The Inline 6 Cylinder You Need to Hear to Believe -1954 Jaguar XK120 Roadster POV Drive
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- This Jaguar XK120 was once the fastest production car in the world. This 1954 example has been in the Wile family for decades and boy does it sound incredible. I'm honored to have been trusted to drive this car. It was quite intimidating. Once you hear the first little crunch of the gearbox shifting into first it really keeps you on your toes to be delicate and deliberate. The 4 wheel brakes are quite timid to slow this vehicle so while its fun to ring out the twin cam 3.4L inline 6, you'd better be sure there's nothing in your way! Driving classics like this Jag really make you appreciate the talented drivers who raced them.
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Thanks to @Wilemotorsport for letting me experience the Jag from the driver's seat. It's important to keep driving the classics to appreciate motorsport history and share the passion with the next generation.
Classic cars are meant to be driven and i loved seeing and hearing this car in action. What a beautiful car!
Oh, the sound. Amazing.
What did twisting the horn do?
@@slwsnowman4038 That's the directional indicator
Please don't blip the throttle changing up , changing down blip it if you must if its not a synchromesh transmission , I passed my bus test on an old crashbox ( non synchromesh transmission ) and had to double de clutch and blip it between gears on the down shift , its an art matching the revs to the road speed.
Nothing would make me more nervous than the owner of the car telling me “good luck” before I start the engine lol
Hahaha
What about hearing it from a doctor?
Certainly a distinctive sound to the L6.
It’s like entering an airliner and seeing the pilot crossing himself.
@@truthseeker8483 You're test has come back Aladeen
I like how if you activate auto generated subtitles youll notice that when the car revs it says [Music]
Music to my ears
Because it is music
Damn right it’s music!
The AI knows and i6 is pure ear candy
best comment I've seen :). as someone else said, AI knows I6 is pure music.
It sounds PERFECT
on this car, but if it were a honda civic from the 90s, you'd be throwing your fist in the air hahahaha
@@Mattyew id love to see a civic with an inline six that sounds like this
Got goosebumps when he accelerated. The sound note from the exhaust is like a 3 star Michelin restaurant.
it does it realy does
Takumi’s Cousin . You mean PURRfect!
The snarl of a straight six cannot be duplicated by any other engine design. Glorious!
I must say, sports car fans in 1954 were NOT deprived. That's a REAL sports car!
If you're used to anything with even remotely modern hydraulic brakes, hopping into a manual brake machine is the scariest thing you can do. My first foray was in something significantly larger but cheaper, my dad's 65 Ford Pickup driven in the 90s. You push on the brakes, and nothing happens. Push harder and still, nothing happens. You feel that trickle of sweat come down your face, full pucker factor of 11 as your A*hole tries to ingest the seat. You're literally standing with both feet smashing the brakes, slapping the clutch once in a while as you row down the gears then put it back on the brake to help your other struggling leg, praying that at some point you'll start to slow down faster than the space disappears between you and the quickly approaching car in front of you.
And the whole while, your brain is repeating the words of your father, "Everything works in this truck, so bring it back that way."
Meanwhile the other half of your brain is imagining what a sizeable dent will look like in the bumper, the other car that will pancake from a massive steel leviathan rolling into it at 35, and how much you're about the star the windshield using your skull.
Deserves more likes for sure
Yeah, this is where the good stuff is... You my sir are a fine specimen!
Reminds me of my first motorcycle... 😅
Fine specimen indeed
Agreed those old Ford brakes are terrifying, pretty much guaranteed to crash if you have to emergency stop.
This channel is so underrated, I've been binging for like 4 days lol. Great stuff!
Thank you Luke!
I think mainly because he's glad and enjoys driving ANYTHING as a true petrolhead should be in a humble non-biased way. And you feel it! If you love cars, you love them all from a Fiat Multipla to a Chiron. Really great stuff aye!! Hello from Canary Islands and good luck with the channel.
oh wow i used to watch your vids luke, i'll check your channel again now
What!? Luke!!!
