1963 Jaguar XKE - Jay Leno's Garage
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1963 Jaguar XKE - Jay Leno's Garage
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Amazed that he consults a Jag book- he probably has one of the best collections in the US. Thanks Jay! Your appreciation of fine cars shines through!
I LOVE Jay's passion for his collection and for automobiles in general. I love hearing someone's love for something and he tells us everything we could ever want to know about each car like it's a story . I'm a fan. I miss him in Late Night television too.
I have a lawnmower section in my garage......most of them are still being restored
no doubt you do
Funny you should mention it -- I do too.
And just like a classic discovered in a garage... they have grass and dirt all over them
You own more than 1 lawnmower? You’re richer than I am then!
Me too none of mine are restored…. I also have a classic car section too😁 1978 mg midget is my project car
Love the way Jay always says we did this or that. The man knows it is all about a good team
I called this Jaguar XKE a "Speed boat on wheels" because when it went by the gas station, the "Drag strip" where I worked, during my high school days back in the 60's I've always admired it from afar. Thanks for sharing.
Congrats on an amazing find, Jay! I prefer an original, well-loved car (such as yours) over a fully restored one. My cousin bought a new Series 2 coupe and a new Series 3 roadster, I have vivid memories of being driven around in the coupe. He drove it like he was in a race all the time! I agree with Enzo - in my opinion, the Series 1 is the most beautiful street legal motorcar ever sold to the public.
Personal insults directed against Jay Leno are irrelevant, being a celebrity he is a wealthy man, who clearly spend lots on motor vehicles for the love of them, however unlike many collectors he is happy to share his passion on here for us to see & enjoy. If it was not for the likes of him, these classics would be scrapped & lost forever.
I agree.
Yeah but he's too fat for that car.
XforeverlongingX Don't EVER pass up an opportunity to say nothing.
LarryC213 Lol I like that
XforeverlongingX Thank you.
The most beautiful car ever built...
Have been a car and motorcycle nut since a young age, my passion is 50s 60s US, but I do agree... four wheeled art...
The biologists say "form follows function" 100 percent right.
Can do better....fly like abutterfly, sting like a bee.....jejejeje
absolutely
DaRk KnIgHt
Jay breaks all the rules of show biz.
Doesn't move fast from one topic to another. Talks about niche interests. No dramatic music. Shows personal feelings for his autos, etc.
And ends up with the perfect show for car guys. He is just like us who are crazy for cars.
"My corrosion matches that corrosion!".... that's real dedication 😍, thank you, Jay!
Jay, your passion for the car shows through on your video......and a well deserved passion it is. She is absolutely beautiful.
Love Jays attitude on original stock cars & it all shows when he's driving, pure appreciation of quality engineering.
These are great looking cars. I've seen a few E-types at car shows, but saw a convertible pull up at a cashpoint outside the supermarket last year. Fantastic.
I used to ride to school in the back of one of these, a red one, back in 1965. It belonged to a friend's father. It was uncomfortable as hell squashed into the back but worth every second. Thank you Jay for sharing your vehicle with us. It brought back some great memories.
A GREAT SHOW!!! In the late 60s, in Chicago, my dad’s body shop ended up with a red 62 XKE with old fashion covered Jag headlights. After he died, I drove it but I really preferred my 62 (same color red) Chev Impala Convertible. Before you fall in love with something like this, consider the price of ownership in terms of life as it is. It’s only a fragile car. I always worried about the XKE’s brakes going out mysteriously and I didn’t have the money (or interest) to care for it.
Thanks for watching with me, stay safe. 👍🏽💐🌴
I had a model of this Jaguar as a kid. I painted it red. I’ve loved them ever since. Beautiful car.
This is it. Absolute top of the list. ‘63 series 1 coupe. Does not get any better than that.
"as an original, unmolested car, God its amazing"
Thats jay lenno right there.
What a genuine fella with a love for old cars I bet he loves to roll his sleeves up n get stuck in to a bit of spannering where he can, top man and thanks for sharing 👍
Very nice !!! Very clean !!! I'm a Jaguar fan !!! Always have been !!! Just like Jay says - "Don't mess with it - don't modify it".
