Hi Ian glad you enjoyed driving LWK. It’s a complete honey that one. I know you were being really respectful with it and i thank you, but we’ll have to have you back so you can hold on to the gears a bit longer. She loves to rev that one (and NUB) so it’s fine to give it some more revs before you change up! And the noise when you do is just ❤❤❤❤😂 This is why we keep them operating - cars are meant to be driven not just languishing in a museum!
@@HubNut Bravo Ian, most of us vicarious venturers would give their left nut & sprocket for a blast in that little beastie. Absolutely HubNut btw - nothing makes you feel more like living than driving something that terrifies you. Think my worst experience was in the late 90's driving a complete shed of a Jag 420 from Sutton in Ashfield to Newark with no brakes - only the handbrake. Of course when I got there, the proposed customer identified it as a "nail" and I had to drive it all the way back again, pausing only to run out of fuel. Happy days...🤪
No bloody wonder you have been feeling drained! What a bloody honour! This is what you have worked for. Congratulations basically! Sounds epic. Never meet your heroes they say...pah! Great video. Cheers
It held the record until beaten by SAAB in 1986 with the SAAB 9000 2.0 turbo averaging 134mph for 20 days solid day and night. Still holds the record to this day.
@@davidpeters6536 No. the SAAB B202/B204/B234 are nothing to do with the old Triumph engine. The engines listed here can make 450bhp with no physical modifications.
Years and years ago there was a TV documentary about Stirling Moss and he was a bit of a gadget freak and inventor. His house was full of gizmos including one which I remember, a heated loo seat.
Christmas Eve 2004. I stopped at a Bunnings Hardware (Australia) to grab a laundry cupboard for my mother. I parked my hatch next to an XK120 and admired it for a couple of minutes. Then the owner came out of the store with a trolley full of large items. They didn’t fit, so I offered to throw them in my hatch and follow him home (as it turned out, one of two ways I could’ve chosen to go to my destination). I threw him my keys to load up while I grabbed the cupboard for mum. When I came out, he refused to hand over my keys. Instead, giving me the keys to his XK! 😍 The trip was about fifteen minutes of bliss through curves and over crests at 120km/h! Oh the symphony! The torque!! What a magnificent Christmas Eve to remember! 😃
Nice one Ian. For me, the XK120 FHC has always been one of the ultimate cars. Sadly I missed my chance to purchase one when they were 'reasonably' priced. Thanks for this feature, this car is great, the range was brilliant.
It would have been driven 16,850 miles in that week, to average 100.3 mph. Most modern cars cannot tolerate that amount of work in a week without needing serious servicing. It's a fine testament to the skills of the designers, engineers and drivers of 71 years ago.
I heard a story that when driving the Mille Miglia Stirling Moss was convinced he could brake later therefore he could get round a certain corner faster so he closed his eyes counted to ten before he braked, gaining extra tenths... Don't know whether it's true but it's a great story
In 10 seconds the car would have travelled hundreds of yards, so either sir Stirling was braking way too early to start with or maybe 2 seconds has been turned to 10 seconds over the period of time.
What an absolutely glorious noise! Starting with a fluff from the carbs, the whines of the gears take over, then the growl from the throttle body on the SU and the gradual increase in pitch and volume of the burble from the tail pipes that becomes the Lyon's roar at 2500rpm and more....oh, what an aural symphony! The car itself is a beautiful thing to behold and I can well imagine the aroma of the aged leather, old varnish / heated wood, bakelite and the hessian, kapok and horse hair seat stuffing / sound proofing. The smell always takes me back to my childhood when I knew which car my parents had driven in to collect me from my grandparents by the way they smelled when they first walked in. The Daimler 2.5 V8 was always my favourite from the aromatic perspective and it was so distinctive from the Austin A30 or MkII Cortina GT they also had at the time. To be honest, I would expect that the heavy steering you mentioned would become lighter and easier to work with as the speed increased like most other unassisted steering-boxes of the period, but yes, from personal experience they become very touchy and almost over-responsive the faster you get! One has to remember too that this would have felt "normal" back in the day and just something the driver took in their stride as they piloted the big cat along.....but a week and 16,000 miles of it? Yeah, that still deserves a LOT of respect!
