1971 Jaguar XK-E Roadster Series III

1971 Jaguar XK-E in American Gigolo, TV Series, 2022 Ep. 1.01

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: — Made for: USA

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
reck961 ◊ 2022-09-20 15:05	E-type series III
reck961 ◊ 2022-09-20 16:13	Intro: Is it me, or is there something off about the bonnet in the first thumbnail. Almost like it's flowing in the wind.
dsl ◊ 2022-09-20 21:46	The bonnet's OK - the apparent shutlines are trim strips, and the whole bonnet flipped open.
reck961 ◊ 2022-09-28 00:01	Backstage photo with a shot of the badge on the trunk. Does this tell us any extra info?
reck961 ◊ 2022-10-28 20:34	@admin, should be downgraded to a . Was used exclusively in the pilot, but as the season went on, production started to use an older Series III.
dsl ◊ 2022-10-28 21:18	reck961 wrote ... as the season went on, production started to use an older Series III. You can't have an older S3, as it was a 71 launch. But you're right that the stand-in was older - a S2.
reck961 ◊ 2022-11-11 02:02	dsl wrote You can't have an older S3, as it was a 71 launch. But you're right that the stand-in was older - a S2. Sorry, I meant to say newer, which is even more wrong Interesting though, the 69 (at least to me) looks more modern than the 71.
reck961 ◊ 2022-11-13 02:53	1.01 1.03 1.07
dsl ◊ 2022-11-13 03:02	reck961 wrote 1.03 Confirms early S3 with "fantail" 4 exhausts, replaced in Jan 73 by twin pipes.