Jay was talking about the center console brushed aluminum having no scratches and immediately proceeds to SET A BOOK ON THE 60 YEAR OLD PAINT!
All us comfortable common sense gearheads appreciate what JAY does...keep it up Buddy. Dead mans curve is a breeze.
Blessed with extremely deep pockets for this collection.
I had a XKE while stationed at Seymour Johnson AFB in 1975. It was parked at the dorms. It never moved and I always stop to look at it to and from work. One day a person saw me looking it over and asked me if I liked it. I answered yes and told him I sure would like to have it. He asked me what I would offer for it. I answered $1200.00 as I had that in the bank. I expected he would ask more but to my surprise he said sold. I asked way he said he was leaving in two days to Iceland and needed gone. So I ended up with a English brown XKE to play with and had fun. Up set many a Lieutenants and Captions with Vets. Wished I could of hanged on to it but a year later I had orders for Korea. So the next young Airman. Got to own what I feel was the greatest vehicle I’ve ever own.
I think it was Stirling Moss that called the E-type "the dumb blonde of sports cars". That was because it would do anything that you wanted. They're beautiful cars, then and now and forever.
Cool!😎 Thanks for sharing your collection with us Jay!
Jay Leno is soooooo much cooler than his TV persona....J...U R Da Man!
The best styling that Jaguar ever created.
The closest thing I got to having one of those was when I was a kid and my mother bought me one of those model car kits, the steering actually worked the doors open. The windows rolled up and down, and the hood and the rear hatch opened.
When I was a senior in high school I drove a 1963 XKE in 1963 and a 1963 Corvette StingRay, and I remember when I floored ea of them the rear end came around so quick I almost lost it in both cars🙄🤪 Both of these cars were owned my Lt.’s in the USAF, in Big Spring, TX. They cost $6000 for each of them.
I had an old 1956 XK140Type C ie( with hi-lift cams and high compression heads). A mechanic drove it 140mph and the speedometer was maxed out 140 as well as the tach @6000RPM and I thought it could very well be my last day on earth as it had old bias ply tires that were not balanced and virtually know brakes, and that is the fastest I have ever been in a car. 😂 MY Dad pd. $600 for the Jag. and they wanted $300 for new brakes from England so my Dad got rid of the car for $550 to another officer down the street from our house. The Jag had been raced in England and by the time I got it it was pretty well thrashed. 😂😂
When I first saw the 1963 XKE I couldn’t believe how breath taking beautiful the car looked. 🤭🤭I agree that it is one of the most beautiful designed casr ever made if not the most beautiful of all 👍🏻
An excellent presentation of an excellent car, the E-Type Jag, as we called it. Thank you Jay for being respectful to English cars. I lived through the era over here in the U.K., but didn't have two pennies to rub together. A pity, I'd like to have owned one. Why? Because above all other cars it had a very special attribute, it was superb for "pulling birds!"
The most beautiful car ever made!
Best-looking generation of XK-E, inside and out. Yes!
Fantastic car Jay!! Thanks for the demonstration.....
We must protect jay leno at all cost
Jay Leno is the sort of rich guy you'd never begrudge being rich, because he fully appreciates the things he has. You might envy him; but you'd never begrudge him his pleasures. He's a great ambassador for people with money...
"I was crusin' in my Stingray late one night, when an XKE pulled up on my right..." Jan & Dean
^..^~~
I agree. Coupes are prettier than convertibles, and Series I is the lightest visual appearance for the E-Type, with the incredible roof, pillar and hatch. It is incredible as Jay's preferences are similar to mine. Difference is my wallet. :>))))))
This was The Car . in the Early 1960s..Thanks to Jayster.
My ultimate dream car... wish I could win the lottery and get one, but have to buy a ticket first...(just slightly improves your odds)
the XK engine was from the Racing D-type so yes I'm pretty sure you could beat on it. I think they go better
if you do. 😃
Dear jay. You can beat on that car, I had one a 63 convertible and I stomped on it every day and it loved it. That is a race proven engine, clean oil always. You can’t kill them believe me I tried.
