Check out our Jaguar XK140 Restoration

14 January, 2022

If you had 6 years to ponder and discuss an engine design, then the likelihood is that it would be a remarkable engine. 

This is a 66-year-old 3.4 Jaguar XK140 Fixed Head Coupe (FHC).

It's powered by the XK double-overhead-camshaft six-cylinder petrol engine fed by a twin SU carburettor with a four-speed manual transmission.

 

However, it was the Jaguar XK140's predecessor, the XK120 so named for its top speed, the fastest production car in the world, that housed that engine.

But of course, if everyone else had 6 years then it's a level playing field.

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