Jaguar C Types?

[Doofus]

Mattygooner said:

Looks great, could you send me some details of the build? Would be appreciated.

Me too please, I'd be very interested.

[MKnight702]

Me 3, I test drove the Realm and it was a very close thing between that and the Westfield XI that I did build. But it is still an itch that I want to scratch.

[naturals]

Doofus said:

Mattygooner said:

Looks great, could you send me some details of the build? Would be appreciated.

Me too please, I'd be very interested.

Me too! Really want to see some build photos of that thing. Any chance you could post some on this thread?

[Lax Power]

Here are the majority of the pics from collection in April 2009 to completion last weekend.

My father and I put approx 5 or 6 hours a week into it so not full time by any stretch.

Its not a six figure all aluminium tool room copy, but it sounds the same, goes the same and suits my modest budget.

Enjoy:

Edited by Lax Power on Wednesday 21st July 19:58

[Doofus]

Nice looking job, well done, and thanks! That's a Realm then? All that for 16k seems good. I though the kits would run to 11 or 12...

[Lax Power]

Yep its a Realm. We bought the chassis and body from Adrian (along with a few other kit specific parts like the grille etc) and then sourced everything else ourselves.

It proved time consuming and a lot of running around but it did save money. I haven't dared to add up what it must owe in labour!

[naturals]

Whatever it ended up costing it was well worth it. An absolute beauty!

Stupid question (not very mechanically minded) - where did the engine come from?

[jostgo]

Thanks for sharing your photographs. What an excellent build, I love the simplicity of the car underneath, yet it looks so beautiful. Good work!

[Lax Power]

naturals said:

Whatever it ended up costing it was well worth it. An absolute beauty!

Stupid question (not very mechanically minded) - where did the engine come from?

Thanks very much.

The engine is a 4.2 Jaguar straight six taken from an XJ6

The originals ran 3.4's but capacity aside the engine is basically what they would have used.

[Ceylon]

I would be happy with this

http://www.suffolkjaguar.com/suffolk-c-type/factor...

[RW774]

Cracking job junior and senior Laxpower!, well done.How many hours in total?

[scotal]

Cracking Build LP. Was it your first kit build?

[Gnostic Ascent]

Impressed with your build. Hope you have many years of enjoyment with the car.

[Lax Power]

RW774 said:

Cracking job junior and senior Laxpower!, well done.How many hours in total?

Estimating 5 hours a week it adds up to roughly 300 in total.

[Doofus]

Lax Power said:

5 hours a week.

You lazy bd!

[plasticman]

I have just finished building this . If I can find any tickets that will let me into the club area I was going to take it to Silvestone classic this weekend

Edited by plasticman on Friday 23 July 15:10

[scotal]

Is taht a realm too plasticman?

[plasticman]

It is not a kit . I made the body and most of the other bits ( bar grill , headlamp lenses and hinges ) came from ebay.

[scotal]

plasticman said:

It is not a kit . I made the body and most of the other bits ( bar grill , headlamp lenses and hinges ) came from ebay.

bloody hell, well done.

[Lax Power]

Made the body?! That's very impressive. Looks the business.