Modification and modernisation can be touchy subjects in the classic car world – on the one hand it seems rather recursive to buy an old car and then turn it into an inferior imitation of a modern one and diminishing the historic nature and classic character in the process. On the other, there is huge scope for adding the benefits of more recent technology to gain reliability, durability and ease of use before the result negatively affects the nature of the car, without even considering improvements to performance.
This Jaguar is an excellent case in point as it treads the line between modification and modernisation very well. Taken in at a first or even second glance it is a Carmen Red Jaguar Mk2 with chrome bumpers, wire wheels, leather seats and lots of wood – far from unusual. But the specification list reveals it is quite a different beast. For starters the 3.8-litre engine wasn’t available in the Mk2 in 1968