Subscribed!
i just love cars that aren't renovated within an inch of their life
this car has the correct patina
a car can only be original once
@Mr. Cairo I am the original owner of a 1967 Pontiac Firebird powered by a 3.8 litre inline 6 OHC (built to mimic the Jaguar 6). While it has been garaged for the majority of its life, it has spent years out in the sun and weather before I understood that it could be a collector car. It has its original interior, and original paint in verdoro green. My paint looks almost as good as the XK 120
There's a place in Texas (there was a couple-4 years ago, anyway) that sells and/or installs Chevy engine and transmission conversion kits for Jags. It's just easier, he says, to drive and maintain them. If I wanted easy, I wouldn't have bought a Jaguar 𓄇 in the first place. I can't imagine anything less classy or more cheesy than starting your XK 140 or MK VII and hearing a V8.
I doubt people who like to drive cars and are passionate care if the car is completely original or not, I'm surely not one of those people.
I still don't know if I fully agree with this sentiment. Did the car come out of the factory with faded paint, a worn interior, a flawed, crunchy gearbox, and all sorts of other little defects? Not really. Did the designers really mean for the car to be experienced that way? I don't think they did.
I'd argue that getting these cars as close to new as possible is better.
@@MickehPuppeh
"I still don't know if I fully agree with this sentiment. Did the car come out of the factory with a flawed, crunchy gearbox?"
To be honest, yes. But for me, the thing about an unrestored car is not whether it came out of the factory that way, but that the patina is a reflection of its history.
Kids today; The Supra has the best sounding six-cylinder in the world...Fast and furious says so...
Grandpa Jag;...Hold my whiskey...
Supra has family
@@Louis-op4zj lmao
Supra is a boat
@@stock.wheel.shawty that response, not only makes the comment worth it. Makes lockdown easier. Thanks for the validation hombre 🤙
Sounds like a barra to me. JZ and RBs still my favourite though
The trick to not grinding a Moss ‘box is to to say “god save the Queen” between shifts
Oh how dreadful!
Comments that haven't aged well..
Hahaha the gearbox is *just* like my Tacoma 🤣
“Yeah, it’s synchronized - yep.”
*crunch*
😂
Reminds me of every '70s and '80s Mazda I had, and every '90-2007 Subaru I've had; crappy synchros are something I deal with every day.
fancy seeing you here
@@yhelloh You might say that I’ve been around the block a few times. 😉
@@snowrocket nailed it w the subaru. Pulled out my outback for winter and forgot how nasty the trans is. Every time I put it in reverse it crunches. Every. Time.
This is what was once called “motoring”. A visceral connection between man, machine and environment. The driver has to be an active participant; no ABS, no brake booster, no adaptive cruise control, no lane departure sensor, no power steering, no flappy paddles, no clutch slave cylinder.... just glorious.
My first car was was a tricked up1500 MG Midget, I learnt to have mechanical sympathy, heel and toe (just about), double de-clutching, left foot and engine braking and most of all leaving TIME and SPACE. It made a much better and SAFER driver and how to read the road surface and look ahead.
@@PalookaD As Broderick Crawford (acting as Dan Matthews) used to say at the end of every episode of The Highway Patrol: "And till then (next week), remember: it's not the car that kills, it's the driver"!
Erm..."no clutch slave cylinder" ??? - how on earth do you work that out ?
@@philcopson3900 non-hydraulic clutch actuation
@@OldSchoolZ-wy2yx yeah I’m all mechanical with my 3 speed column shifter. Or at least I assume I am, I hear a spring pop every time i push my clutch pedal down. 250 inline 6 in a ‘74 nova
No cup holder, no infotainment system? What is this? The fiftie-- oh yeah... nvm
Amazing sound tho! My goodness. No power assisted brakes right?
The brakes feel like squeezing two Brillo pads over a rotating piece of wood 😂
@@TedwardDrives Now that's why brakes are the one thing I'd upgrade on these classics.
