Jaguar Mk10 or 420G

[fausTVR]

Does anybody here have any ownership experience of these? What did you love or hate about it?

I've always liked these and the yearning isn't getting any weaker, I bet they can drink for England, wallow through the curves and fill up the road like an SUV, but for that interior I could forgive almost anything. I expect it needs an unleaded head conversion perhaps and parts are scarce?

They seem to be in the £12 - 25k zone presently so not a light hearted purchase nowadays.

Anyone?

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Thankyou both. Yes, I'm sure it's wise to find the best I can rather than save a few quid on a middling scruffy example, good advice for most old cars IMO. I can just see that fish supper being scoffed on those picnic tables!

I'm glad to hear unleaded is fine, it will cost enough to feed as it is. I'd expect around 14 mpg and that's got to hurt. I understand the 3.8 had low and high compression engines (250 or 265 bhp) the latter being rare, not so sure the 4.2 was an improvement in any way?

I'm assuming the 420G was an improved car in various ways.

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Oliver Reed

That's the point for me, I hope to have a good laugh in it. Lyons himself used one as his everyday transport which says a lot.

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Thanks for all these brilliant contributions, seem there's a lot of love out there for these old beasts.
This one has a bit part in this The Comic Strip Presents episode, about 10 mins in.
https://youtu.be/IRYzHdnGiIY

Edit to say NSFW

Edited by fausTVR on Friday 19th October 19:46