Chemical dipping a Jaguar MK2 

I restored one of these. The front fenders are actually welded to the unibody and the seams were leaded-in. Never seen that on any other car. They are really solid, good driving cars.

Jag made some of the most beautiful cars.

This has to be one of the most rust-free dips I've watched on your channel. Nice work, nice result.

Are you not stripping the frame? I never see you pressure washing the underneath which is often the most problematic issue with vintage cars.

I really enjoy the videos! Any chance we could see you cleaning the bottom of one of these cars?

Still an iconic shape. My uncle worked at the factory in Coventry where it was built, he may have even put his hands on that very car. Nice video.

At least now the car is stripped, it will be easy to rectify the main fault. These cars were built by unsupervised apprentices and they unfortunately put the steering wheel on the wrong side! Greetings from a UK subscriber!

It’s a mark 11 Jaguar early sixties through to late sixties. It was nicknamed the get away Jaguar because of its power and reputation of being used by criminals during that period. It came in three engine sizes - 2.4 3.4 and 3.8 The 3.8 being the best of the three. A very collectible classic. Cheers

Talk about a unicorn! Most Jags came from the factory with more rust than that. That car must have lived it's life in a very dry place like Arizona. Other than the accident damage it should be a joy to restore

Excuse me sir ... as this is a Jaguar it's called a boot, NOT a trunk! ;)

When Britain built cars, had our own indigenous mass volume car production companies that were in charge of their own destinies. It all went pear-shaped because of the stroppy trade unions that became far too powerful and kept striking, poor management, complacency about competition, poor marketing and, the perennial British problem, lack of long term investment for research and development for new projects.

Had a 1963 Mk II in the late 1960s. Bought it in Toronto. Wonderful car to drive, but sold it in LA when I moved to California. Maroon car, blue leather upholstery, and no A/C. For many years in the 1950s and early 1960s these were British police pursuit cars. It's the same model used by Inspector Morse on the PBS mysteries.

I would love to see a video where you collect pictures/footage of the restaurations being done and some photo's/footage of how you got the bodies and how they came out of the tank. Like a summary of a period of stripping and how the cars ended up.

Always driven by the crooks on the old films, fantastic.

Never see underneath the cars, I love the way you Americans pronounce JAGUAR ,keep up the good work keeping classics on the road

Back in the sixties and seventies, my dad had a number of Jags, but his favourite was always the MK2 3.8.

What a result for the owner. The dream dip scenario.

The very last thing you'd do to a classic. The chemical stripper gets into the seams and....stays there until a few years later and the lovely paint job bubbles away....

I've seen paint come off in sheets, in chunks, and plain refuse to budge... but I can't ever remember seeing paint come off like this for you, where it just liquefied. That car is in amazing shape! Awesome job and vid!

British cars of the era left the factory with a lot of lead used as a panel joiner/filler.

How do you blast the areas you can't get to like double skin, A B and C pillars, inside the sills and under rear shelf? Some places have 3 layers hidden away to blast but the dips get in there?

Rust free jag is a rare car. Would say the owner will sink more into the car than it is worth even in today's market.

"The Jaguar Mark 2 is a mid-sized luxury sports saloon built from late 1959 to 1967"

Can you show a customer reaction these people would have to be very happy

never seen anything like it - beautiful condition for a 60 year old car

Looks like they were built from 59 to 69, amazing condition for the age, well done. Cheers!

He doesn't even know which way around to wear his hat. Bless him.

How do you you stop flash over rusting after washing off?

That's a lot of work ! Look's nice. The car brings back some memories from 1967. I was stationed below Dallas Ft Worth then at a Nike Hercules base 11 miles from Cleburne Tx. Part time I worked for a shop owner in Cleburne Tx and it was just outside the main center of town in an old sheet metal building, which isn't there today and I seriously doubt John the owner is around either. John had a brother in Fort Worth who owned the first foreign car salvage yard and John had acquired an early Austin Healey same color white as this car you stripped and cleaned. John had put a Jaguar V12 into this Healey and I did a valve shimming on the engine while working for him. I never got to hear the engine run and of course lost contact with John after I left Alvarado for SE Asia. I remember john explaining to me that those early British cars usually required the entire power train to be removed just to replace a clutch. Everything would come out the front. His little Healey was a very pretty car and I remember how low it sat to the ground. I was pretty bummed out to not be able to find the old shop on Google Earth since it was sitting right on the highway leading into Cleburne. No surprise of course, just a little further down the street was a little Auto Transmission shop that I dropped off my 2 door 57 Chevy when the Transmission went down. It would have cost me 250 dollars then to repair that transmission and I just gave the guy the car for his time, I only paid 200 for the car. I once owned a few cars that today are worth a lot. My favorite was my 68 Square Back Torino 428 Cobra. I think I miss that Torino more than any car I ever owned, it was like a race horse and hated anything below a hundred mile per hours. :0)

This frame is in amazing shape! Its beautiful, even in the white.

I love watching these videos. Something about it is so calming and pleasing.

Excellent video. That floor is original, no sign of later welding or braizing.

It must be very satisfying to see how good of condition that car is in.

Great video on the "Jag-you-are"

It definitely had the original paint underneath, you could see the tide mark on the front as they dipped the shell at an angle in primer to give it extra protection on the front.. Ohh and those floors are definitely original. The ones here in the UK would never survive like your one.

