GTP Cool Wall: 1954-1957 Jaguar XK140

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1954-1957 Jaguar XK140

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If it would have been manual, I'd vote Sub-Zero. Oh well. Gets a very high cool regardless.
 
Dennisch
It has a manual. It's the OP that's wrong.

It's a British sportscar for peepz sake!
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A classic Front Engine Rear Drive British Sportscar!
 
Dennisch
It has a manual. It's the OP that's wrong.

It's a British sportscar for peepz sake!
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If that's true, then I apologize as I never saw that as an option. From what I saw there was only the auto :/
 
ildd
If that's true, then I apologize as I never saw that as an option. From what I saw there was only the auto :/
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From the OP:

1955-Jaguar-XK-140-SE-Roadster-Interior-2.jpg


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I know XK140's could be had with manual transmissions, I'm not arguing that. But it does seem that the car in the photo only has two foot pedals. I guess it's probably the angle the photo was taken at hiding the third pedal?
 
playnthru
I guess it's probably the angle the photo was taken at hiding the third pedal?
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Unless they swapped the gearbox for a Saab Sensonic, I think that's the case. :D
 
Uhm..I would like to e able to vote again then..but unfortunately I can't.

Dammit, I feel bad now.
 
"Oh, is that the car that Ryan Philippe drove in Cruel Intentions?"

Still cool though.
 
Dennisch
From the OP:

1955-Jaguar-XK-140-SE-Roadster-Interior-2.jpg


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Interesting. From all the sites I saw there was no mention of it. I know the one I saw in person was the automatic.
 
Full of historical significance, but it's never done anything for me. Meh.
 
Not an XK120, but still as cool as it can get.
 
Beautiful.

Cool.
 
Never been much of a fan of the XK1__ series Jags. For a two seater from that era they're huge and a little ungainly in its proportions. The Mk1's and 2's and S-type that share that style of Jag front end, wear it much better. Meh.
 
Unless a transmission is likely to gain sentience, burst forth from within the car, and attack passers-by, I don't see how the number of gears has any affect on coolness. Extreme examples, where the transmission ruins any chance of decent progress (the ForTwo's awful, jerky shifter - though that car is painfully uncool anyway) are one thing, but a half-century old car shouldn't be held to modern standards. Nor could I imagine a pretty lady being picked up in one, only to scoff at the comparative lack of ratios. In fact, the only people I can imagine making a big deal about it are the manuals-on-everything-always, brown-diesel-wagon-driving Jalopnik contingent.
 
To be honest.

The Borg- Warner 3 speed was a leaking piece of garbage. But then again, the XK is also a leaking hunk of metal. Not garbage though.

If a Jag doesn't leak it's a dead Jag.
 
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