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Correct a post war Jaguar Mk.IV. This one belongs to the owner of the Devshree Palace in Rajasthan, where we stayed and had been in his family from new. It is a 2½ litre model with a Standard Motor Co. short block, originally side valve but with a Jaguar (possibly made by Laystall) bronze cylinder head. The Standard Motor Co. short blocks were quite well regarded and had OHV conversions done by various companies like Morgan as well as Jaguar. The owner was far from complimentary about this car, commenting on the awful gearbox, vague steering and close to non-existent brakes. He said he wished they had the far better Mk.5, like my father had and which he liked a great deal, in fact far more than he liked his successor Mk.VII. I said it maybe needed a trip back to the UK for restoration. He said that it would probably cost more than the value and he would have to fill out endless forms and leave a very substantial deposit to do a temporary export. This photograph is rather flattering of the car, whose paintwork is in quite poor condition. Scanned from Fomapan 200. I have cloned out/cropped off some of the typical Indian rubbish and rusty oil drums in the background. 

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Here's the next car … make and model pleaseĀ 

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Not a PeugeotĀ 

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My mother had the later coupé version of that car. She managed to blow the sump off by continual cold starts with much accelerator pumping until the oil was probably about 50% petrol. It eventually went bang. The dipstick was blown clean through the engine cover and the sump was shredded. She was lucky it did not go on fire. I remember it having a very vague and "twangy" gearshift. 

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Yes there was a coupƩ model too

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Correct Hektor … photographed at the recent Stilton Cheese Classic Car RunĀ 

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30 minutes ago, dkCambridgeshire said:

Correct Hektor … photographed at the recent Stilton Cheese Classic Car RunĀ 

It is a pity the Caravelle/Floride were underpowered.Ā  The mother of a friend had one when I was a teenager.Ā  Nice car.

Here is the next one:

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7 minutes ago, IkarusJohn said:

Probably the pintail one, but I’d better bow out to some one who has something to post.

Close enough. Ā Tipo 105 Ā "Osso di Seppia"Ā  my second Alfa Romeo.Ā  Great car; I should buy another.

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9 minutes ago, IkarusJohn said:

Probably the pintail one, but I’d better bow out to some one who has something to post.

Close enough. Ā Tipo 105 Ā "Osso di Seppia"Ā  my second Alfa Romeo.Ā  Great car; I should buy another.

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