@@camillosteuss and wreck that priceless automotive gem lel
@@camillosteuss 😂😂👍👍 I dream of waking up with propane cylinder legs 🤣
sometimes you want cup holders.. My 1990 Jeep Grand Wagoneer has none either, of course the design was 63. But youd figure with the interior changes up to 91 theyd have a cup holder lol. I had to replace the 5th seat folding arm rest with a folding arm rest that opens into cup holders from a buick that matchs the color of my leather interior
Cars like this have character. Not many cars like this anymore.
Had a 1954 XK120 in 1966. Paid $150 for it. Actually ran pretty good after some mechanics did a free tune up on it. My friend, a mechanic took care of it and even painted it robin egg blue while I was at art college. We took it out for a ride on Cape Cod. It looked just like this video. Had a glass pack on it and sounded amazing. Had no problem with shifting. Had a super short race type shift pattern. When I moved across the US to Calif. I gave the keys to the mechanic who cared for its mom. He was in the Navy (maybe Vietnam at the time), and walked away.
Imagine having that as a daily driver lol
😂
Imagine having to call the AA everyday
@@tobismofastube463 nah they worked every day back then why shouldn't they do it now? When you got a British mechanic at least
@@MyILoveMinecraft yeah propably true, i for myself drive (german) Mopeds which are nearly If not 50 or so years old and they are always rugit an reliable. I would pick a Jag like this over any modern car. But you said yourself to drive these cars daily you have to have a good mechanic or be good with the wrenches yourself:)
@@tobismofastube463 yeah. I'm a bit younger so my car is 15 years older than myself. But I learned a bit from some older guys so I can keep it running well. It's my only car and daily
Just lovely!
Hey I love your channel!
The noise is just amazing!
Glorious exhaust note!
@@MrMoa-lv4lm yikes
The straight six is THE sound of motorsport!
I would wind out my suv because of the inline 6.
Any inline six cylinder engine with a true dual exhaust system has that distinctive sound. I had a '53 Chevrolet with a '54 Corvette exhaust manifold on it with dual glass packs, and people always remember the sound it made.
Love the in-line sixes myself. But some of us might gently suggest THE sound of motorsports is the GROWL of an Offenhauser.
As an ex Big Healey owner, this is THE sound
*No other engine* will ever match the snarl of a straight six. None. I've loved the 3 GT6's I've owned. I've gotta get my BMW project on the road!
Neighbor on back side of our block drove hubby to train every morning. She comes around the corner and winds up first getting high by our third house from corner. I never needed an alarm. Your sound is accurate.
A friend in college had a 1956 for a couple of years, until he broke a transmission gear trying to push start it in -25F temperatures. The replacement gear came six months later, straight from England. Loved the straight-six sound and singing of the lower gears. It was a spitfire on wheels with the sound and long view forward of an imaginary "spit!" Great video, great car. LKW
Wasn't expecting such pep out of this car but sounds like it's got some!
The power was wild....and particularly scary because of the lack of braking capability haha
I belive when it was released the Xk120 was the world's fasted production car.
because it weighs next to nothing. Put any 150hp engine in a car that weighs 2000lbs and itll go
@@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305 Hmm, my daily shitbox weighs about 2000lbs. It also has maybe 50hp. Adding 100 extra horses would make it quite a bit peppier lol
@@NotSoCrazyNinja 50hp & 2000lbs? What are you driving man? A 1966 beetle with a 1300cc flat 4? LOL! Just a guess....either that or you have an old CJ-5 Jeep...100 extra horses on either would make them into pure suicide machines, hahah!
Sounds so Good.
Jeremy Clarkson: Its a JAAAAG
Yea! Bring the oil pan!
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Holy jesus listening to that sweet purr with headphones on is an unbeatable experience.
Many thanks for taking me back to 1965, and the XK150 Jag I had then. Best sound ever, thanks to the long-stroke 3.4 litre motor with heaps of torque. Not a wet road car by any means, but a superb tourer with a top speed of 135 mph.
