Quality, innit? It's 'souped up' too, so would be a hoot to drive: a great balance between class, sportiness and comfort!Originally Posted by struth
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Quality, innit? It's 'souped up' too, so would be a hoot to drive: a great balance between class, sportiness and comfort!
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A 3.8 Mk.II Jag is not exactly slow to start with and can be made to go rather well. Handling and brakes are not marvellous by modern standards, but can also be improved. It was amongst the first cars to be fitted with disc brakes. It's one of my all time favourites and still one of the best looking saloons ever made I think.Quality, innit? It's 'souped up' too, so would be a hoot to drive: a great balance between class, sportiness and comfort!
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Yup, completely agree. It's a similar situation with my Merc: a 3.5L V6 C350 CDI isn't slow to start either, but once Brabus tuned and fitted with uprated brakes, sports suspension and bigger wheels/low-profile tyres, etc, it can also be "made to go rather well"!
The parallels are similar, actually, with it and the (tuned) MKII Jag, above: a classy car as standard, made sportier and even nicer to drive with some judicious modifications, which is why I like both of them.
Same here on both counts!It's one of my all time favourites and still one of the best looking saloons ever made I think.
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
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Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
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Judging by the air intake and the door mirror, I'd say it's a Series 3.
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Love all of those, but the problem is most would only be of use as a 'second car' - something you take out for a spin on a sunny Sunday afternoon. The MKII Jag, on the other hand, could quite easily be used every day, more practically, and for me, be just as much fun!
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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