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I have been perusing old catalogues, mostly from Goodwood and Silverstone classics, and came across this car and description from 1994.
Something about it didn't add up, and I have been wracking my brain cell (singular) trying to remember the car. Finally it came to me - I knew the owner and the car has been here at my house several times during the LM Classics. An email to an ex-director of Lynx brought a reply that the car wasn't one of theirs, as I thought. It is an RS Panels car.
Since the thread on a certain auction house has been pulled, I do not dare quote a name for the same reason, but I am sure you will be able to hazard a guess as to who was selling it. Even back then, the truth never got in the way of a good story. Here's the car at the LM Classic 2008.
Something about it didn't add up, and I have been wracking my brain cell (singular) trying to remember the car. Finally it came to me - I knew the owner and the car has been here at my house several times during the LM Classics. An email to an ex-director of Lynx brought a reply that the car wasn't one of theirs, as I thought. It is an RS Panels car.
Since the thread on a certain auction house has been pulled, I do not dare quote a name for the same reason, but I am sure you will be able to hazard a guess as to who was selling it. Even back then, the truth never got in the way of a good story. Here's the car at the LM Classic 2008.
Edited by lowdrag on Thursday 18th February 12:31
More fool the unwary buyer who doesn't do enough research about the specific marque he or she is about to bid on. Having said that - auctioneers (much as car dealers) in the event of selling a 'questionable' vehicle are just as likely to simply publish minimal information perhaps encouraging potential buyers to make uninformed presumptions about originality/value etc. When the sold vehicle later turns out to be a 'wrong-un' the auction house, and car owner can shirk any form of responsibilty.
lowdrag said:
I have been perusing old catalogues, mostly from Goodwood and Silverstone classics, and came across this car and description from 1994.
Something about it didn't add up, and I have been wracking my brain cell (singular) trying to remember the car. Finally it came to me - I knew the owner and the car has been here at my house several times during the LM Classics. An email to an ex-director of Lynx brought a reply that the car wasn't one of theirs, as I thought. It is an RS Panels car.
Since the thread on a certain auction house has been pulled, I do not dare quote a name for the same reason, but I am sure you will be able to hazard a guess as to who was selling it. Even back then, the truth never got in the way of a good story. Here's the car at the LM Classic 2008.
pretty damning of an auction house to give false information on the engineering firm who built the car Something about it didn't add up, and I have been wracking my brain cell (singular) trying to remember the car. Finally it came to me - I knew the owner and the car has been here at my house several times during the LM Classics. An email to an ex-director of Lynx brought a reply that the car wasn't one of theirs, as I thought. It is an RS Panels car.
Since the thread on a certain auction house has been pulled, I do not dare quote a name for the same reason, but I am sure you will be able to hazard a guess as to who was selling it. Even back then, the truth never got in the way of a good story. Here's the car at the LM Classic 2008.
Edited by lowdrag on Thursday 18th February 12:31
out of curiosity what would be the difference in build quality , and estimated value between . say Lynx , RS panels and Eagle , who all have made replica
low drag e types
The three houses are rather different in style. Lynx have very cleverly built their version of a Jaguar, the car looking the same from the outside but not under the skin. extremely well built, nevertheless. That was in the past of course, but the new Lynx are now established in the UK and say they will continue on the tradition. They have yet to produce a car for me to judge, but the reports are promising.
CKL Developments are members of the old Lynx, and specialise in preparing, repairing and maintaining race cars. They built my Kettle C-type, and it was perfect, as one would expect from those who in the past built both the pastiche D-types as well as the real thing should you desire. They have a magnificent site, with dyno test room, paint shop, engine buid room and so on.
RS Panels have a reputation of their own for building exact copies of Jaguars, down to the last rivet. Their cars are not like, say, Lynx, using the mechanicals of an E-type reclothed as a D-type. Their cars are the real thing. They are not cheap, they have a reputation of their own, and make no compromises. If you want the best, say, to build a copy of your real car to race instead of risking the real one, they are your people.
Eagle build cars far better than Jaguar ever did, and correctly rebuilt should you wish a true copy, but are better known for their low drag, as one example. Here we have a car that looks like a low drag but isn't quite correct, but it takes a well-trained eye to spot the difference. They produce a car that will suffer the problems of daily driving in traffic, will keep you cool in summer and warm in winter, will have Bluetooth, GPS, and so on. A modern take on what Jaguar would have done today.
There is an overlap between them all, having, as they do, such talented staff. You tell them what you want, and they will do it. Suffice to say that whichever one you choose for your project, you will not be disappointed. If I have preferred one above the other, I am in error. They are all incredible in what they do.
CKL Developments are members of the old Lynx, and specialise in preparing, repairing and maintaining race cars. They built my Kettle C-type, and it was perfect, as one would expect from those who in the past built both the pastiche D-types as well as the real thing should you desire. They have a magnificent site, with dyno test room, paint shop, engine buid room and so on.
RS Panels have a reputation of their own for building exact copies of Jaguars, down to the last rivet. Their cars are not like, say, Lynx, using the mechanicals of an E-type reclothed as a D-type. Their cars are the real thing. They are not cheap, they have a reputation of their own, and make no compromises. If you want the best, say, to build a copy of your real car to race instead of risking the real one, they are your people.
Eagle build cars far better than Jaguar ever did, and correctly rebuilt should you wish a true copy, but are better known for their low drag, as one example. Here we have a car that looks like a low drag but isn't quite correct, but it takes a well-trained eye to spot the difference. They produce a car that will suffer the problems of daily driving in traffic, will keep you cool in summer and warm in winter, will have Bluetooth, GPS, and so on. A modern take on what Jaguar would have done today.
There is an overlap between them all, having, as they do, such talented staff. You tell them what you want, and they will do it. Suffice to say that whichever one you choose for your project, you will not be disappointed. If I have preferred one above the other, I am in error. They are all incredible in what they do.
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