Hi Ian, way back between 1984 and 1999 I worked in a tiny 4 man mechanical engineering workshop in Portsmouth. During 84-86 I was giving the task of manufacturing parts for the Nissan Le Mans cars mainly RV 84-86. Suspension , engine mounts etc machined in one piece from various materials. If I remember correctly the cars were tested on banked tracks in the USA where the average speed was 180 mph. Also from 83-86 machined parts for F1 Ferrari, Benetton and March engineering.
Thank you. I’ve loved the look of these since the 60s, when I would walk past a house with two, a coupe & drop head, in their open carport on the way to school.
I've read about that car and others that make up the wonderful Jaguar story since I was a kid. Then you get people like Moss mixed into the story and it all becomes the stuff of legend. What a privilege to be able to actually drive the cars that did these things. Thank you for sharing with us. How could we not watch?
Hi Hubnut. You're doing fewer road tests thesedays it seems, and I've been missing them. But to make up for it, you've delivered us this cracker! Cheers.
Wow, what a treat. I had the good fortune to get a go in a 120 dhc a few years back and was amazed at how at home it felt in modern traffic (I wasn’t steering!!) and how it zipped upto 70+ on the nearby dual carriageway with out any drama at all. You have to pinch yourself when you remember this is a 70 year old car - truly amazing. Wish I had snapped one up years ago when a tatty fhc was maybe £4K (early 90s?). Great vid, really shows how lovely these cars are.
Looked like great fun! Back when these were new, my Mom, while working for her Dad's auto repair shop in Washington, D.C., got the enviable job of test-driving at least a few "XKs" after repairs...they repaired all the Diplomats' cars, and got to know Renaults, Citroens, Jaguars, and even Tatras, long before they were anything near household words in the States...It's possible I have an old Road & Track magazine, from my Dad's collection, ca. 1952; I vaguely recall a test of a Jag in that issue...Thanks again for taking us for a delightful spin!
Gorgeous ❤️ it. I remember seeing that car when we visited the museum a few years ago. Must get back and take another look. Good to see cars being driven. What a sound! Give me a patinated, well looked after car that’s been used any day over one that’s never ‘lived’ and is too perfect.
My favourite thing about this video, beyond the curvaceous lines, the sound of the engine, that perfect cabin, is the fact that your Lada video has more views! Brilliant
Very envious of you driving that XK Ian! bet that was an experience you`ll not forget...lovely lines and shape love any Jag me! ....sadly cant afford to run one but there we are! cheers! that was a good video buddy!
Interesting to see this car again 😃Remember first seeing it at Browns Lane about 30 years ago. We went to a JEC family day at the factory one Sunday. The paint was a bit 'furry' and the leather was a bit worn (since restored), but fabulous to see. My 8 and 12 year old boys were able to sit in this one, NUB120 and Sir William's brown XJ6! They were in awe and very careful - telling off some other kids who jumped up and down on the drivers seat! I was also able to take a photo of my Jaguar 240 in the original factory entrance. Great memory. Well driven 😃
Pleased to say NUB and the brown XJ6 are still in the collection. I drove the XJ6 for Classic Car Weekly some years ago. So long ago that Browns Lane was still there!
Wheres the 'love' button. Cars like this are why from being a young boy I wanted to work in the car industry. I was lucky enough to work at Jaguar for around 20 years on and off and loved the history of the brand. What an amazing car and also amazing piece of history. Also what a fabulous sound too. As always a great detailed video thanks Ian
Ah, this was brilliant Ian. What a wonderful experience to share with us. I may be wrong but that looks like a Coventry registration but that makes sense as Jaguar played a large part in Coventry manufacturing back in the day at the Browns Lane plant. To think back when the guys were doing this 1 week endurance drive they would have no radio apart from probably bad jokes from the crew and just listened to that growl of the engine for hours on end. It has to be said that the achievement is a testament to both the car and the drivers. Many thanks for sharing.
