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| This was meant to be the Rootes Group's answer to the Mini. |
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| It's a Jaguar XJ6. But what engine size? Which series? Which year? |
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| Any differences from the first car? |
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| This one is truly tricky. Nearly had me stumped. |
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| Jaguar. But which Mark? And which engine size? |
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| How much information can you provide about this car? |
The answers to last year's Classic British Car Quiz:
1. Triumph TR5 [The TR6's headlights were either end of the grille]
2. MG MGB
3. Daimler SP250 Dart
4. Rover 3.5 Litre Coupe [later P5B model with V8 engine]
5. Reliant Scimitar GTE
6. Rover 3500 [bonnet bulges tell of a V8 engine underneath]
7. MG MGB GT [late model, rubber bumpers]
8. Reliant Scimitar GTE
Last year's winner was Anonymous, who scored seven out of eight (wrongly identifying Car 6 as a Rover 2000).
This time last year:
End of year Classic British Car Quiz
This time two years ago:
The poet's gift - an exploration into Why One Writes
This time four years ago:
Advertising H&M on Warszawa Centralna station
This time six years ago:
Jeziorki in the snow
This time eight years ago:
Staying Underground: Piccadilly Circus
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2 comments:
Great quiz, and a lot older than the cars I see in Warsaw (although have seen a couple of Ford Cortinas recently!)
Best guesses as follows:
1) Hillman Imp, K registration 1971/2
2) Jaguar XJ6, H reg so August 69 / July 1970, and therefore Series 1. 2,8 litre?
3) Another Hillman Imp? 1968/9 vintage. Slightly older than the first. Also it might be a Peugeot 405 behind on the trailer.
4) Hopefully, given the headlights, a Gilbert GT. Registered in 1965 (before we moved to an August to July registration year) and I suspect first registered in my home town of Stockport (given the -JA in the first 3 letters. I remember JJA 1 was always on the mayor's car when I was growing up.)
5) Jaguar Mark 2. Predates the XJ6 above, and always remind me of Inspector Morse. It's a 1965 plate, which may mean it has a 50 year old gas guzzling 3.8 litre given the grills in the bonnet. I don't see may that old around Coventry and Warwick now, they are all much newer!
6) Triumph Vitesse? Mark 2 - note the 2 on the wing and radiator grill. 1968/9 from the plates.
John - outstanding work.
Five and half out of six...! An a bit extra for the Peugeot 405 (in dragstrip Funny Car configuration). The Jag Mk II has wire wheels and the more open rear wheel arches, and is indeed a 3.8l. Getting the Gilbern right (I took 'Gilbert' to be a typo) was hugely impressive. I had to walk up close to see the name on a hubcap. Britain made many limited-run sports saloons at that time - Ginetta, Peerless, Gordon Keeble...
Half a point off for the Triumph Vitesse... it's not a Mark 2; the '2' on the bonnet side refers to the engine size - it's a two-litre. The six-cylinder engined version of the Herald, identifiable by four headlights, was initially offered with a 1.6l engine, and then from 1966 bored out to two litres. The Mk 2 Vitesse had a full-width grille and Rostyle wheel trims.
Brilliant answers though - this time next year (hopefully) another round-up of British Classics!
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