by John Quilter » Fri Nov 01, 2019 12:11 am
My mother bought this white with black interior MOD 3.8S in February 1966 as a just over one year old car that had a date of dispatch from the works on 5 November 1964. It’s 105 chassis numbers after the introduction of the fully syncho gearbox. This purchase was at my advice, even as a high school senior. My father, who had always driven Morris Minors, was skeptical but since it had disc wheels, a manual gearbox and a nice Blaupunkt radio he condescended to its purchase which was at about 75% of its price new. As a Rear Admiral he always named his cars, this one became “The Jewel”. My mother drove the car for the next 8 years and upon her death my father drove, and enjoyed it, for the next 26 years at which time I inherited it in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was relocated by me to Eugene Oregon, USA in 2010. Drives beautifully at 168K miles. Not a 100 point show car as it has always been driven and never off the road for any period of time. Simply well maintained, garaged, and, given its age and beauty, driven my me sympathetically, as a retired 32 year career employee of the US arm of British Leyland and Jaguar Land Rover North America. Modifications are a pusher radiator fan, (thermostatically controlled), an XJS steering rack conversion, a high mount LED stop lamp and a manual override control for the AED. It shares the garage with two Morris Minors, a convertible, and four door saloon, a 1990 XJ6, an Austin America and a 1951 MGTD.[img][img][img]
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My mother bought this white with black interior MOD 3.8S in February 1966 as a just over one year old car that had a date of dispatch from the works on 5 November 1964. It’s 105 chassis numbers after the introduction of the fully syncho gearbox. This purchase was at my advice, even as a high school senior. My father, who had always driven Morris Minors, was skeptical but since it had disc wheels, a manual gearbox and a nice Blaupunkt radio he condescended to its purchase which was at about 75% of its price new. As a Rear Admiral he always named his cars, this one became “The Jewel”. My mother drove the car for the next 8 years and upon her death my father drove, and enjoyed it, for the next 26 years at which time I inherited it in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was relocated by me to Eugene Oregon, USA in 2010. Drives beautifully at 168K miles. Not a 100 point show car as it has always been driven and never off the road for any period of time. Simply well maintained, garaged, and, given its age and beauty, driven my me sympathetically, as a retired 32 year career employee of the US arm of British Leyland and Jaguar Land Rover North America. Modifications are a pusher radiator fan, (thermostatically controlled), an XJS steering rack conversion, a high mount LED stop lamp and a manual override control for the AED. It shares the garage with two Morris Minors, a convertible, and four door saloon, a 1990 XJ6, an Austin America and a 1951 MGTD.[img][img][img]