In the late autumn of 1963, in a heavy rainstorm mixing with sleet and wet snow, I got a lift from one of my professors, from southern New Hampshire to New York City, roughly 240 miles. His car was a white, left hand drive XK 140 fixed head coupe with a 4 speed gearbox. The Jag held the road beautifully, and we ran well over the speed limit the whole way. I arrived in NYC way ahead of schedule. A most impressive car, very safe, and the owner clearly knew how to drive it.
Oh that was glorious- I’ve been many times to look and it’s a fantastic collection, so glad they let you drive it so we could enjoy and learn, that engine is superb. How those fantastic drivers of old were so brave and tolerant is astounding.
Awesome car. Yes Mr. Hubnut is allowed to swan around in a posh car because we get to ride along. It's a sunny morning in Seattle to match the video and I get to ride in a classic car, hear the classic Hubnut closing sound effect and a bit of classical music to boot. It is a bit of a tweed flat cap profile but given the price, it could also be a speed stretched bowler in profile.
you lucky boy ! ... modern cars are amazing but this car came from a mythical time in life ... i think it would have been nice to experienced such times!
Fantastic video Ian of a truly beautiful car. I think the FHC versions of both the XK120 and 140 are the prettiest looking cars. Now, a favour, when you see Matt from Furious Driving next could you please explain a ‘fly off’ hand brake. He calls the upright, pre war, handbrakes (those that look like points levers from a mechanical interlocking signal box) fly off. I scream at the screen every time he does it. 😬
What a history and what a beautiful car. You lucky so & so! I have loved Jags since I was in nappies. My dad's brother-in-law had a Jag service centre back in the late 50s and early 60s so I got a ride in a few Jags of the time. I was out of nappies but still in shorts when I first fell in love, a brand new white XK 150S DHC. A couple of super reports from Jaguar Heritage Ian, Thanks.
Fantastic car! The start of a great heritage of Jaguar sportscars and racing cars. Thank you Ian, and to the JDHT for letting you drive it and film it for all of us to enjoy (and envy). One question though, what are the markers on the speedo?
I voted for this video, I'm glad I did because it's a classic. The steering wheel center boss ready to impale you in the slightest collision, definitely an encouragement to drive this carefully. "It's got a rain button to make it rain", my favourite kind of humour, but I'm disappointed you didn't test this function, unless, of course, you were suppressed by NASA and "big drought" who don't want this one simple trick to be known to the general public.
Thank you! What a wonderful review! "The wood work is a bit worn, it is a very old UN_RESTORED car..." Wow, what an amazing car! Glad you got to drive. As to the intake noise - my '67 Alfa Romeo Duetto just SNORTED when you got on it! Almost as much intake noise as exhaust.
A fantastic car with real history. Well done to those who keep this car and others going rather than simply locked away. Ian, I think that getting stuck under the steering wheel is a hazard of many older car. I had difficulty exiting a Volvo P1800 for the very same reason.
In 1963, I had the privilege of taking ownership of a, black ‘53, XK120mc FHC. I lived forty miles from the Watkins Glen Race Track. There was access through a tunnel to the infield when the track was not having an event. It was the perfect place to safely let the Jag stretch its legs and not have to worry about getting a ticket. I replaced the chrome grill for,$54.00 and the four bumpers at, $27.00 each. Of course now I wish I had kept it, but the Syrian Song of the XKE was too much to resist.
You will probably agree with me that the sound of the Citroën flat twin engine is the most beautiful engine noise in the world. However, every time I hear the sound of the straight six of an XK120, it gives me goosebumps!! I absolutely adore this engine noise!!
Imagine riding home from school along the A45 Coventry bypass when I was 14/15 yrs old am 82yrs now I was climbing the hill just before the Standard/Triumph works when I heard the sound of two cars going quiet quick I looked behind me and there were two D type Jaguars having a bit of a go. I raced to the top of the hill to see these two cars having to brake hard to avoid a large furniture van crossing from Torrington ace to turn south towards London a memory i shall never forget. John I ended up serving my apprenticeship at Alvis and worked in the experimental dept for 23yrs the last car I worked on was the Rover BS working for Spen King what a great guy. John
Phil Hill started his professional racing career driving one of these. No one talks about this. Later on he would even drive factory Ferraris and Mercedes.
