1939 SS Jaguar starts after 20 years in bits

[hheywire]

sounds like the engine has a nock in it

[pmscott6135]

@hheywire

The tappets were only coursely adjusted at that time.

[pmscott6135]

Thanks for leaving your comments. It's always interesting to hear other's experiences with these cars.

Mine has just returned from the JDC Road Rally. See jaguardriverforums Meet the Ancestors Magazine related

[Merilyn557]

My father had a 1939 SS Jag which he sold in 1969 when I was 12. I remember Dad lovingly shining the headlights and the side bars of the hood. Dad would give neighbours a lift up the hill on the running board. Not sure how that would rate by today's standards. My aunt made jaguar patterned seat covers. I remember it cosy to go to sleep on the nice wide back seat when we were coming home from holidays. Dad sold it to a Professor of Russian who painted it white. My parents were horrified.

[blonderbonser]

Great car i´m the owner of a Jaguar ss 1,5 1940 ! Every weekend i drive whit it around the village!

Nice video!!! That car devers your care!

[pmscott6135]

@blonderbonser 1940 cars are thin on the ground. Where are you based?

[blonderbonser]

@pmscott6135

i´m from germany and you´re right my car is a bit thin on the ground.

[digitalbaba1960]

This reminds me my dad garage when i was a kid specially starter sound

[mdlman583]

Better adjust those valve tappets before you break something.Marlo

[jamestheposh]

I love that cranking sound

[superbran2008]

will u sel her to me x

[analbeard1976]

What a beautiful old car! I bet my car wont be around in 71 years time!!

[jmisiur]

what a beauty

[ZGalfamen]

this is just a classic beauty, I would like to have one of theese

[ASHMIR91]

i want go to this year.

[jaggass]

you know what i like about 20's and 30's cars they had big 6cyl engines that ran really smooth

[djbazzmaster]

filmed in 1993 ? good quality for a 16 year old movie .. even has HQ setting!

[pmscott6135]

Thanks to Sony CCD V700E Hi8 camcorder. Now defunct and replaced with a Sony TRV22 DV palmcorder.

[Squarerig]

Lovely car;I hear the tappets-Ouch! I used to have an old Bentley 1933 3 and a half litre.A beautiful car to run and drive.Took me two years of hard graft and lots of knuckle damage to get her into shape.

[Ogsonofgroo]

These old Jags were/are truely works of art, simply a beautiful car!

[2birdysne]

HI that would go very nice with my pit, lab, shep,& my 86chev,4*4 short box i allways have an eye for qwality,beautty so forth. even if i was 1of the most richist girls around I will still have a good old Chev,truck& an older car or truck like from20s 30s40s50s i dont no witch 1ns are my fav????better then haven some car made in China ooowe dont want that do we no we dont whant Contamanated"dog food ,milk& toys,god knows what they had in the $1!Stores<<boycot i dont no i dont buy CRAP<ther

[will79601]

so you basically have to set the timing by ear?

[pmscott6135]

That's the easiest thing to do. This car doesn't have a vacuum advance but it does have a manual advance lever on the steering wheel.

The manual says that you should set it up for 10 degrees before TDC with the lever fully advanced. In fact the car is surprisingly insensitive to the advance setting despite the lever working over quite a large range.

[will79601]

that my friend is a beauty!

[pmscott6135]

Thanks, yes, William Lyons had a very good eye for car design.

[bringonthedawn]

very nice! is it a 2 1/2 litre?

[pmscott6135]

Yes. I suspect you may already know this but the 3 1/2 needed a larger radiator which is slightly wider than in the 2 1/2 litre.

[bringonthedawn]

just an uneducated guess,a car i wud of liked to see - my grandad had a 1 1/2 litre one but being underpowerd i assumed most and yours would have the bigger engines :D

[pmscott6135]

The 1 1/2 has the same body from the windscreen backwards but has a rather shorter bonnet. It feels quite different to drive too. Surprisingly the 1 1/2 feels less reasuring on corners but it does have lighter steering. On level ground the 1 1/2 goes quite well but the 6 cylinder cars are very much faster on acceleration and hill climbing.

[Helj001]

Cool! My dad got one too, the jaguar ss 1 tourer from 33 or 34, still in bits.

[pmscott6135]

Thanks. It would be nice to see your dad's.

[codylovesfords]

that car looks new just like it just rolled off the assembley line

[pmscott6135]

I'm afraid the camera almost always lies when it

comes to cars, but thanks for your kind words.