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Originally Posted by aussiblue
I guess the pronunciation is risk when you name a car after an animal from another continent. Jaguar still often say "Jag-U- ar" in their ads rather than the more correct "Jagwah". (See https://forums.anandtech.com/threads...aguar.1693726/ for a discussion on this). I guess we're lucky nobody named are car after our Emu or we'd have people saying "M-U" as I heard in one US film about surfing in OZ. |
Here's a famous "Jag" around here:
(This will remind you of the "Binki" video intros...plus you will see "the other Brock Yates)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFbL-l5dEFY
The head engine guy at Group 44 Racing taught me and a friend how to prep and paint a car with old time "lacquer" paint when we restored and modified a '54 Merc. I was surprised, even back then, how beautiful the car turned out. Medium-dark lower and white upper, with clear all over. All sanding prep done with old fashioned sanding blocks. My arm still hurts.
TOO BIG again. Here are the links.
https://rmsothebys-cache.azureedge.n...6050910246.jpg
The folks at Jaguar provided a special set of cylinder heads for these engines which gave the engine a little extra hp.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9Lz-lvKdxf...+w+air+box.jpg