Glorious! I could stare at that dash for hours! On a side note saw a mint (colour) 2CV van today, fresh paint job, (lady driver in her 60's) passing through Sowerby Bridge. She may well follow this channel. I'm available for picnics. long scenic drives and car washing if she reads this hehe.
That sound evokes so many memories of owning and driving 50's Jags in the late 60's, they could be bought for peanuts then. A years tax (£12) was often more than paid for the car.
Hey Ian - I owned probably the most Hubnut of the older Jags - a 1963 3.8 MK10. Only 10 ish ears after that car. Mine was so low geared that I could see off a number of the 6 cylinder oiks here on Australian roads - they didn't know what had happened.
Ah, Jaguars ! I love them, back home in Essex, at place called Maldon, there was a private collection of Jag's, from the original sidecars, to the SS 's and many others, it wasn't a definitive every model collection, but ran to maybe a 100 cars, complete with Vincent & Swallow sidecar combo. Unfortunately it closed andvwss disbanded, i think a Classic & prestige dealership occupies the site now, but i havent been that way in a long time. Of all cars the Jaguars are in my heart, excepting the Rover PB's.
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Hi Ian glad you enjoyed driving LWK. It’s a complete honey that one. I know you were being really respectful with it and i thank you, but we’ll have to have you back so you can hold on to the gears a bit longer. She loves to rev that one (and NUB) so it’s fine to give it some more revs before you change up! And the noise when you do is just ❤❤❤❤😂 This is why we keep them operating - cars are meant to be driven not just languishing in a museum!
Ha! Thanks Neil. I was just too in awe to really open her up. So good that these are proper, living history.
@@HubNut It started to sound proper throaty at 3500rpm 😁
Ian, you jammy beggar, not what I wanted to write, but this is a family channel!
@@HubNut Bravo Ian, most of us vicarious venturers would give their left nut & sprocket for a blast in that little beastie. Absolutely HubNut btw - nothing makes you feel more like living than driving something that terrifies you. Think my worst experience was in the late 90's driving a complete shed of a Jag 420 from Sutton in Ashfield to Newark with no brakes - only the handbrake. Of course when I got there, the proposed customer identified it as a "nail" and I had to drive it all the way back again, pausing only to run out of fuel. Happy days...🤪
What a montser my brother had a 52 roadster
That exhaust note was absolutely incredible but the XK always did sound well whatever it was used in.
No bloody wonder you have been feeling drained! What a bloody honour! This is what you have worked for. Congratulations basically! Sounds epic. Never meet your heroes they say...pah! Great video. Cheers
What a car, still one of Jag's finest creations.
The noise from that engine is just so, British !! You can recognise it the moment you hear it.
I can't believe you got to drive this legend for us. Thanks Ian
That is absolutely a HubNut car, because all of us can dream. A great story, and well told.
For me it was big fun to see the rev counter working anti clockwise. A dashboard like an old aeroplane. Awesome!
No modern cars come anywhere near looking this beautiful. A stunning car and a great review as always Ian.
This is a Hubnut car. Its old, biege, fun, and has special wipers. So there you go.
It held the record until beaten by SAAB in 1986 with the SAAB 9000 2.0 turbo averaging 134mph for 20 days solid day and night. Still holds the record to this day.
During the forty day long Mercury Comet reliability run in 1964 at Daytona, the fastest Comet averaged 112mph over 100,000 miles.
Thanks. Didn't know about the Mercury thing.
Is that the one with an old Triumph engine?
Saab very much went their own way with that engine but yes, same starting point.
@@davidpeters6536 No. the SAAB B202/B204/B234 are nothing to do with the old Triumph engine. The engines listed here can make 450bhp with no physical modifications.