Thank you Dad for the XK120 in the 9th grade I love and miss you!
This is one a the best engine sound I've ever heard!
A friend's older sister had an XK140 Roadster in Arizona, in 1965. I'd catch her at the stop sign pulling out on the highway once in a while on my Harley. She knew I loved to hear that engine so she'd wait until I was right behind her and pull out and run it up through the gears as she took off across the desert. That XK engine in that period was about the smoothest sounding exhaust note I've ever heard.
I've driven several MkII sedans and E-Types since then and while they're not exactly the same, they're certain not bad. If you're in an roadster/convertible the sound is just spectacular!!
Have you heard a BRM V16? It's quite a noise and from the same era.
@@rjk69 I'll check it soon
Jags always had the best production exhausts
@RSC 85 Sorry but that that sounds nothing like a V8.
A wonderful video that put me right back into the drivers seat of my 1954 XK 120 MC (modified competition). I bought the car in 1963 when I was 18 for $700, rebuilt it myself with a Jaguar shop manual and was dating a gorgeous co-ed. Life could not have been better! I owned that car for three years and traded it off for a 1964 XK-E. Your video took me back to the : heavy steering, wonderful exhaust note , dodgy brakes, temperamental gear box, moth eaten carpeting and smell of hot oil. . Thanks so much, this was the next best thing to actually driving one again. PS; your comments about being thrilled and terrified at thee same time were spot on. At 76 I would most likely feel the same in a car that I felt totally in control of at 18 years old.
That’s exactly what my dad had. A 1954 XK120M. My mom said she could hear him coming when he drove home. It sounded like fun. He sold it to a guy who killed himself in it.
Fantastic sound. Takes me back to leaning to drive in my Dad's XK 140 coupe. It was a magnificent experience. Thanks Dad! This video has convinced me to drag my 70 XkE out of the garage and restore it.
I come back and watch this video all the time because this thing sounds so amazing.
Looks like it drives pretty sweet considering it’s vintage. But I like the feel of old cars that make you feel them.
I'm at 4 seconds, and I think I just heard the best sound I've ever heard in my entire life. God, that's amazing!
Is this the original exhaust and is the microphone mounted by the exhaust? It sounds phenomenal!
@@orsonwelles5549 good question. I don’t think he mentioned anything about aftermarket exhaust. And he usually has binaural microphones mounted where his ears are, afaik
If you hear the BRM V16, you'll crap yourself.
@@georgemorley1029 that does sound awesome, but I like the raspiness of this engine more tbh.
@@georgemorley1029 I'm a lover of the side-pipe sounds of a Shelby Cobra 427 although this sounds purdy good! 😉😉
amazing sound
I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything like it
@@TedwardDrives never thought an Inline 6 could sound that way lol
@@TedwardDrives sounds like a 350z with no cats and a 5/8 plenum spacer, imo
You nailed almost every shift. My dad had the hardtop. Drove my mom from England to the south of France for their honeymoon in 1956, pulling a small trailer with my mom's luggage in it. That may be the only time an XK120 has ever been used as a tow vehicle
He's the romantic type
That exhaust is something from the gods. Beautiful!
i can smell the exhaust gas just by hearing it
Man your output is crazy strong. Very interesting selection of cars also. Love what youre doing, keep it up.
Thank you!!!
@@TedwardDrives How did you end up with this kind of work man! It's an absolute blast to watch let alone actually doing it.
Years of filming cars without an audience until suddenly...there were people who wanted to watch it
@@TedwardDrives You have my dream car is one of my biggest reasons. And your commentary is very fun
had me giggling a bit watching that tachometer jump, like it's just tryna guess what the revs are
The cable that drives the tach needs to be lubricated.
Tryna is that a far eastern country, or an American trying to text English, so lazy!!
@@philwragg9529 why do you use double spaces between your words ?
