The author
About Jon Cosson
Jon Cosson is a lifelong classic-car enthusiast based in North Yorkshire, near Thornton-le-Dale. After a career in cyber security and IT, he now spends his time driving, maintaining and writing about the classic cars he owns — a genuine restomod Jaguar Mk2, an E-Type, an MG TF, an AC Aceca and a Triumph Stag. This archive grew out of his own restomod Mk2: the questions he asked while building it, the upgrades he chose, and the things he wishes he had known before he started. He writes to be useful to other owners, rooted in first-hand experience.
Why this archive exists
Most of what is written about the Mk2 is either auction copy or concours detail. Very little of it answers the question an owner actually has: if I change this, what will the car be like to drive? This archive tries to answer that from experience with one thoroughly rebuilt car, and to be plain about the limits of that experience.
How the writing is checked
Figures are verified before publication where a reliable source exists. Where one does not, that is said openly and readers are pointed to the workshop manual and the owners' clubs rather than given a guess. Nothing here is sponsored and no supplier pays for a mention.
The other archives
This is one of six sites Jon writes. The others are listed here once, rather than in the footer of every page.
- joncosson.com is the author's own hub, with his writing across the marques he owns.
- mgtseries.com covers the pre-war-derived MG T-types, drawn from running an MG TF.
- triumphstag.org deals with the Triumph Stag and its alloy V8, written while owning one.
- acaceca.com documents the AC Aceca and its Bristol six-cylinder engine.
- jaguaretype.org covers the E-Type, the closest relative to the Mk2's XK engine.
- giuliaspider.com looks at the Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider, the Italian counterpoint to these cars.
Get the context
The car this site grew from is documented in The Build: 873 EUT, and the practical material lives in the upgrade guides.