Years and years ago there was a TV documentary about Stirling Moss and he was a bit of a gadget freak and inventor. His house was full of gizmos including one which I remember, a heated loo seat.
the loo seat if i remember was supercharged
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Christmas Eve 2004. I stopped at a Bunnings Hardware (Australia) to grab a laundry cupboard for my mother. I parked my hatch next to an XK120 and admired it for a couple of minutes. Then the owner came out of the store with a trolley full of large items. They didn’t fit, so I offered to throw them in my hatch and follow him home (as it turned out, one of two ways I could’ve chosen to go to my destination). I threw him my keys to load up while I grabbed the cupboard for mum. When I came out, he refused to hand over my keys. Instead, giving me the keys to his XK! 😍
The trip was about fifteen minutes of bliss through curves and over crests at 120km/h! Oh the symphony! The torque!! What a magnificent Christmas Eve to remember! 😃
Ian, I don't mind at all that you go on trips like this, I'd like to.
What a beautiful sound the engine makes when the revs increase, goosebumps.
Nice one Ian. For me, the XK120 FHC has always been one of the ultimate cars. Sadly I missed my chance to purchase one when they were 'reasonably' priced. Thanks for this feature, this car is great, the range was brilliant.
It would have been driven 16,850 miles in that week, to average 100.3 mph. Most modern cars cannot tolerate that amount of work in a week without needing serious servicing. It's a fine testament to the skills of the designers, engineers and drivers of 71 years ago.
Brilliant review Ian, what a beautiful looking Jaguar, and what a beautiful noise it makes.
I heard a story that when driving the Mille Miglia Stirling Moss was convinced he could brake later therefore he could get round a certain corner faster so he closed his eyes counted to ten before he braked, gaining extra tenths...
Don't know whether it's true but it's a great story
In 10 seconds the car would have travelled hundreds of yards, so either sir Stirling was braking way too early to start with or maybe 2 seconds has been turned to 10 seconds over the period of time.
Great review, Ian. The sound of the XK, pure music! ❤
What an absolutely glorious noise! Starting with a fluff from the carbs, the whines of the gears take over, then the growl from the throttle body on the SU and the gradual increase in pitch and volume of the burble from the tail pipes that becomes the Lyon's roar at 2500rpm and more....oh, what an aural symphony! The car itself is a beautiful thing to behold and I can well imagine the aroma of the aged leather, old varnish / heated wood, bakelite and the hessian, kapok and horse hair seat stuffing / sound proofing. The smell always takes me back to my childhood when I knew which car my parents had driven in to collect me from my grandparents by the way they smelled when they first walked in. The Daimler 2.5 V8 was always my favourite from the aromatic perspective and it was so distinctive from the Austin A30 or MkII Cortina GT they also had at the time. To be honest, I would expect that the heavy steering you mentioned would become lighter and easier to work with as the speed increased like most other unassisted steering-boxes of the period, but yes, from personal experience they become very touchy and almost over-responsive the faster you get! One has to remember too that this would have felt "normal" back in the day and just something the driver took in their stride as they piloted the big cat along.....but a week and 16,000 miles of it? Yeah, that still deserves a LOT of respect!
Hi Ian, way back between 1984 and 1999 I worked in a tiny 4 man mechanical engineering workshop in Portsmouth. During 84-86 I was giving the task of manufacturing parts for the Nissan Le Mans cars mainly RV 84-86. Suspension , engine mounts etc machined in one piece from various materials. If I remember correctly the cars were tested on banked tracks in the USA where the average speed was 180 mph. Also from 83-86 machined parts for F1 Ferrari, Benetton and March engineering.
It's not often that you get goosebumps listening to a car on a RUclips video, but here we are.
She is a lovely car. I love the colour of this car as it does make a change of seeing XK120's in the usual red, white, silver colours.
Ian, that sounds like a very good day at the office! What a special car that is and it’s a great place to visit.
The best noise of any engine
Thank you. I’ve loved the look of these since the 60s, when I would walk past a house with two, a coupe & drop head, in their open carport on the way to school.
I've read about that car and others that make up the wonderful Jaguar story since I was a kid. Then you get people like Moss mixed into the story and it all becomes the stuff of legend. What a privilege to be able to actually drive the cars that did these things. Thank you for sharing with us. How could we not watch?
Hi Hubnut. You're doing fewer road tests thesedays it seems, and I've been missing them. But to make up for it, you've delivered us this cracker! Cheers.
120's are a majestic beast. I actually prefer the looks to an E-type. Very good
The excitement in your voice is enough for me. This must have been a childhood dream for you!
