COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)
Discussion
lukeharding said:
It was built for the tv show 'Curfew'. Sold for a £4800 bid 
manual gearbox and hydraulic handbrake (not sure how well that works with inboard brakes), and the side exhausts are fake.
Weird that the auction didn't mention that it had been a TV car, as they mentioned the stretch Mercedes that had been ZZ Top's car for a bit, and other cars that had been on TV (the XR3) and in magazines. manual gearbox and hydraulic handbrake (not sure how well that works with inboard brakes), and the side exhausts are fake. It looks from some of the images that my sarcastic comment about those riv-nuts being for riot shields wasn't far off.
droopsnoot said:
Weird that the auction didn't mention that it had been a TV car, as they mentioned the stretch Mercedes that had been ZZ Top's car for a bit, and other cars that had been on TV (the XR3) and in magazines.
It looks from some of the images that my sarcastic comment about those riv-nuts being for riot shields wasn't far off.
No, I found that odd too. Though the auctioneer did mention make a bit of a joke about it being completely stock. It did have riot shields all the way around for the show but I don't think they come with it. It looks from some of the images that my sarcastic comment about those riv-nuts being for riot shields wasn't far off.
The ZZ top Merc didn't make very much and I saw it leaving (presumably with the vendor), didn't start very well. I don't think H&H was necessarily the right auction for the XJS.
PomBstard said:
A friend popped by with his little run around...
Looked great and the colour suits the car. Heard it coming up the road from some distance! PB Jnr2 declared it “way, way, way better than a Porsche!” She’ll be walking tomorrow
She's got taste, and is right...... Looked great and the colour suits the car. Heard it coming up the road from some distance! PB Jnr2 declared it “way, way, way better than a Porsche!” She’ll be walking tomorrow
The Bronze is a rare colour, and bloody lovely as well.
Mopar mayhem droopsnoot said:
That looks a bit nicer than the one at H&H Buxton this afternoon.
The interior is nicer than the exterior, but I wonder why there are volt meter, rev counter and water temp gauges stuck on the top of the dash when all those are in the standard instruments. Inexplicably the body has many holes with riv-nuts inserted, around the windows. For fitting riot shields, perhaps. I forget what it sold for.
Bought by a PHer. Thread here https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...The interior is nicer than the exterior, but I wonder why there are volt meter, rev counter and water temp gauges stuck on the top of the dash when all those are in the standard instruments. Inexplicably the body has many holes with riv-nuts inserted, around the windows. For fitting riot shields, perhaps. I forget what it sold for.
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