Where can I find an XKSS (replica)?
Discussion
lowdrag said:
Incidentally, if people want to buy an XKSS kit to build up Adrian Cocking at Realm is prepared to build another five kits. I believe two are spoken for, and he is looking for three more buyers.
Am I right in thinking that these are based on the RAM chassis ? That was quite a decent platform I seem to recall.With the changes to the rules on registering component cars is it still feasible to build a "new" car with the XK engine ?
I read somewhere that, in-future, newly built cars will have to pass emissions tests based on the date of registration - not the date their components were sourced.
Obviously anything on the Internet has to be verified !
P.S. Just found this link. Item 4.11 is the relevant bit.
https://completekitcar.co.uk/2018/02/07/what-the-p...
Edited by GoodOlBoy on Tuesday 17th April 06:49
lowdrag said:
Once again, the government came out with a cockeyed paper about emissions and gave one month to reply. I have no idea if it has gone away or what is happening. Someone here will I hope be up to speed.
Not gone away by any means..........there's even been recent DVLA announcement about having to re-design the V5 log books to capture additional info and new stricter VED capture etc etc.But the implementation date for emissions was given as July. Is that still the case or has it been put on the back burner until they untangle their knickers, just like it took them months to completely water down the 40-year-old VED exemption and 30 years for modified cars? That is now rather a joke, relying on ticking a box and no proof of age of conversion needed, a far cry from the original proposals.
Interesting lefty XKSS alloy body replica for sale in Germany. Is this one of those new European-built Lynxes?
https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id...
https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id...
Looks like it. I wonder if it can now be registered in the UK? They are able to be registered in Germany since they have a TUV number, so I suppose that if registered in Germany they may well be able to come here.. I am not sure. Here are a couple of shots of the new Lynx I took at XK70.
Then a photo of mine next to the new one, plus two photos to compare the old and the new:-
![](https://thumbsnap.com/sc/GrXCG4TA.jpg[/img]</a> <a href="https://thumbsnap.com/rsHuSLiN" Target="_blank" rel="nofollow">[img]https://thumbsnap.com/sc/rsHuSLiN.jpg)
Then a photo of mine next to the new one, plus two photos to compare the old and the new:-
Edited by lowdrag on Saturday 14th July 05:57
Another Lynx coming up at a high profile auction.
https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/ca18/the-peters...
https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/ca18/the-peters...
lowdrag said:
Yes, it's been commented on in another thread about auction prices. The last high profile one sold (old Lynx that is) reached £365,000 at the Revival sale four years ago. It's history included ownership by Nicolas Cage. Mine belonged to Michael Palin. Not sure it is quite the same!
Michael Palin is a legend! Nicolas Cage is, um, ... being polite, not so much of a legend.
Yes, that one is part of the fire sale that is left over from the rump of JD Classics. They had it up for sale at £650,000 and now it is £430,000. Since it is a true copy it does seem extraordinarily cheap, being only £100,000 more than the Lynx that sold last Saturday, and £1,000,000 cheaper than the nine that Jaguar made last year! If I even had the money though I wouldn't buy it because I race no more and it would be no better than my Lynx for road and rally usage. But if one intends to race then with FIA papers it would be fun, except that real D-type copies abound and would be more pertinent. The only time I have seen an XKSS race was when Racing Green took theirs to the Revival in 2005.
The smoke was from the roll bar which was touching the tyre, and quickly rectified.
ETA:- I forgot to mention that there is another alloy car on the market being built by Tester Engineering. It isn't a true copy but I suppose equivalent to an original Lynx in value. No idea what it will cost, but they have been advertising it for at least a year I seem to recall.
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C470475
And going back to the origins of this thread a friend has decided to sell his Realm XKSS if anyone is interested. And no, he is realistic about the value.
The smoke was from the roll bar which was touching the tyre, and quickly rectified.
ETA:- I forgot to mention that there is another alloy car on the market being built by Tester Engineering. It isn't a true copy but I suppose equivalent to an original Lynx in value. No idea what it will cost, but they have been advertising it for at least a year I seem to recall.
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C470475
And going back to the origins of this thread a friend has decided to sell his Realm XKSS if anyone is interested. And no, he is realistic about the value.
Edited by lowdrag on Tuesday 11th December 12:36
Edited by lowdrag on Saturday 22 December 03:16
I agree entirely, the numbers are interesting when put into context.
I wonder how much the Pearsons one actually cost to build.
Given they were trying for 650k, might we guess at a build cost of 500k?
As a tool room copy, it does indeed look like a bargain at 430k.
Perhaps Mr Tuke should have a look at it, he would of course require some professional advice prior to purchase. A certain Mr Hood might be available I hear.
I also wonder how Jaguar came up with the price for theirs given that the Pearsons car is essentially the same product.
Perhaps Jaguar should just sell chassis numbers at £1,000,000 a pop.
I wonder how much the Pearsons one actually cost to build.
Given they were trying for 650k, might we guess at a build cost of 500k?
As a tool room copy, it does indeed look like a bargain at 430k.
Perhaps Mr Tuke should have a look at it, he would of course require some professional advice prior to purchase. A certain Mr Hood might be available I hear.
I also wonder how Jaguar came up with the price for theirs given that the Pearsons car is essentially the same product.
Perhaps Jaguar should just sell chassis numbers at £1,000,000 a pop.
Edited by 3.8 MOD on Tuesday 11th December 11:51
lowdrag said:
If I even had the money though I wouldn't buy it because I race no more and it would be no better than my Lynx for road and rally usage.
Pressume that 'tool-room' copy has still been built up around the chassis number of a 'dead' E-Type, otherwise it's not going to get a V5C from DVLA??Or is that now another factor in its price drop........as the whole purpose of a XKSS over a D is to drive it on the road?
3.8 MOD said:
I agree entirely, the numbers are interesting when put into context.
Perhaps Jaguar should just sell chassis numbers at £1,000,000 a pop.
I said the same in an article I wrote. I know the cost to Jaguar of each and every XKSS built, and I wrote about the small piece of 7x5 aluminium that cost £900,000 in each car. It was of course the chassis plate. Once again, same as the lightweight E-types, these will be appearing on the road. Having bought your unregisterable XKSS, take it to a specialist who will convert it for you into IVA-able (sorry for a non-word!) car, and then you have your V5 and number plates. Then you junk all the catalyst and other useless parts and put it back into true XKSS form. Of course, Jaguar had promised true replicas, which they aren't. Original cars have the screen surround in aluminium, but because no one will chrome alloy today because it warps the frame, they are in brass. And if you watch the Hammond drive on Amazon, when he turns the ignition on the rev counter goes straight to 7,000 rpm and back to zero just like any real original chronometric rev counter didn't. But fear not, for those very clever chaps at Smiths have put a patch into the electronic circuitry and the rev counter will now move in a jerky fashion just like the real thing always did. And there is not one of the new D-types, E-types nor XKSS made that would pass a concours. RS Panels made the 16" wheels and guess what is shown in profile on each wheel.Perhaps Jaguar should just sell chassis numbers at £1,000,000 a pop.
Now original mag-alloy wheels didn't have that, now did they
lowdrag said:
Once again, same as the lightweight E-types, these will be appearing on the road. Having bought your unregisterable XKSS, take it to a specialist who will convert it for you into IVA-able (sorry for a non-word!) car, and then you have your V5 and number plates. Then you junk all the catalyst and other useless parts and put it back into true XKSS form.
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