It's got a lovely sound to it.
My favorite Jag!
My favorite car of all time
The most beautiful car ever....
My uncle had an E type...as we call them in Blighty...back in the mid 60s when we had one motorway..the M1..with a top speed of 70..due to speed testing of the E type on them...150 was OUTRAGEOUS..Don't think they ever got there though💎👍🆘️
"Even the clock works!"
My Lucas electrics always performed faithfully on 3 E-Types, an XK150, and a MK IX grand tourer. A few minor things quit after 20 years of use, but I was never left stranded. Old Jags required maintenance, but many US buyers just filled the gas tank and drove them till they dropped. Some say that such a fine machine should have sold for a much higher price- then they would have been in the hands of someone who would take care of them better.
Spot on about the Series one E Type. Its the nicest and purest of the whole lot. Every time they changed it, it lost a little something. Only the factory specials could do 150 mph though...and that was so they could sell them as 150mph cars. About 140 was tops for the production cars...and thats fast enough.
I'm with you, Jay. I like the coupe. I'll save my convertible for my Mercedes 450 SL.
Tasty. well done Jay for keeping it like that. Great call.
Love the JAG amazing technology ahead of it’s time
I don't even own a garage let alone have brand specific zones, I got a couple mid-age to old BMW 3's fighting for space under my CARPORT!
Jay Leno is an insatiable little kid in a candy shop .. with limitless $$ and no parental supervision. He eventually buys this candy shop. Aren't we all lucky for it.
Looks like you can’t handle capitalism, my advice: move to asia or something.
The cars of the sixties are visually the best looking
Thank you for a great presentation
So sweet!!
Agreed Jay, much better looking than the convertible!
The clock still works?! Wow! Usually on a Jag, everything is supposed to fail by design within three years!
Dream car.
Wonderful.
I had one in 1970 it was a 1962 identical to that one i paid a scrapyard £300 it had 155 mph on the speedo a few times a beautiful car i ran it for 3 yrs and sold it for £300 i wish i still had it.
My hero
Jay, you didn't mention the Datsun 240z was modeled after the Jag.
Jay, You are easily Excited...
Oh Jay, I thoroughly every cyber-trip I make to your Garage. I want to visit some day. YOU ARE THE MAN !
A retired public school teacher, my wheels ae a rusty, tired HYUNDAI ( a HARLEY XG-75], and an EFI TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE. You can have my ZERO MOTORCYCLES 2014 MODEL S zf11.4 if you want it. The internal 110 vDC charger needs replacing so the bike jusf sits collecting sawdust from my woodworking.
How did JAY'S GARAGE begin ? What was the first car in The Garage ? What was the first car you ever owned ? My Father's first ride was a Willeys OD Green 4x4 with a white star painted on it. He learned how to drive in Normandy, France June 1944. Does your Garage have military vehicles like Duce-and-A-Half, JEEP, half track, M20 Greyhound, Stuart or Sherman Tank ?
Since I am sort of poor, I do my go-fasting with RC cars. Do you play with RC cars ?
What the last guy said... ditto...
Then, of course there was the 67 mark II coupe.. .. and the XK120 drop head coupe.. all eternally beautiful.. my wife would look great in any of them.. ;;☆》
When I was a kid, 15 years old , a neighbor gave me the exact same car. It was white, it was in bad shape sitting under tree but I got the motor running. The interior was a wreck and since it wasn't the convertible I sold it for 500 dollars to someone else. I wonder what it would be worth if I kept it.
It's probably better if you don't know...
Would that be in my new favourite colour - 'Wimbledon white'? Whatever … looks the absolute business!
My Jag would do 180 mph on a strait run across alligator alley In Florida 🌴🌅 posting in Honorable memories of Mike Lyon's , the last living heir from the Lions family from the Jaguar automotive industry 🙏✝️♥️‼️♦️♦️💲
Those #TYPE Were #Beautiful My Friend Dad Had A Red 1!
