Where can I find an XKSS (replica)?

[singlecoil]

thegreenhell said:

Interesting that one of the new Jaguar continuation cars has just come onto the market and it states that it's road registered.

https://www.tomhartleyjnr.com/car/stock/1957/jagua...

Maybe the registration requirements are less stringent in North America?

[aeropilot]

singlecoil said:

thegreenhell said:

Interesting that one of the new Jaguar continuation cars has just come onto the market and it states that it's road registered.

https://www.tomhartleyjnr.com/car/stock/1957/jagua...

Maybe the registration requirements are less stringent in North America?

They can be.....state depending.

[singlecoil]

aeropilot said:

singlecoil said:

thegreenhell said:

Interesting that one of the new Jaguar continuation cars has just come onto the market and it states that it's road registered.

https://www.tomhartleyjnr.com/car/stock/1957/jagua...

Maybe the registration requirements are less stringent in North America?

They can be.....state depending.

Well then I expect the did it in one of the less stringent ones.

[lowdrag]

The Lynx car sold on BaT for $480,000 was then put back on the market within one month. It had obtained its registration in Montana and it is believed the new owner could not register it where he lived in California. Similarly, one of the lightweight E-types did the same thing. But that american registration won't cut the ice in the UK unless the date of manufacture is shown as 1957 on the pink slip, and nor will it in Europe.

[aeropilot]

lowdrag said:

The Lynx car sold on BaT for $480,000 was then put back on the market within one month. It had obtained its registration in Montana and it is believed the new owner could not register it where he lived in California. Similarly, one of the lightweight E-types did the same thing. But that american registration won't cut the ice in the UK unless the date of manufacture is shown as 1957 on the pink slip, and nor will it in Europe.

Yep, no chance of registering that in California, or a few other equally strict DMV states. Some on the east coast are equally strict.
Montana, yep not surprisingly is less strict, probably likely was presented as a freshly restored 1957 Jaguar......Jag vin plates and chassis number ties up etc after all
Some less strict states I believe still just need a local State Trooper to give the car a look over.....and make sure there is a makers vin number which matches.....

[lowdrag]

This puzzles me:-



I'm not sure about the XKSS, but usually the chassis number is stamped on the right hand side, not the left, and the chassis plate is on the left inside wing. So if anyone can let me know I'd be grateful. Also, what is the "-22" after the chassis number?

[aeropilot]

lowdrag said:

This puzzles me:-



I'm not sure about the XKSS, but usually the chassis number is stamped on the right hand side, not the left, and the chassis plate is on the left inside wing. So if anyone can let me know I'd be grateful. Also, what is the "-22" after the chassis number?

I'm guessing......this ones is No.22 of the 25 (16+9)?

And what's with the XXX'd out numbers above, is that the D-Type ID's overstamped as per original XKSS...??

[thegreenhell]

aeropilot said:

lowdrag said:

This puzzles me:-



I'm not sure about the XKSS, but usually the chassis number is stamped on the right hand side, not the left, and the chassis plate is on the left inside wing. So if anyone can let me know I'd be grateful. Also, what is the "-22" after the chassis number?

I'm guessing......this ones is No.22 of the 25 (16+9)?

And what's with the XXX'd out numbers above, is that the D-Type ID's overstamped as per original XKSS...??

I would assume so.

For reference, here is the same detail on the other example to have sold publicly.



https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/el20/the-elkhar...

[Longnose]

My OCD is getting worse.
Note (in red) that one bolt is longer than the other, and (in green) the nut and bolt is the other way around.
Looks like they were assembled by apprentices.

[lowdrag]

That was the Elkhart Lake sale. I have searched my photo collection and I am sure that somewhere therein are photos to confirm or deny. But I can't find them. I need a photo of one of the 16 really.

[lowdrag]

Longnose said:

My OCD is getting worse.
Note (in red) that one bolt is longer than the other, and (in green) the nut and bolt is the other way around.
Looks like they were assembled by apprentices.

One is a Nyloc, and the other a normal nut because the Nyloc would be too long. Well spotted.

[john2443]

The left hand ones need to be longer as they go through the bracket as well as the main leg and the bolts will go up in 1/4" increments so can't get them exact without haivn custom ones..

That doesn't explain why the 2 cars don't have the left ones the same!

[a8hex]

Are either of the nuts period correct?
NOS of the correct nuts and bolts are like rocking horse droppings. I used to fall asleep when the 100pt XK crowd started discussing them.
Is there a correct way around for that nut and bolt to go? Did it matter, were they all the same when they left the line, they were assembled by hand by humans after all.

Edited by a8hex on Saturday 20th February 18:39

[lowdrag]

Nylocs didn't exist in 1957. And the tapered end is on the outside, as here. At least they didn't get that wrong!

[a8hex]

lowdrag said:

Nylocs didn't exist in 1957. And the tapered end is on the outside, as here. At least they didn't get that wrong!

OK, I accept that there is a right way around for those particular nuts
But for the other, where 775 is showing the bolt head and 776 is showing the nut.
I don't think the Metrink spanners used to tighten 775's nuts and bolts is period correct either.