Advertising Last completed movie pages 1946 Jaguar 3½ Litre [Mk.IV]Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: 
![1946 Jaguar 3½ Litre [Mk.IV]](/i001857261.jpg)
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◊ 2024-01-09 15:39 |
![[Image: 02626limo.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/8341/24/02626limo.jpg) ![[Image: 02637jaguar.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/8341/24/02637jaguar.jpg) ![[Image: 03547jaguar.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/8341/24/03547jaguar.jpg) ![[Image: 03718jaguar.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/8341/24/03718jaguar.jpg) |
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◊ 2024-01-10 18:33 |
It's in the plate, but that was not Sir William Lyons' intention (and the reason he renamed his company Jaguar in 1945) |
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◊ 2024-01-10 19:34 |
I think that it may be a MkIV, and therefore a post war Jaguar 3 1/2 litre. |
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◊ 2024-01-10 22:08 |
I think I agree. We've comments that the post-WW2 Jags had narrower chrome strips than the pre-war SS (eg within pmscott's list of comments). But surprisingly no-one - as far as I can find at least - seems to have linked that our respective collections look as if pre-war SS had door handles below and separate from the strip - example 1, example 2, but Jags had them within the strip as here. Don't know if this is a solid difference, but it seems to work ..... |
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◊ 2024-01-11 08:57 |
Calling upon my extensive knowledge of automobile press tool engineering (not!), I would suggest that the resighting of the door handles was hardly a cost-free exercise. It would therefore seem to be a good reference point. I would also mention that the front wing sidelight mountings changed at some point, from separate lamps above the wing, to integrated in a pod, like a Bentley Mk.VI, as demonstrated by the example above. Another press tool modification, and not without difficulty, stretching the metal like that. Bentleys used a separate pressing, welded in, as I know well! -- Last edit: 2024-01-11 09:02:18 |
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◊ 2024-01-13 03:24 |
Digging deeper, things get more complicated. First to mention in passing, in 1937 front quarterlights were fitted. Then in 1938 big structure changes - bodies were switched from mix of steel and alloy construction to all steel, accompanied by increased wheelbases (6" on 1½ Litre and 8" on 2½/3½ Litre) which made them noticeably longer and sleeker. And the doors were re-designed to match this longer and sleeker profile. Not totally confirmed, but the door handles seem to have moved into the strip at this point, which may have become thinner, losing the thicker arrow feathers portion at the rear to become more consistent along its length. Also at this point, bonnet louvre angle was changed from vertical to a slant matching the screen pillar angle, and side-mounted spares were removed. So there was a big styling split pre/post 38, although the clues are subtle. And I don't know now if the 38/39 SS were different from 46+ Jags, or whether as pmscott says the Jags had thinner strips than the 38/39 SS - if not, we don't have anything to separate the late SS from the Jags. I've got one good Jag book, but it doesn't have enough pics to give full comparisons for pre-38/38-39/postwar, so I can't push this any further. |
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◊ 2024-01-13 09:04 |
![[Image: img_0981.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10516/24/img_0981.jpg) 1948 Mk 4 3.5 litre. ![[Image: img_0982.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10516/24/img_0982.jpg) -- Last edit: 2024-01-13 09:07:37 |
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