Lister Le Mans ..... in a farmyard

[cy88]

Went to see a friend of mine today. Over coffee, he pulled his very rare factory-built 7 litre Lister Le Mans out of a carcoon in the barn. What a monster! Batman meets Wall Street. 13 inch wide rear wheels and early 90s excess oozing out of every panel.....

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and for scale....


Unfortunately, only a single static position for now, but hopefully I made the most of the location. Comments welcome.

Edited by cy88 on Saturday 24th March 21:04

[cy88]

Andy M said:

Excellent, though possibly a little too contrasty for my tastes.

The car looks different shades of grey/black in this pic due to the sculptured panels. I like that a lot

Cheers. I seem to gravitate towards a darker end result. Mainly gamma reduction

[cy88]

20vt_mk2dub said:

Stunning pictures - that thing needs to run down a track B)

I'm told that these are good for 200mph!

[cy88]

I think this is the one you're talking about, groomi...



Would that not have made it "theoretically" the fastest production car of its day?

Here's one last picture from the weekend.....

Edited by cy88 on Tuesday 27th March 10:29

[cy88]

richb said:

Says on that poster that it is 4" wider to make more room in the rear for passengers. I'd be curious to know how they did this because whilst I can see that the add-on flared arches would make it wider I fail to see how they could create more space other than by running a buzz saw down the middle and adding in a fillet of metal and if they did this they'd need bespoke windscreen and rear glass which it doesn't appear to have. Just curious

You can't really see from the photos above, but the Lister does not have the buttressed and tapered rear end of the original. It has a "fastback" which you can just about see in photo 8. Definitely bespoke rear glass.

As far as I was told by the owner, I don't think any of the original body panels from the XJS were retained.

ETA: You can of course see the redesigned rear on the poster.

Without the original rear window setup (below), I assume the rear seats could be moved further back?

Edited by cy88 on Tuesday 27th March 10:44

[cy88]

Further picture showing rear width, for the extra legroom conspiracists

[cy88]

snapper seven said:

oh and more of the wheels please!!

interior and engine will have to be another time!

[CY88]

Mastiff said:

Very nice!

I don't suppose your friend has any intention of selling it, does he/she? Please pass on my interest if so. Thanks.

I'll certainly pass that on, although he's quite partial to his car the moment!

M3John said:

I've never really been one for the XJS' but that is absolutely fantastic !!!! You've really captured the car well in those pictures, i especially like the one where it looks as if the pannels are differant colours. Any more pictures to show us all?

Cheers! Looks from the responses like I should go hunting down the big cat again!

Edited by CY88 on Friday 25th May 12:21