Im definitely a big fan of the dip process !!! Its very satisfying. Cheers Sir

🤔Maybe a rotating car mount to get every inch inside, top side ,bottom side, end results showcasing a job well done.😎

Absolutely incredible. Shame the front corners are so banged up. Just need the body man that is knowledgeable and willing to do that metalwork the right way. Best of luck to the owner and thanks for sharing Trevor.

Have not seen any videos of doing underneath the cars

Jaaaaaag. Best quality ever ❤❤❤

I would say the paint is old school acrylic paint that would suggest why it gummed up your sand paper

What about the undercarriage and wheel wells?

That is a superb process young man, very impressed indeed.

Very satisfying.Excellent.Like to see full re spray and paint job and rebuild to finished car.

Body man's dream!!!😂😂😂😂

That's crazy satisfying. 😮

That was very satisfying to watch 😊

Its a "Jag u ar" and not a Jagwar , great vid though, and what a clean Jaguar Mk2 this is

Do you power wash underneath? If so what was the condition?

Got one wished you were in England? Great job, thanks!

I always wonder when you spray the chemicals of with water does the water not cause surface rust fast to the car?

Do you guys rebuild the car: new motor, new wiring, etc? Would love to see that process to the end.

What about the underbody?

There is something really satisfying about watching this. It will be the Phoenix rising from the ACID,(ashes)

A very satisfying watch ! It really came out as a perfect start point for a resto. All the best and greetings from Prague, CZ

That’s a solid car. Wow 👍🏼

Jaguar mk II manufactured from late 59 to 67 in Coventry. the 3.8 sedan was intended for the US market. Info from Wikipedia

You are doing a good thro job of the top and interior, but there is a lot more going on underneath, more specifically the mounting holes for the semi-elliptical rear springs, if that is seriously rotted you can scrap the body. We had a 1967 Daimler 2.5l and the rot was coming thro under the rear seats.

Nice job sir cool Jaguar Nice show 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍😃

Awesome job as usual. Great, looking car.👍🇺🇸👍

Thanks for video. we all luv a MK2 jaguar. Be really good to get some further news on its journey.. All the best GN

Wow, this car is amazing, excelent job, a litle bit restauration need. See the next...

Great video

Beautiful old car.

Amazing outcome.

Nice classic car the JAG-U-AR good boot space and nice engine under the bonnet

Fabulously done that matey cheers

Do you also wash off the underside?

If you look on the glass you will see the word Toughened and under one of the letters you'll see a dot. That dot designates the year the glass was manufactured, which is a very accurate way of denoting the year of manufacture of the car. If the dot is after the d then that tells you it's the start of a new decade, like 1960. It's best not to use the windscreen for obvious reasons.

My brother might have built that car, he worked at the Jag in Coventry for years.

great video ...l am going to "guess" a 62 Mk 2 Jag love these videos ...cheers ~baden~

Trevor, do you ever do anything to the bottom side of these cars?

Good job

Welcome back

The paint is cellulose, straight colour no clear coat. The under coat is probably red oxide.

Cool

🤔By the way- Trunk-Boot Hood-Bonnet F.Y.I. 😎

Just started watching and every video I wish that after every dip and spray was a perfect car without bondo or crappy body work

You asked re year etc? The numbers on the internal identity plate are on the web - or via Jaguar Cars UK Heritage dept.

So satisfying.

Interesting that the polypropylene rope wasn’t affected with the various drippings.

thats cool car

I wish you would show us pictures of the completed project once they are restored. Also, what does this cost?

What do you spray on them to prevent flash rust?

Jagwaar.....he, he!

its rare to find a MK2 jag as rust free as this. I have 3, 2 for parts and 3rd to restore. I paid a premium for the 3rd because it was in similar state to the one in this video. its better to repair those fenders then replace them, in fact you can buy a whole parts car for the price of a repro fender.

they were heavily lead loaded at the factory, floors surely original too. Svelte.

British beauty 🙏🏻🇬🇧 why do you say the floors may have been replaced ? Looking at the shell it’s in exceptional condition because it was build with decent gauge steel my late grand father worked at jaguar as a body man they lead loaded joints from factory , the fillers shows work on it at a later date . Fantastic start to a restoration 👍🏻😉👏👏

Needs to be British racing green ,with red leather interior .

Looks like a 1965

What about the underneath?

Thank you for the video.

the first. great job

If you post the video on social media, maybe tag the owners page so we, the viewers, can see their progress.

Where is the ‘W’ in the spelling of JagUAR ? 😉Great video thanks . As an apprentice in the sixties I was given the task of deep cleaning ,waxing , polish a Jaguar Mk2 in British Racing green with chrome wire (spoked) wheels . I got a big pat on the back and a well done when I’d finished the job .

Вот так надо чистить от старой покраски

I believe the red primer is the original 'Valentines' used over the MKI MKII run. Used to sometimes get writing/numbers or names on panels that appeared as bare metal against the red of the primer once you got through the paint. Had this on some Jensens too. No idea how it was achieved or what the point was. If anyone knows please share.👍

Hi, Does the undercarriage get a rinse too??

In your work, I have never seen you do the lower part of the car undercarriage. How do you remove the paint from the doors and trunk, engine cover How do you wash thresholds and double panels and cavities?

Great video. Are air pockets something you have to deal with?