True, but then my Jag is an XJSC not an XJS.... ;-)
...either way I just couldn't help myself from parking up and taking the shot, I grew up with the Saint - it was regular Saturday night viewing in England.
The Jensen built E had split bumpers at the front... The S had the solid one piece bumpers.
Jensen only built the original P1800. Then production moved to Sweden. S indicated Swedish origins, the E followed. Only the original had lovely split bumpers. Everything before the E had that lovely swoopy side chrome. The E got shafted with separate straight pieces.
Yes, but the 1800E is most often referred to as the E meaning England as at first it was the P1800 and then the P1800S and then came the P1800ES... As said, the Volvo community refers to the P1800 without a letter as a P1800E highlighting it's origins in Britain, even though the Jensen built ones were of the worst quality and the reason why the P1800 (E) was and will only ever be the only Volvo made in the UK. Probably because we didn't see the full P1800E as IIRC the P1800 kept it's carbed B18B engine here until well, the end...
Some Day, when trying to upload the original jpeg (approx 15 mb) I get this message: 'Alert, the image cannot be uploaded'.
Interesting comments on the Volvo history guys - thank you.
After being in the Volvo scene here for like 10 years before getting a Jag, you get to know a few things... Like how easy the Volvo engine names are to understand and that you know all the engine details (hardware) just by looking at it
Incase you're interested: old Volvo engines (Redblocks, as the engine block is red) state fuel, displacement in deciliters and aspiration type.
B (bensin) = petrol
D = Diesel
18 = 1.8l
24 = 2.4l
A = single carb
B = dual carbs
E = injection
F = injection with O2 sensors with catalytic convertors
G = i jection with O2 sensors without catalytic convertors
ET = injection without catalytic convertors but with turbo charger
FT = injection with O2 sensors with catalytic convertors and with turbo
GT = injection with O2 senaors without catalytoc convertors and with a turbo
Later Redblocks got 3 numbers in their names (like in the later 200, 700, 900 series).
0 = 2 valves per cylinder
4 = 4 valves per cylinder
Only externally purchased engines were given the old system... Like the Renault engines in the 400 series as well as VW's 2.4l 6 cylinder diesel (D24TIC as doesel, 2.4l, turbo with intercooler)
Later 'whiteblock' (unpainted aluminium blocks) engines and external purchases were all named the same way and got a 4th number at the beginning of the numbering block. This highlighted the cylinder numbers... And the end letters were reduced to one, to make it easier as all cars were then catted and ran with O2 sensors and injection. The A, B, E, F, FT, ET, G, GT, ... were replaced by S (suction aka NA) and T (turbo). Finally the end was given a number to show the engine's version...
So you get codes like: B6304S1, D4162T2:
Petrol, 6 cylinders, 3.0l displacement, 4 valves per cylinder, NA as the 1st series
Diesel, 4 cylinders, 1.6l dispkacement, 2 valves per cylinder, turbo, 2nd series
You can't tell if it is a v or inline engine, but if ypu know Volvo, all engines after the V6-disaster were inline apart from the B8444S being the 4.4l V8 from Yamaha
Just to make it easier to understand the brand Swedes, easy minded, straight forward people!
