Jaguar "Hearse"

[Vampirate_Maiden]

Just wondering, on Harold and Maude, there was a Jaguar "hearse". What year was the car? Not an important question, just wanna know out of curiosity. I've tried looking, but with no luck.

[Riff Raff]

Not sure of the year, but the movie was made in 1971, so I would guess 1970 or 1971.

[Sperry Chick]

Just lookin' at the shape of the non-hearse portions, it kinda looks like one of these -- http://www.amazon.com/Mattel-Matchbo.../dp/B000JLBQXA -- which says it's a '61.

I could be wrong though, I can't say I'm a Jaguar expert, but I do have a sickness for Matchbox cars.

[Psychoholic]

Found this:

"The exact model of Jaguar that Harold drives? Well, thanks to Daisy and Devin Kinkaid (morwenna@malibuonline.com), Chris Brown (cwb1@cornell.edu) and Cuno Schneeberger (myself@cuno.ch), here's the answer: The jaguar is an XKE Series 2 roadster (i.e., a convertible). The Series 2 ('69 to '71) did not have a V12 engine, but a 4.2 litre inline six. Chris says that his guess is that the movie makers took the convertible and fabricated the hearse top/rear, rather than getting a hard-top and altering it. You can check out here for reference.

From a Jaguar mechanic who cringes every time I see the Jag go over the cliff: first of all it is a Jaguar E-type. They were built from 1962-1974. From the headlights and tail lights it is a car built after 1967. But because of the twin (rather than four) exhaust pipes it has a six cylinder engine, instead of the V12. They started putting V12 engines in the car in 1971. So it is a 68-70, six cylinder E-type convertible."

[HearseHaunter]

Not sure of the year, but the movie was made in 1971, so I would guess 1970 or 1971.

Thats the exact same thing I told her. She asked because of the MatchBox Jag.....lol Funny how we all think a like.

[Vampirate_Maiden]

It's funny how it seemed so hard to figure out what year it was! I was also thinking it was probably a '70 or '71, but I couldn't help but notice how it looked very similar to the '61 Matchbox (yes, I have one too). Thanks everyone (especially Psychoholic) for the answers.