Wow, what a treat. I had the good fortune to get a go in a 120 dhc a few years back and was amazed at how at home it felt in modern traffic (I wasn’t steering!!) and how it zipped upto 70+ on the nearby dual carriageway with out any drama at all. You have to pinch yourself when you remember this is a 70 year old car - truly amazing. Wish I had snapped one up years ago when a tatty fhc was maybe £4K (early 90s?). Great vid, really shows how lovely these cars are.
That design epitomizes the elegant design of the great British cars. Great look. Must a great dream drive. and Great fun.
Magnificent motor car. Legendary history.Your a lucky man Ian
Looked like great fun! Back when these were new, my Mom, while working for her Dad's auto repair shop in Washington, D.C., got the enviable job of test-driving at least a few "XKs" after repairs...they repaired all the Diplomats' cars, and got to know Renaults, Citroens, Jaguars, and even Tatras, long before they were anything near household words in the States...It's possible I have an old Road & Track magazine, from my Dad's collection, ca. 1952; I vaguely recall a test of a Jag in that issue...Thanks again for taking us for a delightful spin!
The most beautiful and amazing car EVER ! Thank you for sharing your experience Ian.
Gorgeous ❤️ it. I remember seeing that car when we visited the museum a few years ago. Must get back and take another look. Good to see cars being driven. What a sound! Give me a patinated, well looked after car that’s been used any day over one that’s never ‘lived’ and is too perfect.
What a car! You are a lucky bugger sometimes Ian.
My favourite thing about this video, beyond the curvaceous lines, the sound of the engine, that perfect cabin, is the fact that your Lada video has more views! Brilliant
Sounds glorious
Very envious of you driving that XK Ian! bet that was an experience you`ll not forget...lovely lines and shape love any Jag me! ....sadly cant afford to run one but there we are! cheers! that was a good video buddy!
What a fabulous car. Thank you Ian for taking me along with you. Definitely a HubNut highlight.😀😍😛
What a glorious video of a wonderful car. Top HubNut!
Wonderful video. Marvellous stuff.
Glorious glorious sound, so jealous, glad I get to live vicariously through you driving these cars.😍
Interesting to see this car again 😃Remember first seeing it at Browns Lane about 30 years ago. We went to a JEC family day at the factory one Sunday. The paint was a bit 'furry' and the leather was a bit worn (since restored), but fabulous to see. My 8 and 12 year old boys were able to sit in this one, NUB120 and Sir William's brown XJ6! They were in awe and very careful - telling off some other kids who jumped up and down on the drivers seat! I was also able to take a photo of my Jaguar 240 in the original factory entrance. Great memory. Well driven 😃
Pleased to say NUB and the brown XJ6 are still in the collection. I drove the XJ6 for Classic Car Weekly some years ago. So long ago that Browns Lane was still there!
@@HubNut 🙂
That has a sound all of its own a bit like a scania v8 lol, love it.
Wheres the 'love' button. Cars like this are why from being a young boy I wanted to work in the car industry. I was lucky enough to work at Jaguar for around 20 years on and off and loved the history of the brand. What an amazing car and also amazing piece of history. Also what a fabulous sound too. As always a great detailed video thanks Ian
I saw LWK at Gaydon while attending the monthly Jaguar Breakfast Club last Saturday. Hundreds of lovely Jaguars in the sunshine. 😎🌞
Thanks for the mention Ian - paintwork still looking fantastic 😍😀
Absaloutly fantastic video Ian ❤👍 she's absaloutly stunning what a car the shape the sound amazing brilliant
Ah, this was brilliant Ian. What a wonderful experience to share with us. I may be wrong but that looks like a Coventry registration but that makes sense as Jaguar played a large part in Coventry manufacturing back in the day at the Browns Lane plant. To think back when the guys were doing this 1 week endurance drive they would have no radio apart from probably bad jokes from the crew and just listened to that growl of the engine for hours on end. It has to be said that the achievement is a testament to both the car and the drivers. Many thanks for sharing.
Absolutely beautiful car. I'm glad they spent the time fixing and keeping that piece of history going for all of these years.
