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1968 Jaguar S-Type 3.8 [XJ3]

1968 Jaguar S-Type [XJ3] in Stoned, Movie, 2005

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1968 Jaguar S-Type 3.8 [XJ3]

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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G-MANN ◊ 2022-01-16 18:45	I think the registration is WGK446G.
dsl ◊ 2022-01-16 20:21	.... which probably makes it this one picky wrote This is a 1968 S Type, ordered by the met police, it is a special order by them of approx 250 cars,and until recently was thought to be the only car surviving. It has many non standard items, too many to list here. However, it is a 3.8 with a low ratio back axle. it's very fast! It has no leather interior, it's plastic! no wood veneer, and no rev counter, and for the more eagle eyed of you out there, no leaping cat. It has been seen in many films. Its biggest film role was the BBC TV drama "The Long Firm" with Mark Strong Urban legend says that many police S-Types had full spec E-Type 3.8 engines, but unsure if this would apply on a 68 car, 3+ years after the E-Type went to 4.2.
S_types ◊ 2022-01-22 14:48	Jaguar Engineering Schedule, ref. A.202, which is a supplement to the main ‘S’-type Engineering Schedule, ref. A.175, covers the variations made on ‘S’-type Police cars. It runs about 70 pages. All ‘S’-type Police cars were delivered with 3.4 litre engines. The original design of the XK engine was as a 3.4 litre. At this capacity, it had thicker cylinder walls and was considered a more rugged engine for police work. There was also a belief that the lighter weight of the 3.4 more than made up for the 10 horsepower less than the 3.8 and gave the car better balance and handling. The only factory ‘non-standard’ on the Police car engines was the fitting of a 43 amp LUCAS alternator instead of dynamo, but the electrical system was still positive earth. This was a requirement to meet the higher loads from the additional electrical equipment, radio, lights and bells, particularly when a police car was parked at idle.
dsl ◊ 2022-01-22 15:20	S_types wrote All ‘S’-type Police cars were delivered with 3.4 litre engines. That is a surprise if 3.4 only. Many early Police S-Types were bought as patrol cars for Britain's newly expanding motorway network in the mid-60s, where speed to keep up with flat-out E-Types/Astons/Cobras etc would have been a priority over handling; there were no speed limits before Dec 65. This is probably why the legend of E-Type spec engines emerged, but it's a legend, not fact as far as I know. Urban patrol cars - London Met and wherever else - make more sense as 3.4 only for the better handling benefit.
dsl ◊ 2024-04-20 21:44	picky wrote ...its biggest film role was the BBC tv drama "The Long Firm" with Mark Strong As seen here with end 1963 plate 696 GLH

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