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Started by MSwiss , Dec 10 2024 01:19 PM

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#1 MSwiss

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Posted 10 December 2024 - 01:19 PM

A 19-who-knows-what-year Jaguar 420.

 

The owner daily drives it, as I see it almost every time I ride by or stop at my favorite sandwich shop in Hinsdale.

 

I may have posted about this car many years ago. 

 

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Posted 10 December 2024 - 02:14 PM

The 420 was in production from 1966-68, but if there's a way to tell what exact year it is from visual cues, I don't know them.

 

That's a great-looking sandwich!


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Posted 10 December 2024 - 02:53 PM

I'm disappointed. I was expecting a Model T.  :wink3:


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Posted 10 December 2024 - 04:20 PM

Me, too. Bill!  :laugh2:


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Posted 10 December 2024 - 04:25 PM

Actually I would be the British car guy! :)


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Posted 10 December 2024 - 04:27 PM

Cheater worked for a Jaguar parts seller for a long time and has edited a Jaguar club publication for nearly 10 years.


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Eight-time G7 King track single lap world record holder

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Posted 10 December 2024 - 05:08 PM

Right hand steering. How fun! Can't say I like saloons much. Put a Corvette 327 and BW T-10 in a Mk 10 once. Not sure why, but that is what the guy wanted. A Mk 10 is close to the 420 model.

 

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I too thought it was going to be about an early Ford. Seems to be his current affliction.  Forgot he was involved with JCNA.  


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Posted 10 December 2024 - 05:45 PM

Cheater worked for a Jaguar parts seller for a long time and has edited a Jaguar club publication for nearly 10 years.

 

True but his Sunbeam Tiger has never left the garage! LOL Come on, Greg!


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Posted 10 December 2024 - 06:39 PM

Things are happening on that front, Mike. You should give me a call.


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Posted 11 December 2024 - 10:11 AM

Ask him how many Jaguars he has. Bet I have more.

 

In my glory years, I also was an editor for a couple British marque clubs, as well as secretary to two, plus a board member, secretary and asst. editor to the VSCDA. Having come out of all that with my life, I can assure you that just being the editor of a marque club newsletter is all the excitement most people can handle. You don't need a car.  :heat:


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Posted 11 December 2024 - 01:32 PM

That's a great-looking sandwich!

 

Yes, it was.

 

It's the Hinsdale outpost for Fontano's, an iconic grocery store/sandwich shop in the old Italian neighborhood near U of I, Chicago Circle Campus.

 

They are closed on Monday,  so going on Tuesday meant the bread was most likely going to be real fresh, which it was.

 

I had to go back earlier today to retrieve my hat, so I took the time to check out the interior.

 

Can interiors have patina or just the body?

 

Notice the keys left in the ignition. LOL.

 

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Posted 11 December 2024 - 03:54 PM

Too unique for someone to steal. 

 

I have a girl cousin that always leaves her car keys on the dash. She has been driving longer than me, and never had a car stolen. And she drives some pretty nice cars. I, on the other hand, have had three broken into. The Roadrunner, a '79 Honda Civic, and an '89 Chrysler LeBaron GTS. Fortunately, in each case the perp wasn't able to get away.

 

Good thing about old interiors; you don't have to worry about leaving your used Kleenex on the seat. 


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