Revell jaguar coupe

[Classicgas]

What year(s) does the kit represent?

 

[NOBLNG]

This is what jaymcminn (jason) said in response to a question in one of my threads.

“Revell's Series 1 pretty specifically represents a late 1961 or 1962 car. 1961 cars had flat interior floors, external bonnet latches and welded bonnet louvers. 1962 cars had dropped floor pans for more legroom, bonnet latches relocated to the inner sills and stamped louvers, all of which are present on the Revell kit. By 1963 the shiny aluminum center console surface was replaced by vinyl and the "tombstone" seats had been replaced by seats with vertical pleats. The chrome trim was there to disguise the seam between the bonnet sides and top. To my knowledge all E-types had the fender trim from the factory.”

[Classicgas]

Thanks. Sure limits the color choices.

[jaymcminn]

Well dang. I was getting all ready to be pedantic about Jaguars and Greg beat me to it, with my own words no less.?

Seriously though, Revell has a tendency in their European offerings to leave it to the modeler to figure out what year the model actually represents. The new Porsche 911s are another example of this. It took a little detective work to determine, based off of the upholstery pattern and steering wheel, that it is specifically a 1984 car. 

[Classicgas]

That was my next question lol.