@@philwragg9529 huh?
@@frankhoward7645 Nope, tacho and cable are fine - it's the way this chump is revving the engine and slipping the clutch. Anyway, too much oil in the cable and it will work its way up into the tacho head.
I regularly come back to listen to the singing of this car. Although I love the sound of my supercharged XJR I’m certain that this XK is the best sounding car on the planet.
I've come back to this video countless times, just can't get enough of the sound 🥰
I was a kid when these Jags were in the hands of kids of people who could afford to buy Corvettes, T-Birds and Jaguars at slightly more than a normal sedan. My friend and Neighbor had a XK-150 and would regularly race late '50 Corvettes or triple nickel T-Birds. The Jag would always lose off the line but once it was in 2nd gear, it was Bye Bye American Pie.
It’s nothing special to beat a C1 vette or a T-Bird with a XK-150. It’s very special to beat a C2 vette with a XK-150
What a cool experience
That's something I could drive all day just for the sound alone!
And that leather interior!
Love the throttle blips between gear changes
thats just SICK.....this car brings tears to my eyes..LOVE THE MUSIC BURBLING FORTH FROM THE TAILPIPES!...BEAUTIFUL!
I tried to buy one of the inline 12 jags once....needed restored ..but was in fair shape..unfortunately my pockets were just a little too light.....
I'm 69 and now one of my one vivid teenage memories is when my late Aunt Jean arrived in our driveway one spring in 1963 at the wheel of her silver 1952 drophead XK120. Possibly the coolest thing and boldest entrance I have ever experienced. For 3 consecutive years she drove that Jag cross country from her home in New Mexico to her cottage in Port Stanley Ontario on Lake Erie. My brothers and I went nuts. It was the coolest looking and sounding thing we had ever seen or heard. It had Borrani wire wheels and the lead knockoff wheel mallet in the trunk. It also had a small dash plaque attesting that a racing version of it had set a lap record at Lemans. I was too young to drive but she let me hit the start button and rev it and showed me how to slip the clutch to get it moving. Smelled of leather and oil. She took me on my birthday in it to the Stratford Festival theater for my first Shakespearean play. It was really all about the 2 hour trip in the Jag with the top down. Another year she made the trip from New Mexico with my cousin and a large dog packed into it. She and that car were a perfect match. Miss them both.
That’s a great story. Grew up in Stratford and attended many plays at the theatre there. I moved away when I went to college never returning for very long. Years later it went into disuse as no more Shakespearean plays as no actors. A few years ago bums got into it and started a fire. It burned to the ground. Treasure those memories! Stratford really goofed up not protecting and re-using it. The car is wonderful especially in its original condition, a real driver. Jay Leno would be proud!
@@UncaDave I think you're describing Stratford, Connecticut. Peter Lemon is describing Stratford, Ontario.
I'm telling you! See my comment. My brother and I had a version of your same experience.
LA BELLE Manifique !!!😘g
Thanks for sharing, good story
My captions says “music” as it revs.... couldn’t agree more
I love that sound!
My Dad bought a 1954 Mk VII Jag saloon in 1969. At that age it put Dad's considerable mechanical skills to the test. It was a 3 speed auto. Being much heavier than the roadster, it always took off graciously. When it did we always felt grateful too! The mere suggestion of brakes probably explained why Dad always slowed down early and gently.
I watched Mum one day, cranky about a flat battery, rolling the thing down the hill, putting it into drive, and taking off. Who knew you could clutch start an automatic? Obviously, no one told her she couldn't, not that she would listen anyway...
The blinker switch on the steering wheel was curious, so were the indicator arms swinging out from the B pillars. The beautiful walnut dash had a UV map light to avoid spoiling the driver's night vision. There were twin fuel tanks and many other unexpected notes of luxury.
I had a 1959 XK 150. It had the electric overdrive and 3 SU carbs on the 3.4 L engine.
