OT - links to identify an old jaguar engine

Apr 02, 2007 2 Replies

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PeterK 19 years ago

My neighbour has acquired what we think could be a jaguar ss engine and gearbox. An hour of google etc. has failed to find a suitable site where its identification can be confirmed and if it is of interest to owners/restorers or if it is scrap value only. Any suggestions please? Just in case there is an expert reading this the engine # is K R (or B)

4993. Alloy finned sump. Steel block &head 4cyl OHV alloy rocker box. JAGUAR on oil filler cap. Alloy bell housing and gearbox top plate cast gearbox with "STANDARD" on nearside.

Sorry for the O T post

Peter K

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Oily 19 years ago

A friend of mine rebuilds these cars at Knarr Mill in Delph, I'll ask him tomorrow, he will probably want it for spares.

Oily

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Tom 19 years ago

Not an expert but fwiw Jaguar used Standard manufactured 1.8 litre 4 cylinder engines in their cars up to 1948. The oil filler cap could be a red herring though and the engine could date back to 1938. My father who had experience of them, used to say they wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding. :-(

Tom

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