks - I'm in the early stages of full strengthening and upgrading an XJC and was thinking this might be a good idea...

 

Mine simply has a 'T' at the front of the right tank. Engine draws gas from both tanks. The switch only selects gas gauge in whichever tank.
(';')

 

1. Jay Leno's speaks in the dialect of his upbringing. Jaguar included.


2. Naah, my 85 Ford 150 had two tanks and two filler caps. Not learned, til my first fill up!!!!


3. I learned of my Jaguar's oddity early on, when it almost stalled in traffic !


4. I kinda like the Ballet like ritual when I tank up!


5. The most amusing was a past picture of a Jaguar in the center, tanking up from two pumps, one to the right, and one to the left!!!


Carl

 

I have a 67 3/4 ton international harvester travelall with two very large tanks, nightmare getting fuel into it as the newer gas pumps don't fit the vertical fuel filler tubes...it basically comes back out due to pump speed as seen in the paint damage in this old photo of it...

Same switchable tank logic as the XJ's....

 

The Equalizer drove the 4-door. Loved that car in that TV series.

 

I think the English vs American argument is silly. We just have different accents, and an American emulating the way Brits say Jaguar sounds ridiculous.

However, if you say Jagwire, we have a problem.



Jay really knows his stuff, I was surprised he was so far off on the years for Jaguar winning at Le Mans.

 

Easy answer. It's considered interesting because it's novel

Cheers
DD

 

It does. Sort like a Yank saying "G'day, mate". It just doesn't come off right


I have some friends who pronounce it that way simply because they think it will annoy me. And, it fact, it does. But I'll never let it show

Most Americans say "Jag-wahr". Jay says "Jag-wah"...no "R" sound. I've only heard one other person say it that way. Where is Jay from? Boston, I think?


Cheers
DD

 

My Mopar loving friend liked my Jaguar.

 

There was a thread somewhere regarding bridging of tanks. It was argued that parking on a left-right incline with fairly full tanks could shift petrol from one into the other, possibly causing it to overflow.

 

Only if the anti-backflow valve doesn't work.
Mine has Never overflowed while parked on such a slant.
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Only if the anti-backflow valve doesn't work.
Mine has Never overflowed while parked on such a slant.

This is no doubt over my paygrade. I admit to being confused, but still curious. This 75 is a twin-Strangleberg carbed car, presumably with twin SU fuel pumps that serve as the anti-backflow valves. So if you kept them, would you not have to deal with the tanks separately?

On a FI car, I'm wondering if keeping the anti-backflow valves would prevent the tanks from equilibrating, thereby defeating the purpose of not having to switch between tanks. Also, to which tank would the return fuel go?

I agree that it might be rare to encounter a slant that would overfill a tank even if the anti-backflow were defeated.

 

On the F.I. cars the anti-back flow valve is downstream of the fuel pump so it wouldn't solve a left-right transfer problem.

The possibility of overflow when parking on a slant comes up often as joining the tanks is fairly popular. In reality the problem never seems to actually materialize...or nobody mentions it, at least.

Cheers
DD

 

My car is one of those "travesties" that give Traditionalists hives.

It came to me with a Non-FI Chevy 350 under the hood/bonnet.
The Previous Owner said he had the tanks plumbed together, but the 'T' looks factory to me, I think he merely disabled the pumps. The engine draws from both tanks at the same time more or less equally.

I do park on a slant sometimes, even with full tanks, but overflow of the lower tank has never happened.
(';')

 

Jay really needs to showcase a V12 Xj12 series II to compare to this coupe. He will find that the smoothness of the V12 overrides any other sensations he may have felt driving that 6 cly coupe. My 1979 XJ12L is pristine. Maybe I'll holler at Jay. Get on the show.