It was an enormous amount of fun!!! :)
I grew up driving a 140 or 50. Can’t remember. Then I owned a right side Mark something or other. Gorgeous car. Absolutely horrid in terms of maintenance. I am the last generation to know how to double clutch. I was taught by Bernie Kousar who was a friend of Sterling Moss! I was so young I did not understand the privilege of knowing him. Once I picked up Mr. Kousar’s phone and a British guy asked for Mr. Kousar. I said, “Who is calling?” The guy answered (a few years before the first Bond movie) in a British accent, “Moss. Sterling Moss.” I remember I did not say anything back. Stunned, I just put the receiver down and went off to get Mr. Kousar.
I would be sweating bullets and riddled with anxiety driving that. I'm glad someone else can do it and I can listen to the sound
When I was 18 in 1970, I found a 1956 MK VII in need of an engine rebuild in a field, and paid $150 for it. My dad helped me, and since he had a '56 XK 140 Drophead with an identical 3.4 L engine, the expertise and spare parts were invaluable. One day when he was at work I discovered that my worn-out ignition key fit his Jag. Yes, I did a couple of lengthy tours around San Diego. Yes, I impressed a couple separate female hitchhikers with "my" car. Yes, it was fast. Yes, I created a few metal shavings shifting from 1st to 2nd. No, he never found out. And yes, I was sweatin' bullets most of the time.
Grew up listening to the sweet sound of a Jaguar. my parents ran rallies in NC.my father had a 120 ,140 (rh drive) and a 150.all were daily drivers.thanks for the ride !
Been my favourite car, visually, for a few years now. This is the first time I've heard one properly. O-M-G! she purrs, she roars, she engages! Beautiful!
Welcome to Britain, where our I6s sound like V8s, and our V8s sound like I4s
But it doesnt sound like a v8
@@martinmlaenovic2621 That's right,but nevertheless it simply sounds great.
@@martinmlaenovic2621 ...no...
...it sounds better...
Our older sports cars make me think of aeroplanes when they make a noise
@@paradiseroad6405 That is a highly debatable statement my friend! Listen to any one of the many TH-cam videos on the Shelby Daytona Coupe, then see if you still believe the Jaguar I-6 sounds better than the 289 V-8 Daytona. The Jaguar 6 sounds wonderful in its own way, but the Daytona V8 sounds menacing and threatening.......which is just what it was!
Crazy sound - six-cylinders are really up there when they sound this good.
You weren’t kidding. Sounds amazing, I’d say this may have made its way into my top 3 straight 6 engine notes list
What are your top 3? Need to binge them
Thanks for the ride. It gave me a good feeling about what it was like to drive these cars. The 120 is the supposed top speed of the car, which was super fast at a time when British large saloons only made 80 mph and small cars about 60.
As a child I made a detour from school to admire a white, red interior XK at a window of a Jaguar dealership. What a thrill!
Ouch, it hurts to see this. My grandfather had one of these stored in a shed on one of his properties for 50+ years. He told me when I was a kid he'd give it to me when I was older. When he passed away a few years ago, my family sold it off to some random dude for an insanely low price before realizing that I wanted it.
Happens a lot... Too bad, you will never forget what your grandfather wanted you to enjoy. Many many many people dont connect and get what is happening.
I know the future is electric
But BOY!!! we are gonna miss sounds like these.
The future is not electric ...
@@morganfreeman5171 ah, but it is.
@@mohammedsalimahmed5230 How long do you think before the majority of people use electric cars ? We still have a fair amount of oil to exploit.
What about planes and boats ? will they be electric ?
No.
Mfs sleeping on hydrogen power
@@morganfreeman5171 Yea he means the forced future is electric for normie people cars.
Triple carbs sucking the air is like music.
triple carbs giving the big succ. I like intake noise, the spot in my car where the four barrel has just opened but the throttle position sensor hasn't yet told the old two speed slushbox to slop itself into low gear is such a nice sound.
Two carbs
Not knowing how to double clutch actually made for more of that glorious 6, rowing up, but I can only imagine how much better the downshifts would have sounded.
