Pictures of your Classic in Action
Discussion
Chunkychucky said:
AllezWasps said:
That is stunning - love the colour, colour-coded wires and the rear Coombs spats... RichB said:
Chunkychucky said:
What are Coombe spats, may I ask? Rich- Coombs or sports spats were seen in period on the Mk2’s (and Mk1s I believe) that raced at the time- obviously Coombs race prepared Mk2s are well known- I’m not sure if John Coombs actually developed the spat or not. Jaguar cars from the 50’s often had full or half rear wheel spats and most road going Mk2’s still sport the ‘fuller’ rear wheel spats. I can’t ever recall seeing a race prepared Mk2 with anything less than sports spats and some had no spats at all.
In my view the sports/ Coombs spats look far better.
RichB said:
I suppose I'd never given it much thought, so thanks. I always assume the Mk1 had full spats and the Mk2 none however I see now that I've been missing the fine details. So is this Mk2 wearing the Coombs spats or Jaguar's own small spats?
Rich, I’m not sure but they might be one and the same. I think sports spats were just referred to as Coombs spats because of the fact Coombs prepared cars were racing at the time. As an aside, that car appears to be running on after market wider tyres and has had a bit of a modern interior makeover which isn’t my thing at all! Edited by RichB on Friday 20th August 20:21
AllezWasps said:
... <clip> As an aside, that car appears to be running on after market wider tyres and has had a bit of a modern interior makeover which isn’t my thing at all!
Ah yes, I hadn't noticed that, rear head rests etc. Not my thing either, I just clipped a pic from Google images. RichB said:
AllezWasps said:
... <clip> As an aside, that car appears to be running on after market wider tyres and has had a bit of a modern interior makeover which isn’t my thing at all!
Ah yes, I hadn't noticed that, rear head rests etc. Not my thing either, I just clipped a pic from Google images. Lily the Pink said:
RichB said:
AllezWasps said:
... <clip> As an aside, that car appears to be running on after market wider tyres and has had a bit of a modern interior makeover which isn’t my thing at all!
Ah yes, I hadn't noticed that, rear head rests etc. Not my thing either, I just clipped a pic from Google images. kimducati said:
Lily the Pink said:
I don't dislike them. I don't think they were around in the early 60s.
They were around in the 50's - my old (and long gone) Riley RME had one which I'd be surprised if not original fit - it was quite crusty in 1971 when I bought the car.Kim
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