10:22 I love how the LA Cyclist doesn’t even turn his head.
"Welcome to the Jaguar section of the garage." A phrase we can all aspire to and never achieve.
You wouldn't want to, Jags may be extremely beautiful and elegant, but they are really, REALLY unreliable
@@нико-р2х but when you have a jaguar section, it doesn’t matter
@@klovor of course
HA! So True. I imagine years from now there will be the Jay Leno car museum with explicit directions from Jay that the collection must stay intact. Instead of by invite only at this stage of his life.
He can't take it all with him when he leaves the earth.
i wish "the jaguar section" was in my vocabulary
@Boo., It clearly is in your vocabulary. It just isn’t in your garage.
Now let's go over to the dyno room...
The only section I have is the I’m Still Making Payments On This Piece Junk section.
@@melodymakermark Just what I was thinking.
A beautiful car that you rarely see on the roads now. The time to grab these was during the 80's before the 'rare collectable' vibe started to be said. I don't think they were ever rare but ones in beautiful original condition are very collectable.
I thought the XKEs were the coolest looking cars of their day. Now over 50 years later, they still are in the conversation.
The Brilliance of Martin Teboski really is a beautiful piece of engineering. A masterpiece
Designed by an aircraft designer, with guidance from Sir Walter Lyons himself, who always favored flowing, classic lines. It's the ONLY car in the Smithsonian ART Museum.
Yeah well said...I've just watched this for the first time in 2022 and it's still a cool car. I'm lucky to have owned a 1967 Series one and a half coupe with the 4.2 litre engine back in 1975, my car was Red. I 'once' got it up to 135mph here in the UK! In 1975 it cost me 1,250.00 British Pounds, it was my every day driver. I sold a few years later for 1,535.00, as we started a family, today the same car would fetch around the 60 to 75 grand mark! But hey, I'm so glad I had one.
It was not an XKE. It is an E-type, arguably the most beautiful car on the road. Ask Enzo.
Beautiful cars. Of all the cars of my childhood this was the coolest I would agree. Especially since this wasn't a Ferrari; it was an expensive car but it was not beyond the grasp of middle to upper middle class drivers.
Its nice to see a celebrity doing something like this with their money rather than overdosing.
Weird thing to bring up. Since when has a talk show host overdosed? Rare celebrities like Jay overdose, not all people with money live like rock-stars. Treat him like an individual my fellow nerd.
I remember telling people, if my plans work out and I get to be really successful, I'll be hooked on drugs within a week!!!
And i personally would be hooked on my cars...kind of like I am now but they would merely be more expensive classics and not the old air cooled VW classics Ive been playing with lately! @@TheNextGoogification
Of course he overdosed.. On adrenaline and sheer driving/owning pleasure. I'm also a junkie like him, but as I don't have the spondoolies he has, I watch Jay Leno's Garage.
he's hooked on denim
They say money can't buy happiness......but do you ever see a sad guy driving a Jaguar ... E Type/XKE ...a timeless piece of English beauty....
Boomboom ...and you never see a sad girl driving one either...ha lol
Of course the people driving them never look sad, It's the people who's Jags are non functional and facing massive repair bills that are sad. That may be the majority of classic Jaguar owners. But even the people I knew who had problematic cars said that when they ran right, there was nothing finer.
Without money you have to pursue hapiness, with money you have just not to get bored.
Ha! Great comment and on the money!
I used to drive a Porsche and every time I drove that car it put a smile on my face. I now have a Nissan 370Z and I feel much the same when I drive it. If I had an E-type series 1 Jag I'd be in heaven.
*My corrosion matches that corrosion!* he exclaimed with such genuine glee that Santa Claus himself was taken aback and asked jay to tone it down a bit. Lol I’ve grown such an adoration for jay and his genuine love for vehicles of *all* types that it literally surprises me. I’ve never been so impressed with someone’s knowledge derived from sheer passion. He’s really just a phenomenal person.
Jay does not own any of these beautiful cars, is is merely custodian of them, looking after them for future generations.