My father drove one of these ('52 FHC) in high school in 1969. It was in pretty rough shape by then, several owners, etc. (much like a 2005 Jag is now) but she still got up and went. He told me one time he was out on a date and found himself racing some other kids in a 289 Mustang. He was dismayed to discover they were neck and neck at ~80mph (or whatever speed it was) when he should have been leaving them behind. Then realized he was so caught up in the moment trying to impress his date that he hadn't yet shifted into 4th gear...
One of the most beautiful cars ever and the noise is Honey.
Reminds me of double-clutching to deal with the woefully worn synchros on my old 914
the forgotten art!
I understand double clutching on downshifts, but on upshifts? Why?
@@frankhoward7645 if your timing is perfect in a car I believe it's not necessary and obviously if it's synchronised even more so, heavy vehicles I'm not to sure however. I believe for the up shifts it's to make timing more consistent?
@@izaaka70 There is no reason for double clutching upshifts. None.
@@frankhoward7645 yeah, no reason to try to double clutch on the upshifts. worse though is that he was not actually double clutching on the down shifts, he left the clutch in the whole time.
This brings tears to my eyes. I used to have an XK 120, what a machine, loved the drift through the corners, that long wheelbase made is sweet to control and the torque was great.
I like how the engine sound is dubbed as ‘music’ in the closed captions
Wonderful . . . wonderful. Almost came to believe I was behind the wheel. You were a fortunate fellow.
Thanks!
Goosebumps. Every time I hear that engine, I think I’ve watched this video over 50 times. 2:28 3:15 3:47 4:40 6:00 6:40 9:40
Yea , I remember the noise well ! I was 8 years old , sitting on my Dads lap steering ( with his help) as we went through Wiwona (sp) Tunnel on the way to Yosemite ....and he kicked the clutch in and ''popped'' the throttle a few times ........yes , REMEMBER IT WELL !! (74 now)
Double clutch on the upshifts? Into second?
The 1st gear uses a crash gearbox
My uncle had a xk120 , he used an exaust from a saloon, being a single pipe it could go through the cross member rather than under
Straight six. In my view the best and sweetest sounding engine. Miss mine. 1971 TR6.
I had no idea. Thank you. One of the best engine notes I have ever heard. It appeared to be quite a quick accelerating car. Good for you both.
What's with the throttle blipping on the upshift? Totally unnecessary! The revs drop for the next gear, so no blip. Watch the owner drive! .Yes, you need to blip the throttle when double de-clutching when changing down - never going up a gear!
Yep - immediate first thought as well. Blip on down shift to allow clutch to re-ingage without undue slippage after swap to lower ratio where revs are going to be higher. Blipping on up-shift is just weird and unnecessary.
@@1218omaroo Not just unnecessary, counterproductive as it is harder on the synchromesh rings.
And I thought I was the only one who thought this was stupid.
Exactly !!
@@1218omaroo You blip the throttle with the shifter in neutral with your foot of the clutch. It is to line up the gear revolutions, nothing to do with the reingagement of the clutch
bmw e30 and e36 325i engines sound like this :)
Drove a late 60s jag six, torque monster
Owned several inline 6 GM.
Great engines also
About those brakes, only 3 years later this car would be the first in the world with 4 wheel discs. The motor...one of the great designs in automotive history. Great video, thanks!
Thats the definition of the driving experience. Also, seems to have much more pep than "160hp" might suggest
It is a light car for the power and size.
I think it would be like 300+ hp on a modern car
i doubt it weighs much. thats most likely why it looks faster lol
@@ataysgrt2448 nope, this is more than 500 hp of this day
All about power to weight eh? A 20hp go kart is a great driving experience for the same reason.
I had a 120 roadster back in 1967. That engine sound brought back so many wonderful memories i had to change my underware. The best sound ever was obtained driving it through the tunnel in Santa Monica where the freeway dumps onto the coast highway...pure heaven.
