YOUR CARS JAGUAR 240 AND E-TYPE S2
Rob Collins is the owner of two crucial Jaguars. His garage not only houses a 1969 E-type 2+2 Series 2, but he has also recently become custodian of a 1968 240. Whilst both were very fine vehicles, during the 1980s, some self-appointed cognoscenti– i.e., utter snobs – tended to overlook both models, yet they played a crucial role in their respective model ranges
The 240 is now in the third generation of same-family ownership and has covered 43,000 miles in 5 years. John “Moggy” Morris, Rob's father-in-law, placed the original order, and Browns Lane supplied it in February 1968. Intriguingly, the factory records show it as a ‘staff car’ as it was not supplied through a dealership, and Rob explains: “As an employee, he was able to obtain a discount on a new Jaguar. John started at Browns Lane in 1957 under Len Ashby doing suspension/axle build and recalls working on the first 12 E-types. John transferred to ‘the Daimler’ at Radford 6 years later when Jaguar moved their suspension work there. He has lots of anecdotes, some printable, my favourite being when he and his work partner had spec sheets for 12 Mk2s – six with wire wheels and six with steels, and managed