Most wealthy car collectors hoard their cars, not sharing them with anyone.
They are mobile works of art, except Jay is a regular kind of guy who has done incredibly well in life, and wants to share his passion for nice cars.
Cheers Jay, thank you for providing us with hours of entertainment.
+e314ds I think what Peter meant was--and Jay himself has said this--is he is a custodian for all these, until they pass from him to their new custodians. As an owner (2nd) of a similar '63 E Type, I feel the same way. Yeah, my name is on the title but, it belongs to the next generation, and I'm just keeping it alive! I'm also w/Jay on this: the coupe is better-looking than the roadster!
+vrooomie1 P.S.: *NO* stock E Type of that era was capable of 150 mph: the car they did so with was modified from stock. I can also attest to the fact --done on a track!-- that at ~135 mph, an E Type gets *verrrrry* light in its front loafers...!!!!
Doesn't really matter what Jay does with them, after he shuffles off this mortal coil: HE drives them, and is a wonderful custodian for these cars. trucks, and engines.
+vrooomie1 "Moral coil"???
+wholeNwon Fixed it!!
Your channel is not just another YT channel, but rather something to be valued and kept as summaries of car history. Keep it up!
Love Jay’s enthusiasm and how he cherishes this car. Glad he didn’t restore it.
"....but the clock is correct!"
James May
Lamborghini Urraco...
I know it was in a Lamborghini Urraco but when Jay Leno made that comment, I couldnt help but lol and remember the James May remark
"these gauges all made by smiths... So,no."
-Jeremy Clarkson.
+Interceptor810 I did too... It's the small funny remarks that most folk miss that make us lol
*****
when did he say that?
Enzo Ferarri was right! I've considered the XKE the best-looking car since it first appeared on the market, and still do.
Its beautiful untill you look at the back of the coupe.
AMEN to enzo ferarri,,,,,,,,,,,he was RIGHT
The boys that lived across the street had some nice cars: '63 split window '64 XKE coupe,'64 GTO, and a'29 Huppmoble coupe with a fi '58 Pontiac engine.
I'm going to disagree with you here - the XKSS/D-Type was actually the best-looking car ever built. The E/XKE comes in a close second...
Enzo wasn’t far from RIGHT (got you there on a flaw on 12:26 - probably drunk from happiness).
It's absolutely the best to see an original vehicle being preserved. A rolling piece of beautiful art. Thanks for the great in-depth review Jay!
This is an old video, but I love the fact the there is a jaguar section of the garage and he had a "speedometer guy." Jay knows how to enjoy retirement.
Just watched this Jay.
I admire the passion you obviously have for this car and how you've done your upmost to keep it original and running.
Thanks from the UK.
He's so genuine how much he loves cars and I honestly think he does this website for fun and not the money , thank you for these amazing videos and showing us your cars
These video's have great production quality, they spend a lot on camera operators and chase cars, so I wonder how much is even left after paying for everything, and he certainly doesn't need the money, I think he just likes sharing his interest, and entertaining us.
According to a few sites, in 2022, Jay is worth $450 million. Easy to believe. His Duesenberg Walker Coupe alone is worth $20 million. He's not in this YT business for the dollars, and is incredibly kind with his time. He doesn't have to make these videos to pay the rent. He does it for his fans, and history. Great guy.
Enzo was right - one of the most beautiful cars ever made. It’s 2021 and it still looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing this, Jay
I thought it was the roadster Enzo liked? Not sure just a question 👍
Enzo was a true gent, no modern car manufacturer would praise opposition like he did to e type
Leno's reviews are so real, and always educational.
As a kid - and now - this generation XKE is the automotive version of the Supermarine Spitfire. Iconic. Legendary. Nothing more British. One of the most beautiful/stylish automobiles ever designed. Congrats Jay. And thanks for sharing the story of it with us and for keeping it ORIGINAL.
