JD Classics, what have they been up to?
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a8hex said:
Errrrrr that's me
Does that page work for you?
The pages link back to my old xk150.org domain which should have expired.
I've sent Tony a link to where he can access it all from now.
Does that page work for you?
The pages link back to my old xk150.org domain which should have expired.
I've sent Tony a link to where he can access it all from now.
Silly me; I got distracted by trying to find archived or cached copies of those photos and lost track of the posters in this thread. Doh!Haven't found any of those photos anywhere; all the links are dead.
AW10 said:
a8hex said:
Errrrrr that's me
Does that page work for you?
The pages link back to my old xk150.org domain which should have expired.
I've sent Tony a link to where he can access it all from now.
Does that page work for you?
The pages link back to my old xk150.org domain which should have expired.
I've sent Tony a link to where he can access it all from now.
Silly me; I got distracted by trying to find archived or cached copies of those photos and lost track of the posters in this thread. Doh!Haven't found any of those photos anywhere; all the links are dead.
lowdrag said:
Ken, I remember that one was red and that the two owners had deliberately put them together with a sign saying that both had been built by a certain and well-known name. I can't stress how important this photo is if you have it. I need it ASAP.
Did you get anywhere Tony?I'm somewhat intrigued about the history of what's going on. Of all the alloy cars to have duplicated the number of 670150 seems an odd choice since it was modified in the factory before delivery. This was the only XK120 to leave the factory with a supercharger so anyone knowing the history would have been able to tell that the clone wasn't the original. It also seems that there is a connection to an infamous reappearance of another unique Jaguar (unique suspension this time) which you were instrumental in having acknowledged as not being quite as claimed.
Did you find a picture of the two of them together?
BV, I know where the phone call came from and who phoned me, but even he wouldn't reveal why. He is, I reckon, because of where he works and thas been a friend for over 30 years, just another go-between like me. Maybe he doesn't know either. All I can guess from the way he spoke was that it seemed to be pretty important. And we've failed anyway.
lowdrag said:
... And we've failed anyway.
I'd try asking on the XK forum of jag-lovers. Given the number of XK120 aficionados there and at XK60 I'd be surprised if no one took a photo. There were lots of people walking around with cameras. After all it was the 120's birthday and the rest of us were just hangers on.Breadvan72 said:
This reminds me of the spy messages that used to appear in the classified adverts of the International Herald Tribune in the days before email.
I showed my daughter one of those cryptic small adds when she was about 12. We emailed them for a laugh asking what was going on. The reply whilst cryptic. Was suggesting that "curiosity killed the cat"...We didn't do it again. Those ads are long gone, alas, but at least if you buy the IHT you can still read the hilariously badly written matchmaking adverts of Gabriele Thiers-Bense, a professional panderer to the Global super rich. Her website is worth a visit if you wish to have a laugh and/or endure unimaginable existential despair at the shallow terribleness of the World.
http://worldwide-elite.com/
http://worldwide-elite.com/
Breadvan72 said:
Her website is worth a visit if you wish to have a laugh and/or endure unimaginable existential despair at the shallow terribleness of the World.
http://worldwide-elite.com/
Brilliant. Signed-up. Thanks. http://worldwide-elite.com/
Bon Chance! Make sure to body-swerve those shallow Gold Diggers, hein?
Trying to get vaguely back on thread, maybe Gabriel's clients used to like buying moody Maseratis from JD Classics, and/or going to auctions at Coys. Where will they go now when they want to buy or sell some shifty Iso Grifo or some such? They could maybe try that Ukrainian bloke that does all those helicopters, but I hear that the Feds might be on to him too.
Trying to get vaguely back on thread, maybe Gabriel's clients used to like buying moody Maseratis from JD Classics, and/or going to auctions at Coys. Where will they go now when they want to buy or sell some shifty Iso Grifo or some such? They could maybe try that Ukrainian bloke that does all those helicopters, but I hear that the Feds might be on to him too.
Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 1st August 09:14
Is all the spy talk something to do with people giving cheerful descriptions of old Jags that may or may not have been owned by someone famous, or raced at some famous races? Does anyone who buys such cars really believe anything that they are told about them? They have all been rebuilt in sheds 97 times.
Some of you may recall the two cases about old Bentleys that went on a while back. When the sort of car dealer who sells those sort of cars says "Captain Barnato raced this one at Brooklands in nineteen twenty whatever", he is surely to be taken to mean "There are maybe three components in the car that you are looking at that were present when that happened, and two of them were in the mechanic's van as spares".
Some of you may recall the two cases about old Bentleys that went on a while back. When the sort of car dealer who sells those sort of cars says "Captain Barnato raced this one at Brooklands in nineteen twenty whatever", he is surely to be taken to mean "There are maybe three components in the car that you are looking at that were present when that happened, and two of them were in the mechanic's van as spares".
lowdrag said:
Well, the car shows as a 1950 3.4 Jaguar first registered in 1988. No MOT since 2007 but from memory this is the XK with triple 48DCOE Webers. Here's a photo I took at Castle Coombe:-
If it's running Webbers then it would be in a class in the XK championship which wouldn't be limited to staying at 3.4. I suspect that if I look back through my photos taken at track days at Goodwood I imagine I have more pictures of the car. I know that on at least one occasion when I was running my 150 the owner was running his Mk2 race car.Breadvan72 said:
Some of you may recall the two cases about old Bentleys that went on a while back. When the sort of car dealer who sells those sort of cars says "Captain Barnato raced this one at Brooklands in nineteen twenty whatever", he is surely to be taken to mean "There are maybe three components in the car that you are looking at that were present when that happened, and two of them were in the mechanic's van as spares".
Not this one, then? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1511663/Ch...Breadvan72 said:
This reminds me of the spy messages that used to appear in the classified adverts of the International Herald Tribune in the days before email.
I worked at the IHT for many years - before email too.We also, amusingly, had an 'Escorts & Guides' little ad section too. It was quite accepted - but looking back it was bizarre.
silentbrown said:
Not this one, then? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1511663/Ch...
Pay walled, but I got the gist. Lunacy. I was thinking of two earlier cases, about pre war Bentleys.Gassing Station | Classic Cars and Yesterday's Heroes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff