My Old Jaguar

MY FIRST CAR WAS A 1952 JAGUAR

Mark VII, Model M, baby blue with white top and red leather upholstery. Beautiful and sexy, it had a 3½-litre DOHC straight-six engine rated at 190 hp at 5,500 rpm, twin SU carburetors, two fuel tanks, and two electric fuel pumps with a toggle switch selector on the dash. The four-speed, floor-mounted non-synchromesh gearbox meant you could not shift from second to first without first double-clutching.

Besides its leather