My neighbor was(is) a Jag rated mechanic and he would have all these cool cars in his yard..... Jenson's and Jags and MG's... even Sunbeams. Was a great experience growing up around all that. He knew how to fix these cars right and got ALL the business from people with money. I'm in Maine BTW.
pics or it never happened
" Then the Jag started to swerve, when it went off dead man's curve! , you don't come back from dead man's curve !!" Jan & Dean song. 1960's.
The XKE was the most beautiful car ever designed!
+Chaleco Salvavides nah, but far the most beautiful car is the Ferrari California SWB.
+Arisgod27 Enzo Ferrari said he felt the E-Type to be The Most beautiful car ever . . . .
that is a byproduct of the fact the World speaks English. . .which by the way is No accident . . .Cheers.
+Chaleco Salvavides You know there was no such thing as the XKE in the UK. It was only ever known as the E-type. The XKE is a US nomenclature only.
did not know that , learn something new every now and then , Thanks .....
I love Jay so much more from these videos vs. the Tonight Show. A genuinely nice man with the means to indulge his true passion and eager to share his knowledge and cars with all. Nice guys finish first sometimes.
What a masterpiece! I have always loved this car. Thanks for sharing.
What’s great about Jay Leno is that he really gets involved with the cars he owns. He doesn’t just acquire them thoughtlessly.
It's the inspiration for Uncle Martin's space ship on " My favorite Martian".1963.
Jay lucked out with this Classic.
Pure art form on wheels. Thanks Jay for sharing your passion.
That is an amazing example of one of the world's finest automobiles. Yeah, jags had problems - all cars do. But the underlying absolute beauty of the car trumped them every day. As Jay said, a well maintained automobile should last a lifetime.
OK, It's good looking BUT, Everyone I ever knew that owned one had nothing but problems, constantall-the-time problems. Oil leaks and awful British electrics plus lack of parts (And cost of those parts)kill any desire in me to own one.
@Paul Rose- I remember them the same way. My neighbor had a new 1962 roadster. Silver blue with dark blue leather. As an 8 year old, I loved that car though. The next year my old man got the 63 Stingray. We had the two coolest cars on the block.
Paul Rose- I knew I wouldn't have to search far in the comments section to find someone writing about the problems associated with this car. While I was watching the video I kept waiting for the scene with Jay sitting on the side of the road with the hood up and him looking hopelessly at the engine. Back in the mid !970s in Kentucky my stepfather was co-owner of a classic car shop. We had a few 12 cylinder Jaquars come through the shop. On many Sundays we would make plans to take a nice ride through the countryside in one of these powerful sporty looking vehicles, I think the furthest we made it was about 30 miles out of town before the car would just stop running. A breakdown happened every time we went for a ride in a Jaq, and it's never an easy repair that can be done on the side of the road. Jays car couldn't have been all original, the wiring system had to have been replaced or else there is no way the clock would still be working after 50 years. Not long ago I was doing some work for a lady in her home, and I noticed she had a brand new Jaquar in the garage. I told her about my early experiences and stated that I was sure she didn't have these types of problems with a brand new Jaq. She looked at me and laughed, saying her Jaq broke down before it even had a 150 miles on the odometer.
@@gregorybarned4557 I think that was probably a coincidence; all modern cars are reliable. But I agree, I would never want an original version even if it had been restored, because you would never be able to drive it with confidence. I prefer the work that Eagle are doing with the E-Types; they're restoring them, but putting modern wiring and fuel injection and brakes and stuff in them so you could actually use them as your everyday car.
My experience with E-Types was very "positive". I drove them everywhere- LA to Seattle- British Columbia over the Rockies to Alberta, and even Alaska. I NEVER had one break down except right after a mechanic had "tightened things" and broke an oil line. I've run many many miles with old, original Lucas electrics and never been stranded. My headlights quit one night- simple fix, the bonnet hinge kept the headlights from "grounding", so just had to run a small wire from bonnet to framework. Jay is right, though- I've never seen a '63 British electric clock still operating.
One my top 5 wish list of cars, one of my favorite things about Jay Leno is that he shares his cars with all of us, instead of keeping them hidden away. And he drives them as well.
Beautiful car, thanks for sharing this video Jay.