Identifying wrecked Jaguar

[totnesmonster]

I was wondering if anyone can help with identifying an old, very rotten Jaguar (S-Type I thnk), that is in woods on my parents land and in particular the engine type. My parents moved there a year or so ago and I was hoping to salvage a few bits from the engine before it all gets too rotten...

I have found the chassis plate which has the folowing info. on it:

CAR NO. P1F1341BW
BODY NO. 4F1582
ENGINE NO. 7F1519-8
AUTO TRANS NO. 15784

I was wondering if anyone knowledgeable on old Jags would be able to tell exactly what it is, it has a six cylinder twin overhead cam engine, so I guess it's an XK unit but whether it's a 3.4 or 3.8 i really don't know, as I know very little about them.

Cheers, Mike

[thesilverfox]

a photo would help

[zaktoo]

It's a 420, as far as I can tell. It's got the 8.0 compression ratio too. See this site for more info:

www.car-nection.com/jagbase/engines1.htm

Hope that helps.

Ciao

Zak

[totnesmonster]

Thanks, yes it is a 420, judging by the lights and grille from a quick google, the rest of the bodywork has done an impressive disappearing act! if anyone's interested in a few bits, mainly glass for a token sum or free, let me know.... seems a shame to let the few remaining usefule bits go to waste.

Thanks again, Mike

[Pigeon]

Don't forget to have the rear end out of it before junking the body - lots of people building things with big engines find Jag IRS very useful.

[totnesmonster]

The back end is probably well past it, as it's sunk almost up to the floorpan and looks like the suspension mounts have rotted out, but it might be worth a look as the diff etc. might be ok. Will have to investigate when I have a bit more time...

[IOLAIRE]

totnesmonster said:

I was wondering if anyone can help with identifying an old, very rotten Jaguar (S-Type I thnk), that is in woods on my parents land and in particular the engine type. My parents moved there a year or so ago and I was hoping to salvage a few bits from the engine before it all gets too rotten... I have found the chassis plate which has the folowing info. on it: CAR NO. P1F1341BW BODY NO. 4F1582 ENGINE NO. 7F1519-8 AUTO TRANS NO. 15784 I was wondering if anyone knowledgeable on old Jags would be able to tell exactly what it is, it has a six cylinder twin overhead cam engine, so I guess it's an XK unit but whether it's a 3.4 or 3.8 i really don't know, as I know very little about them. Cheers, Mike

Hi Mike,
as zaktoo has said, it is indeed a 420.
The car no tells you that it's an auto with a Borg Warner type 12 transmission I think, (really stretching my memory on this!)
It will be a late '66 early '67 car which means it has a cracker of an engine; much more powerful than the later cars were.
It had twin 2" SUs and different cams from the later engines.
I had several of these cars; one with 9:1 pistons and a ported head and a manual 'box and it was an utter flying machine!!
Keep the engine if you can.