RE: Jag 4x4 scooped! You Know You Want To

RE: Jag 4x4 scooped! You Know You Want To

Friday 21st November 2014

Jag 4x4 scooped! You Know You Want To

There's Jaguar Land Rover the corporation and there's Jaguar Land Rover the creation - here's the latter



If you were in any way responsible for Jaguar product development in the mid-80s, it's probably best if you turn away now.

Cultured for a V8 off-roader called 'Beasty'
Cultured for a V8 off-roader called 'Beasty'
We present the Jagender, the car that could surely have turned around the fortunes of the British car industry in the 1980s, if only someone had had the cods to build it. Nobody official did, sadly, so eBay member 3690e decided to fill the gap. He took a 1972 Series III Landie, a 1986 Jag XJ6 and a dirty great V8 Jimmy diesel, retired quietly into the garage with a selection of large hammers and, after a lot of banging came forth, sitting proudly behind the wheel of the superb machine you see before you now.

He calls it a LandJag. We prefer Jagender as it has a more gigglesome schoolboy sound to it. That someone should have had this idea in the first place is remarkable enough. What's really special about it is that, having had the idea, this chap has not done what most of us would have done, like got someone sane to throw a cup of cold water in his face and tell him to pull himself together. He's gone and done it.

The kind of cut and shut we can approve of
The kind of cut and shut we can approve of
And the ultimate coup de grace is that it actually works. Not just mechanically, either. Appearance is a subjective judgement, but this thing really hangs together, figuratively and (you hope) literally. It's MoT'd til January and the builder reckons it'll sail through once the cracked windscreen has been changed.

The number of people watching an eBay auction doesn't necessarily mean anything, but with over 600 watching this one you can easily imagine that mid-80s Jag man scratching his head and wondering what might have been if only they'd gone down the luxury off-road route back then. They are about to now, of course, but let's be honest, the C-X17 doesn't have quite the same degree of bullheaded get-out-of-my-way machismo as the Jagender.

What's it worth? How do you put a value on something like this? The market will definitely decide as, with two days to go, the vendor says it's nearly at its reserve. Get your bidding boots on.


'LANDJAG CHEVY V8 MONSTER TRUCK'
Price:
  Current high bid of £4,300
Why you should: It's V8 powered homebrew
Why you shouldn’t: Let's hope the builder knew his way round a MIG welder

See the original advert here.

 

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Collaudatore

Original Poster:

1,055 posts

202 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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scratchchin Sure, why not?

JDMDrifter

4,041 posts

165 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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Friday is obviously drugs and booze day at PH laugh

andy43

9,687 posts

254 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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You Know You Want To?
Honestly, no. And certainly not for 4.5k.

There. After a really quick ebay search I'll have that instead thanks.

soad

32,882 posts

176 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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What a leap of imagination! Aptly named too. I don't want it though.

vwsurfbum

895 posts

211 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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Whats not to like?

Classic Jag = Good
4x4 = Good
V8 = Good
Truck = Handy.

pagani1

683 posts

202 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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What a hoot! It made me smile, and the ingenuity and imagination are to be admired, english eccentricity at it's best!

daytona365

1,773 posts

164 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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The car you always promised yourself.

V8 FOU

2,971 posts

147 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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Oh, so wonderful. That has really made my day.

soad

32,882 posts

176 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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vwsurfbum said:
Whats not to like?

Classic Jag = Good
4x4 = Good
V8 = Good
Truck = Handy.
It's a diesel.

backwoodsman

2,467 posts

129 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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That is exactly the type of car that gets me all fizzy and happy.

Love it.

Fetchez la vache

5,572 posts

214 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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That reminds me of a very special jacked up Mk1 Fiesta in the early 80's...

Whiters

364 posts

239 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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I think I like it. Then again... But I'm glad it exists and that people still do this kind of thing. Friday fodder.

to3m

1,226 posts

170 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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That is monstrous... in a good way.

I like that it's one of the big-eyed 1980s XJs as well! The later ones got a bit unattractively squinty-looking.

Fort Jefferson

8,237 posts

222 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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Is there a car that "hasn't" been put on top of a Land Rover chassis?

P4ROT

1,219 posts

193 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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Did anyone else see the XJS trike monstrosity at the NEC classic show?

HaylingJag

2,122 posts

148 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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i need a work truck/off roader,

i know i shouldnt..............butwhistle


Sway

26,254 posts

194 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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HaylingJag said:
i need a work truck/off roader,

i know i shouldnt..............butwhistle
Going by your username, but if you win this, please let me come and have a look - I'm in Selsey.

There are several parts of my body crossed you get this!

SKiwi

31 posts

149 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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Why stop with a Jag when you can have this ???????

http://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/rollsroyce-silv...


Ozzie Osmond

21,189 posts

246 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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My word is my bond


FussyFez

972 posts

176 months

Friday 21st November 2014
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Love it, but I could never bring myself to put so much effort into fabricating something so ridiculous!

I'm glad someone else has though.