Most all Jags up until the '70s are beautiful cars, some are just stunning. My Dad had a '67 420G sedan and then a '74 E-type roadster, 4-speed w/ wire wheels. (They also came w/ slush-boxes, which was gay).
Joe is knowledgeable and correct on all counts, the early 3.8s were actually the fastest ones. Absolute screamers. Our V-12 was not bad, sort of a tame personality but pretty scary if you really buried your foot in anger through the gears. Once again, the beauty of them was an awesome thing. I can still smell the leather in that car. We sold it in '76 w/ only ~6k miles for $4k more than it cost new, they were instant classics when production stopped.
I worked at the British Leyland dealer in HS in the mid-'70s and drove them all, I was a service "runner". It was also a Pontiac dealer, so on a daily basis we got to drive GTOs and Trans Ams, Jags/MGs/Triumphs/Jensens/etc., the hands-down most fun car for parking ramp drifting was the V-8 Sunbeam Tiger. What sweet memories for a teen-aged gear-head. Sigh...
