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Okay, a question for British owners of MKII's

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Here's the deal:

My 64 MKII, RHD 2.4L is missing a data plate.
JCNA's Judging Guide says it needs to be there.
This tag fits into the bonnet latch recess area, held with two pop rivets, says "Made in England".

I have cleaned my recess down to original paint.
NO such plate.
NO holes, and when the opposite (back) side is inspected, no evidence there ever were any holes.

Now:
Were Jaguars from that era built for non-export fited with such tags?
The JCNA Judging Standards seem to be written for the most common, i.e. vehicles imported and sold by US Jaguar Dealers, as LHD models.

I CAN obtain said plate, and drill said holes, but if this is the way it was built, I want to keep it as it came from Coventry.

Thanks!

TOC

(McNaughton, O'Cannon, so there is some Scot and Mi....err...Irish in me).
 
That is what I am beginning to believe.
I have a parts book, but haven't yet found the data to confirm or deny.
If you come up with a reference, please let me know so I can find it and print it out.

Thanks!
 
I could be totally wrong on this but you may be talking about a body tag and not the data plate.
 
Not sure how they (JCNA) classify plates yet.
I have the big tag with all the pertinent numbers inside the left wing.
And, all numbers match.

This is in the bonnet latch recess (hood latch), in front of the radiator, behind the grille.

Not sure how big it is, maybe 1.5" wide X .75" tall, held in with two pop-rivets, says "Made in England".

One person says his is brass.

Not sure I want to drill holes where none exist to mount a plate that may or may not supposed to be there.
Hence the question.
 
I have the answer, left the book at home so I shall have to enter the actual quote later.....

Cars built for the UK market did NOT have these little plates, or at least weren't supposed to have them. There are records of some cars (very few) having them, and some US-market cars not having them when they were supposed to, but your UK-market car is original and, strictly speaking, correct!
 
Which book, Steve? I was looking in mine, thought I'd seen that somewhere, but couldn't remember....
 
I heard back from a bloke in England this morning with the same data.
If I get it in print, or where to find it, it will be most helpful.
 
I got that info from Philip Porter's "Original Jaguar XK". I know it's a different model, and my book on the Mk2 was "borrowed" a while back but I looked in all of my Jaguar-related books and this one confirmed what I had suspected.
 
Probably the most important "law" about British cars is "Never say 'never' and never say 'always'.". Guidelines are good yet must have some wiggle room.
 
And, I found another one.
Radiator shroud.

"All models had a natural light gray color (unpainted) molded fiber glass shroud behind the radiator.".

NOT on a 2.4!

An angled metal plate went across the top ONLY!
 
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