Truly remarkable drive Ian what a car
In the late autumn of 1963, in a heavy rainstorm mixing with sleet and wet snow, I got a lift from one of my professors, from southern New Hampshire to New York City, roughly 240 miles. His car was a white, left hand drive
XK 140 fixed head coupe with a 4 speed gearbox. The Jag held the road beautifully, and we ran well over the speed limit
the whole way. I arrived in NYC way ahead of schedule. A most impressive car, very safe,
and the owner clearly knew how to drive it.
Great enthusiasm. Infectious.
Oh that was glorious- I’ve been many times to look and it’s a fantastic collection, so glad they let you drive it so we could enjoy and learn, that engine is superb. How those fantastic drivers of old were so brave and tolerant is astounding.
What a unique & interesting vehicle indeed a really good video well done 👌👌
Awesome car. Yes Mr. Hubnut is allowed to swan around in a posh car because we get to ride along. It's a sunny morning in Seattle to match the video and I get to ride in a classic car, hear the classic Hubnut closing sound effect and a bit of classical music to boot.
It is a bit of a tweed flat cap profile but given the price, it could also be a speed stretched bowler in profile.
you lucky boy ! ... modern cars are amazing but this car came from a mythical time in life ... i think it would
have been nice to experienced such times!
That car is quite capable of making its own 'pchoo!' at the end of a video. And you picked exactly the right music for it, Ian. Thanks! 👌🙂👍
The most memorable car I was fortunate to own once. The sound is fantastic.
Fantastic video Ian of a truly beautiful car. I think the FHC versions of both the XK120 and 140 are the prettiest looking cars. Now, a favour, when you see Matt from Furious Driving next could you please explain a ‘fly off’ hand brake. He calls the upright, pre war, handbrakes (those that look like points levers from a mechanical interlocking signal box) fly off. I scream at the screen every time he does it. 😬
What a story, what a car, what a STUNNING sound! Great video, Ian.
A wonderful piece of history and a very beautiful car too.
What a history and what a beautiful car. You lucky so & so! I have loved Jags since I was in nappies. My dad's brother-in-law had a Jag service centre back in the late 50s and early 60s so I got a ride in a few Jags of the time. I was out of nappies but still in shorts when I first fell in love, a brand new white XK 150S DHC. A couple of super reports from Jaguar Heritage Ian, Thanks.
Fantastic, I remember reading about that car in a public library after school.
You lucky sausage! Thanks once again, for great content. 😊
Fantastic car! The start of a great heritage of Jaguar sportscars and racing cars. Thank you Ian, and to the JDHT for letting you drive it and film it for all of us to enjoy (and envy).
One question though, what are the markers on the speedo?
Markers are for kmh in case she's on an overseas adventure.
@@HubNut Ah thank you Ian, much appreciated 🙂
Superb! True living history. I think LWK is running on crossplies - an experience not forgotten and long banished by the radial ply tyre.
Lovely Ian,a real joy to behold ,and it brilliant when watched with headphones sings nicely.
Nice jaaaaag
another great video has always Ian and miss hubnut and hublets and hubmutts 👍
THANK YOU and Jaguar Heritage for this.
I could smell that interior its a wonderful smell you don't forget 😊 wonderful content Ian thank you 👍
I voted for this video, I'm glad I did because it's a classic. The steering wheel center boss ready to impale you in the slightest collision, definitely an encouragement to drive this carefully. "It's got a rain button to make it rain", my favourite kind of humour, but I'm disappointed you didn't test this function, unless, of course, you were suppressed by NASA and "big drought" who don't want this one simple trick to be known to the general public.
A great looking car which was quite advanced for the time. Love the sound of that XK engine.
That is a sound i will never forget... classic jaaag.
Thank you! What a wonderful review!
"The wood work is a bit worn, it is a very old UN_RESTORED car..." Wow, what an amazing car! Glad you got to drive.
As to the intake noise - my '67 Alfa Romeo Duetto just SNORTED when you got on it! Almost as much intake noise as exhaust.
A fantastic car with real history.
Well done to those who keep this car and others going rather than simply locked away.
