Classics left to die/rotting pics
Discussion
soxboy said:
It was the owner of Guyson who crashed his E-type (near Wetherby) and decided to get it rebodied. Bear in mind this was at a time when the car was not in great demand so not seen as the sacrilege it is now.
Although it certainly hasn't aged well there apparently is not a lot required to revert it back to how it was.
Does the world need another mirror-polished E type Jag? Whilst only fleetingly fashionable at the least the Guyson is different.Although it certainly hasn't aged well there apparently is not a lot required to revert it back to how it was.
Loose_Cannon said:
soxboy said:
It was the owner of Guyson who crashed his E-type (near Wetherby) and decided to get it rebodied. Bear in mind this was at a time when the car was not in great demand so not seen as the sacrilege it is now.
Although it certainly hasn't aged well there apparently is not a lot required to revert it back to how it was.
Does the world need another mirror-polished E type Jag? Whilst only fleetingly fashionable at the least the Guyson is different.Although it certainly hasn't aged well there apparently is not a lot required to revert it back to how it was.
The designs from William Towns and Harris Mann have to be judged in period not now - the TR7 wasn't great in closed form but looked good as an open car when it was introduced. Looking at them now, even the closed one looks OK, especially compared to some recent BMWs. The Princess is a design I always liked.
jonkers said:
Jaguar? I thought this was an early DB9 Volante prototype (check out those rear lights)
They were something ordinary, Astra or Escort, with a body coloured strip of plastic glued on the middle. A PHer did a feature o the other one, the red car, a few years ago for one of the classic mags and the strip fell off, iirc.
andyps said:
I think it would be a real shame if the Guyson car was converted back to standard E-Type - it is a unique representation of design from the time it was rebodied. Although I should also probably admit I like some of the cars William Towns designed, especially the Lagonda. The Guyson E-Type I don't particularly like, however.
The designs from William Towns and Harris Mann have to be judged in period not now - the TR7 wasn't great in closed form but looked good as an open car when it was introduced. Looking at them now, even the closed one looks OK, especially compared to some recent BMWs. The Princess is a design I always liked.
Quite. There was a time, when I was about ten years old, that I though a TR7 was the last word in cool, and that the TR6 was clunky and old fashioned. Now I've rebuilt a TR6, I realise how right I was.The designs from William Towns and Harris Mann have to be judged in period not now - the TR7 wasn't great in closed form but looked good as an open car when it was introduced. Looking at them now, even the closed one looks OK, especially compared to some recent BMWs. The Princess is a design I always liked.
Yertis said:
andyps said:
I think it would be a real shame if the Guyson car was converted back to standard E-Type - it is a unique representation of design from the time it was rebodied. Although I should also probably admit I like some of the cars William Towns designed, especially the Lagonda. The Guyson E-Type I don't particularly like, however.
The designs from William Towns and Harris Mann have to be judged in period not now - the TR7 wasn't great in closed form but looked good as an open car when it was introduced. Looking at them now, even the closed one looks OK, especially compared to some recent BMWs. The Princess is a design I always liked.
Quite. There was a time, when I was about ten years old, that I though a TR7 was the last word in cool, and that the TR6 was clunky and old fashioned. Now I've rebuilt a TR6, I realise how right I was.The designs from William Towns and Harris Mann have to be judged in period not now - the TR7 wasn't great in closed form but looked good as an open car when it was introduced. Looking at them now, even the closed one looks OK, especially compared to some recent BMWs. The Princess is a design I always liked.
RoverP6B said:
jonkers said:
Jaguar? I thought this was an early DB9 Volante prototype (check out those rear lights)
It was an attempt to revive Railton. It went as far as two mildly restyled XJS prototypes and no further.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Railton-F28-Fairmile-198...
Justayellowbadge said:
RoverP6B said:
jonkers said:
Jaguar? I thought this was an early DB9 Volante prototype (check out those rear lights)
It was an attempt to revive Railton. It went as far as two mildly restyled XJS prototypes and no further.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Railton-F28-Fairmile-198...
Justayellowbadge said:
In summary, all the benefits of an XJ-S swathed in a, to be kind, quirky new body.Hmmmm.
Loose_Cannon said:
Does the world need another mirror-polished E type Jag? Whilst only fleetingly fashionable at the least the Guyson is different.
I perhaps should have added that I don't personally think that it should be converted back, just that it apparently is straightforward to do so.To lose what is a unique and well documented design would be a real shame. It's not like the world is short of E-types, plus the one it was based on wasn't exactly the most sought after.
Also, with a bit more thought to make it look less 'kit car' like it could look an awful lot better.
Martyn-123 said:
I met William Towns once, he used to have a car show in his grounds which was probably an excuse to promote the Hustler range which were boxy looking things mostly glass and somewhat resembled a fishtank on wheels, even made a 6 wheel version with a jag engine i think
A friend of mine owned both a Hustler Sport (one of two) and a Hustler Six (one of four). The Six certainly never had a V12 engine, still used Mini subframes. He sold it on and it now looks like this.
shakotan said:
A friend of mine owned both a Hustler Sport (one of two) and a Hustler Six (one of four). The Six certainly never had a V12 engine, still used Mini subframes. He sold it on and it now looks like this.
one of my customers used to have one of these in whiteit looked like a pope mobile
gforceg said:
In summary, all the benefits of an XJ-S swathed in a, to be kind, quirky new body.
Hmmmm.
I'd rather have a bog standard XJS. Such a fantastic looking car. Why Towns felt the need to muck about with it...Hmmmm.
soxboy said:
I perhaps should have added that I don't personally think that it should be converted back, just that it apparently is straightforward to do so.
To lose what is a unique and well documented design would be a real shame. It's not like the world is short of E-types, plus the one it was based on wasn't exactly the most sought after.
Also, with a bit more thought to make it look less 'kit car' like it could look an awful lot better.
I'd still convert the Guyson back, simply to rid the world of that crudely-built abomination. Granted, the SIII wasn't as pretty as the six-cylinders, but it's still very pretty. Besides, there are things you can do to the SIII - see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22NTet2n-SgTo lose what is a unique and well documented design would be a real shame. It's not like the world is short of E-types, plus the one it was based on wasn't exactly the most sought after.
Also, with a bit more thought to make it look less 'kit car' like it could look an awful lot better.
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