Had a 1958 XK-150 roadster, as my first car, $800. Every day on the way to work I boys were walking to school and every time they cheered at the loud reverb, put a smile on my face everytime.
One word for this car:
*PRISTINE*
That's the best sounding 6 cylinder I've ever heard. Hands down.
Thumbs up for doing a great job with that gearbox and the double clutching.
holy shit that sounds amazing!
I'm a retired trucker, biker, and automotive enthusiast. Think about this. When upshifting a car with a non-synchromesh transmission, you do not need to "blip" the throttle for the revs to catch up. You need to keep off the gas to let the revs drop for the nest higher gear. You only need to rev the motor when you are downshifting.
Probasbly very worn synchros if this box has never been overhauled...
it's 70 years of wear...
Tedward
9 days ago (edited)
Missed the point. Gearbox was unhappy and slow to enter gear. Revs drop to idle immediately so I’m raising the revs. Leaning on the gear and letting it slip in when it meshes. Notice that it worked and never grinds.
Agree with kittycorner. I used to drive trucks and only used the clutch to start and stop. Can up and downshift without the clutch with a trash box. I will ad that downshifting is a fine art. That being said, I don't know about shifting an XK-120.
I love the old XK engines. Many years ago I came up to a MKII (ice blue) on the Autobahn. I got beside it and lowered the passenger window. Obviously the Jag pilot understood and shifted down. Oooouuuhhh... Goose bumps! Horn signals and we went our ways. That was a wonderful experience.
They powered a tank with the XK engine. Alvis CVRT series.
One of my uncles bought a 64 MKII new. Became my favorite relative.
Late 50's, our maths teacher had an XK 120, a car to be admired.
Wow! They must have been selling something other than education the side 😂
Superb, there is no other inline six that sounds like this
This car is extraordinarily beautiful....and sounds spectacular. I just wish we could experience the smells that accompanied it, old leather, oil, and carbs ❤️
This was the first sports car I ever rode in - when I was a child, my next door neighbor owned one exactly like this except it was red - I was maybe 4 or 5 years old, standing up in the passenger's seat, wind blowing through the cockpit, that glorious engine thrumming away, the smell of leather and oil and whiff of gasoline. I'll never forget it as long as I live - been a life long sports car fan ever since (particularly Jags) These cars are magical!
Thank you for driving classics on TH-cam.
This car will be back on the channel tomorrow!
I've watched this numerous times, out of nostalgia for the one I had back in the mid 60's Mine sounded exactly like this and from the way he was driving it, it probably handled exactly the same too. When I had mine it was only a little over 10 years old, I'd like to imagine if I was able to have kept it the interior would have developed that beautiful patina of old English leather. I remember that I got so good at shifting it I rarely used the clutch except for 1st gear.
"The brakes feel like a suggestion".. Almost spit my coffee out🤣😂😆
When my dad got out of the Army Air Corps, he went into the Jag dealer in Houston Tx with CASH money to buy a new Jag. As he reached for the door handle to look inside, the salesman yelled at him not to touch it. He walked out and never went back.
@@McBeakerson "-It's me or the car!"
"-Bye, it was nice knowing you."
I'm gonna get a lot of hate for this, but I think that is the BEST sounding Inline 6 ever made, yes beyond the 2JZ
Yeah 2JZ sound is honestly overrated
@@cheeseman1772 For real, I mean it isn't a bad sound, but everyone praises it so often it almost gets worse, if you want 2JZ-like sound but not the internet know it alls that come with the 2J, listen to the BMW N54 and N55
Nissan patrol. Thank me later
@@Tirethief302 Y61?
@@thesoggybaguette4465 SD33T
First car to use the legendary XK engine. Badass.
My cuz had one, and I drove it. One of the most beautiful roadsters ever built.
The engine start was as if someone unpaused the engine.
I really like the gearing in the car. Keeps it in the power band really well and it sounds amazing!
6:43 Goosebumps ❤️