Ian, I think that getting stuck under the steering wheel is a hazard of many older car. I had difficulty exiting a Volvo P1800 for the very same reason.
In 1963, I had the privilege of taking ownership of a, black ‘53, XK120mc FHC. I lived forty miles from the Watkins Glen Race Track. There was access through a tunnel to the infield when the track was not having an event. It was the perfect place to safely let the Jag stretch its legs and not have to worry about getting a ticket. I replaced the chrome grill for,$54.00 and the four bumpers at, $27.00 each. Of course now I wish I had kept it, but the Syrian Song of the XKE was too much to resist.
What a great video, with a gorgeous soundtrack, thank you 😀😀
You will probably agree with me that the sound of the Citroën flat twin engine is the most beautiful engine noise in the world.
However, every time I hear the sound of the straight six of an XK120, it gives me goosebumps!! I absolutely adore this engine noise!!
That xk engine is something else. No other engine sounds like that. Like an aircraft engine...
Imagine riding home from school along the A45 Coventry bypass when I was 14/15 yrs old am 82yrs now I was climbing the hill just before the Standard/Triumph works when I heard the sound of two cars going quiet quick I looked behind me and there were two D type Jaguars having a bit of a go. I raced to the top of the hill to see these two cars having to brake hard to avoid a large furniture van crossing from Torrington ace to turn south towards London a memory i shall never forget. John I ended up serving my apprenticeship at Alvis and worked in the experimental dept for 23yrs the last car I worked on was the Rover BS working for Spen King what a great guy. John
I've been fortunate enough to drive the BS. What a machine!
Now that's a gorgeous car!
I could listen to that engine for hours...! Just superb. It wouldn't sound out of place in an aircraft! 👍
The curves are wonderful
Ian or the car 😂😂😂
@@itsmephil2255the car, reminds me of a sexy woman
Glorious!
I particularly like the rev counter needle’s gentle bounce .
Ian you’re doing the same “Phoar “ sounds as Harry Metcalfe !
Phil Hill started his professional racing career driving one of these. No one talks about this. Later on he would even drive factory Ferraris and Mercedes.
Lovely!
IIRC Stirling Moss's last car before he died was a Renault Twizy which he was very enthusiastic about.
Glorious! I could stare at that dash for hours! On a side note saw a mint (colour) 2CV van today, fresh paint job, (lady driver in her 60's) passing through Sowerby Bridge. She may well follow this channel. I'm available for picnics. long scenic drives and car washing if she reads this hehe.
Fantastic cars! And great that they are being driven.
Wow you mentioned Ian Appleyard , I worked for him in the mid 70s in Harrogate happy memories from that time .
That sound evokes so many memories of owning and driving 50's Jags in the late 60's, they could be bought for peanuts then. A years tax (£12) was often more than paid for the car.
One of the most beautiful Jags ever imo, probably as good looking as the E type.
Hey Ian - I owned probably the most Hubnut of the older Jags - a 1963 3.8 MK10. Only 10 ish ears after that car. Mine was so low geared that I could see off a number of the 6 cylinder oiks here on Australian roads - they didn't know what had happened.
Ah, Jaguars ! I love them, back home in Essex, at place called Maldon, there was a private collection of Jag's, from the original sidecars, to the SS 's and many others, it wasn't a definitive every model collection, but ran to maybe a 100 cars, complete with Vincent & Swallow sidecar combo.
Unfortunately it closed andvwss disbanded, i think a Classic & prestige dealership occupies the site now, but i havent been that way in a long time.
Of all cars the Jaguars are in my heart, excepting the Rover PB's.
For me, the prettiest Jaguar. Lovely colour too
Beautifully driven Ian, you made the gear shifts look like a knife through butter, which I suspect they were anything but! 👏
It's a really nice gearbox for one of these.
@@HubNut 👌
I would agree those old jags smell wonderful, i wish I could bottle such a glorious smell.
Interesting informative video; thank you. One minor correction from the nitpick police: the car circulated Montlhery anti-clockwise.
Cheers. Odd that the wing was pulled out on the "inside" then, but perhaps that was as a result of the failed spring.
Great video of a fabulous car Ian!