Arron65’s Ford Fairlane showed the enduring appeal of misaligned chrome and was well spotted by Yanns Mohrtenssen, but what about this?
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– Posted on May 2, 2014
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Arron65’s Ford Fairlane showed the enduring appeal of misaligned chrome and was well spotted by Yanns Mohrtenssen, but what about this?
That is a Jaguar XJ sedan. Let’s say mid-70s Series II.
XJ6 for sure
Yep, SI or SII XJ it is. If that’s the factory paint colour it’s either:
Signal Red – available at additional cost on the Series I 4.2 Jaguar/Daimler from 9/68 – 10/72, or it’s
Regency Red – a standard Jaguar/Daimler Series I and II colour from 10/72 until the end of S II production 2/79. Appearing on a SII car means it may be an XJ coupe.
Fingers crossed…
That’s was I’d call sleuthing……
Too easy.
I would think it would be hard to hit the right point between “too easy” and “too hard” on these clue photos. It seems that if you include a line or curve that’s the slightest bit emblematic of a particular model, six people will have the correct answer in the first hour; but if you just have generic paint or vinyl or chrome, it could be any of a dozen different vehicles from five different manufacturers.
I find solving these harder than most. I’ve been stumped on half a dozen different vehicles that when the answer is revealed, a facepalm is my immediate reflex, particularly when the vehicle is one that I’ve owned. The current one is an example – I know I’ve seen that line but can’t remember for the life of me what I saw it on.
Darn I was simply going to say “European” based on the amber turn signal.
I know “we” hotly debate this but I still prefer amber for front and rear turn signals.
I prefer the sequential set up of the ’65 TBird. But they’re not listening to me.
If all indicators were that cool people may actually use them and in good time, God knows most only switch on fog lamps for attention-seeking irrespective of conditions.
OK, I’ll be civil now.
lol, constantly on fog lamps have consistently been a “Pontiac” problem but now Pontiac is dead, who will assume the mantle of “always on fog lamps”.
Hyundais driven by bogans have already taken over.
Drives me nuts when I see fog lights on in the daytime on a clear day…
I prefer the sequential set up of the ’65 TBird. But they’re not listening to me.
Yes they are. The Mustang has had sequential turn signals since 2010. You can get aftermarket sequencers for earlier models.
When I saw this my first thought was something like m
MG 1100.
How about this?
Do doo do do do! I love that theme!
Wanted to give a big thumbs-up to the corresponding article, but it seems comments there are disabled. Great to see so much Jaguar in one article… and equally interesting to finally see the Daimler equivalent that’s mentioned throughout my documentation. Thanks for another great post!