Half Anglo, Half American, This Small Block-Swapped Mk V Jag is the Poor Man's Cobra

Before the brazier fires and picket lines, classic British cars could be pretty reliable. One example that bucks the trend of old British sports cars being unreliable is the much-beloved Mark V Jaguar. The Mark V Jag was so un-British in reliability that legend says UK police squeezed over 200,000 miles out of their pushrod straight-six engines. Imagine a Ford Crown Victoria, just far older and holding a cup of tea in one hand and Bovril on toast in the other. Oh, and while weari... (continue reading...)