Where can I find an XKSS (replica)?
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Yeah yeah. Spent 10 days in the UK and discussed it with a few people. Seems Adrian Cocking sold one a year so stopped making them since he had to buy bumpers, screen surrounds and all the bits in batches, and it wasn't worth holding the stock. I could find no one who could help you in your search sadly, but will keep my ear to the ground still.
Thank you very much. I appreciate your help.
This one ( http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C501734 ) has been for sale for months and months in Germany but it seems a bit pricey. Observations welcome.
This one ( http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C501734 ) has been for sale for months and months in Germany but it seems a bit pricey. Observations welcome.
Difficult to say what base it is but probably a Realm, and the price isn't out of the way in today's market. Let's just say that it is considerably less than the last one being built at the moment. You'd need to register it (but probably it was previously registered here anyway so not much of a problem) and change the lights for dipping left but aprt from that a nice car with a Getrag to give comfortable cruising revs. Mine was on a 3.54 axle when I bought it and revved its nuts off so I changed it to a 3.31 and should really have gone for a 3.07 but wanted a balance of track/fast road use. I am sure the price is negotiable too.
But I cone back to the point that is and has nagged me. Have you tried one? The cockpit is so tiny you may find yourself terribly cramped. Sometimes dreams should remain that - dreams.
But I cone back to the point that is and has nagged me. Have you tried one? The cockpit is so tiny you may find yourself terribly cramped. Sometimes dreams should remain that - dreams.
Longnose said:
Still looking. Nothing yet :-(
There's something very special about the XKSS, having been privileged enough to prepare and drive 701 a few years ago, and witness it circulating Goodwood with E2A as part of a day's work, very happy memories. If I were in your position I would do my research to sort out the reasonably accurate glass fibre cars from the others. I personally would be uneasy about having IRS as it is just a bit too wrong, same for a C Type. Wheel and tyre sizes have to be accurate. With an accurate shape surely there is scope for a d type to XKSS conversion, I think you have to avoid those people that talk telephone numbers about anything D Type related, it just needs a lot of research and careful buying!Longnose said:
Thank you very much. I appreciate your help.
This one ( http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C501734 ) has been for sale for months and months in Germany but it seems a bit pricey. Observations welcome.
It says it was built in the late 1960's - were the current crop of replica manufacturers producing them that long ago ?This one ( http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C501734 ) has been for sale for months and months in Germany but it seems a bit pricey. Observations welcome.
Perhaps it's a one-off.
mph said:
Longnose said:
Thank you very much. I appreciate your help.
This one ( http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C501734 ) has been for sale for months and months in Germany but it seems a bit pricey. Observations welcome.
It says it was built in the late 1960's - were the current crop of replica manufacturers producing them that long ago ?This one ( http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C501734 ) has been for sale for months and months in Germany but it seems a bit pricey. Observations welcome.
Perhaps it's a one-off.
Longnose, you have one good thing going for you with this car, the current exch rate; providing it's the car you want. I think if you walked in with £50k cash, in Euros at 63,725 you'd have yourself an XKSS.
Well, when I click on the site it shows £59,900 so a mix up somewhere. And as regarding converting a D-type to XKSS most replicas are long nose cars, so not really feasible, especially if it is a fibreglass car. The ORC one was an alloy long nose so they had new alloy front and back parts made in the Antipodes for the change to an XKSS, and to my cost I know that the doors of an XKSS are different, then you need a screen surround (pricey), the screen is £400 from Pilkingtons, then the tunnel and so on. That's not too hard (but rather dear) on an alloy car, but I would have thought difficult on a fibreglass one. Nope, better buy this car and be done with it. It's RHD which creates a very limited market on the continent so perhaps a good deal to be done.
lowdrag said:
Well, when I click on the site it shows £59,900 so a mix up somewhere.
Happy New Year, Tony...I don't think it's a mix up at all. This looks like a classic example of a German dealer trying his luck with some old stock...and of course these always go for a higher price in Germany.Here's the link to the garage advert http://www.loeffelsender.de/oldies-sportw-mobile.p...
Currently asking 68.3k Euros, previously 73.0k Euros [allegedly]. The Q? is, is the car worth circa' £50k. I think the answer is yes...based on GRP bodied XKSS sales over the past couple of years.
Ah I see. And we are in total agreement that £50,000 would be about right for the car. While on the subject of replicas, and side-tracking the thread, I still have in my garage:-
2 D-type alloy doors
1 Rear head rest and fin (short nose)
1 centre tunnel
1 screen
1 scuttle panel
and several other bits I can't remember. Anyone any idea what to do with them?
2 D-type alloy doors
1 Rear head rest and fin (short nose)
1 centre tunnel
1 screen
1 scuttle panel
and several other bits I can't remember. Anyone any idea what to do with them?
lowdrag said:
Ah I see. And we are in total agreement that £50,000 would be about right for the car. While on the subject of replicas, and side-tracking the thread, I still have in my garage:-
2 D-type alloy doors
1 Rear head rest and fin (short nose)
1 centre tunnel
1 screen
1 scuttle panel
and several other bits I can't remember. Anyone any idea what to do with them?
Hold onto them for spares, prosperity...and should you ever wake up one day and think 'you know what, I'd really like a pukka short nose D-Type' Or, I have an ideal space to suspend the headrest and fin from the ceiling of my garage; they'd look great...would take the utmost care and never polish them 2 D-type alloy doors
1 Rear head rest and fin (short nose)
1 centre tunnel
1 screen
1 scuttle panel
and several other bits I can't remember. Anyone any idea what to do with them?
Longnose said:
That's very clever as the 3rd picture didn't seem to get uploaded. You must have seen it the NEC. Yes, it is a "continuation" Lister. No champagne or cigar I'm afraid.
Nope not quite as difficult as going there. Just quote your post and copy and paste the link. Simples http://thumbsnap.com/sc/Q7oG3ytk.jpgBTW your link still doesn't work.
Keep the cigar
Just keeping this thread alive...
Did anyone see the Cars supplement of the Saturday Daily Telegraph a couple of weeks ago? Apparently someone in the USA called Howard Lutnick has had XKSS701 (morphed from XKD555) made into a replica of Steve McQueen's car, i.e. no luggage rack, no side windows and a tonneau cover rolled up behind the seats. I think I prefer the 'standard' look. Nice registration number though: XKS 5.
Did anyone see the Cars supplement of the Saturday Daily Telegraph a couple of weeks ago? Apparently someone in the USA called Howard Lutnick has had XKSS701 (morphed from XKD555) made into a replica of Steve McQueen's car, i.e. no luggage rack, no side windows and a tonneau cover rolled up behind the seats. I think I prefer the 'standard' look. Nice registration number though: XKS 5.
Longnose said:
Just keeping this thread alive...
Did anyone see the Cars supplement of the Saturday Daily Telegraph a couple of weeks ago? Apparently someone in the USA called Howard Lutnick has had XKSS701 (morphed from XKD555) made into a replica of Steve McQueen's car, i.e. no luggage rack, no side windows and a tonneau cover rolled up behind the seats. I think I prefer the 'standard' look. Nice registration number though: XKS 5.
Oh that's where it's gone, I'd heard it had been sold. I used to see this car in at RGCs regularly.Did anyone see the Cars supplement of the Saturday Daily Telegraph a couple of weeks ago? Apparently someone in the USA called Howard Lutnick has had XKSS701 (morphed from XKD555) made into a replica of Steve McQueen's car, i.e. no luggage rack, no side windows and a tonneau cover rolled up behind the seats. I think I prefer the 'standard' look. Nice registration number though: XKS 5.
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