'Different' Jaguars.

[Oldwolf]

dinkel said:

Jaguar FT ... just imagine.

I love that, a cross between a Bristol abnd Pinin Farina

[RichB]

Oldwolf said:

dinkel said:

Jaguar FT ... just imagine.

I love that, a cross between a Bristol abnd Pinin Farina

Rather a lot of BMW design cues from the era in that to my eyes. And I wonder if they were trying to make a nod to the E-Type with the wheels being so far set into the bodywork? Doubt it but it looks wrong...

Edited by RichB on Saturday 27th December 09:16

[dinkel]

Very wrong. And more importantly: not at all Jaguarish.

[BDF!]

lowdrag said:

Last year a reasonable V12 Eventer was sold for £22,000 by CKL

Time is running, Dear Lowdrag, it was not last year but more than 3 years ago and the Eventer you refer to, N°39, sold for £ 25,000, not for £22,000, and it requested lots of TLC. Should it be for sale today it would fetch between £ 35,000 and £45,000 and still with TLC needed.

[dinkel]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[urquattro]

M and P.P of JDC ran an Eventer for years, fairly sure it was V12 and sold for not a dramatic sum when they changed to either S or X Type.

My ugliness is below, genuine four seat 3.4 manual XJS, done by Glenfrolme - it is a bit sad now but being saved from transmission thieves re g/box and drive train.
Despite the body work it drives ok and is mechanically good, interior very good so a panel man is needed pdq. !!

The front is much better looking than the revised roof profile and rear quarter panel and window.

two XJS coupes were made I believe, a silver one retaining the buttress and normal profile, this one has no buttresses and the profile resembles the rear quarter/end of a convertible.

[lowdrag]

Petronel still has the Eventer at Winchester, and it is a 3.6, apparently one of two made. She bought the X-type estate in 2004 and still has it.

[jith]

I always thought the XJS looked so much better with twin headlights as opposed to the single. Much more like traditional Jaguar design.

J

[a8hex]

jith said:

I always thought the XJS looked so much better with twin headlights as opposed to the single. Much more like traditional Jaguar design.

J

I always thought the same about the XJ40 and thought it odd that the cheaper models got the better looking lights.

[jith]

a8hex said:

jith said:

I always thought the XJS looked so much better with twin headlights as opposed to the single. Much more like traditional Jaguar design.

J

I always thought the same about the XJ40 and thought it odd that the cheaper models got the better looking lights.

I first saw this years ago in the States a8. Due to federal regulations all cars are obliged to have twin headlights for safety reasons, although there are some exceptions. All the XJs there have twin lamps, but then they ruined it with these bloody great rubber bumpers!

I agree totally with you about the XJ40. The rectangular lamps just look awful and they don't give anything like the same amount of light.

J

[MarshPhantom]

LotusOmega375D said:

1978 Pininfarina XJ Spider

Please don't insult my intelligence by saying that the XJ-S looked better...

You've certainly picked the best angle, high rear end and rather wacky rear lights haven't aged very well.

[Hooli]

a8hex said:

jith said:

I always thought the XJS looked so much better with twin headlights as opposed to the single. Much more like traditional Jaguar design.

J

I always thought the same about the XJ40 and thought it odd that the cheaper models got the better looking lights.

+ another vote

[RichB]

MarshPhantom said:

LotusOmega375D said:

1978 Pininfarina XJ Spider
Please don't insult my intelligence by saying that the XJ-S looked better...

You've certainly picked the best angle, high rear end and rather wacky rear lights haven't aged very well.

Most peculiar -looks like it's been stretched and shrunk in the middle - perhaps it was modeled on that 1970s toy Stretch Armstrong!

[Ezy Rider]

So many beauts





An amazing condition 1953 Jaguar XK120

more imgs here: http://duttongarage.com/Jaguar-XK120~1240

[lowdrag]

Sorry, but that XK120 does not qualify for this thread. It is a production Jaguar, not a special. I could post my Lynx cars, but that would open the door to a flood of replicas, which this thread ain't.

[dinkel]

Thx.

Were there special (off production line) purpose XK 120/140/150s?

[lowdrag]

There were special bodied XK's, but that above looks pure standard production. I'm not sure if I posted the Dennis Eynon XK120:-



He also owns his Dad's XK120 which is reckoned to be the lowest mileage original car.

[dinkel]

That is one clean looking car.

[427James]

lowdrag said:

Sorry, but that XK120 does not qualify for this thread. It is a production Jaguar, not a special. I could post my Lynx cars, but that would open the door to a flood of replicas, which this thread ain't.

Its got XK140 sidelights! Does that help?

[e600]

The above was my first attempt at a replica LWE, based on a S2 LHD FHC