Further to my earlier post; Luggage was a problem on the XKE but a suctioned rack on the trunk helped.
At that time we had a miniature Schnauzer dog, about 12 pounds, gray and white. “Witzel” short for vinerschnitzel, loved the Jag. He was small enough that he could prop his two front paws on the small center arm rest and his two back paws, spread wide, on the the back shelf, behind the two seats which was somewhat above our waste height. In that position he could see out the windows when standing or lay down for a long drive.
We taught him that when we were going into a long turn, for example a highway entrance ramp, we would tell him “right turn Witzel” and he would stand up, brace his rear legs and lean into the turn.
Those were the days.
Lou