Cars you didn't know existed...

[saaby93]

Red Devil said:

I reckon the Datsun 240Z borrowed a few cues from that. Ditto Ferrari for the front end of the 308/348/355.

De Tomaso too?

[Red Devil]

[Jazzy Jag]

threespires said:

Liege on the Kyrle trial April 2004

Are you still using the Reliant engine or swapped it for the Suzuki 3cyl?

[Dapster]

threespires said:

I found these Jaguars on line

Jaguar did actually produce a prototype XJ-S coupe without the buttresses (note badged "Daimler" with the fluted grill)

[Matt Cup]

Is that a T-top?

[ajprice]

Matt Cup said:

Is that a T-top?

i was going to ask the same thing. It looks a lot better than the only hard top for the convertible XJS I can find, made by Arden.

[AstonZagato]

Vauxhall XVR concept

[Dapster]

Matt Cup said:

Is that a T-top?

Looks like it.

There must have been a few prototypes as there is also this one with XJ40 wheels and smoked rear lights.

Seems the roots of the concept were when Jag were trying to develop the removeable hardtop (a la Merc SL) which wasn't feasible, but sufficient work had been done to build a hardtop prototype. The car didn't do well in customer clinics compared to the coupe or convertible and the project was shelved.

https://www.jaguarheritage.com/car/1986-daimler-xj...

[generationx]

AstonZagato said:

Vauxhall XVR concept

I remember seeing that somewhere before - what a great looking thing, something HotWheels would be proud of!

[Hobbes003]

Matt Cup said:

Is that a T-top?

Yes. They used an XJ-SC as the base vehicle.

The car still exists, it's in the Jaguar Heritage collection.

Banham sold a similar vehicle as the XJS FHC:

[Composer62]

Dapster said:

Matt Cup said:

Is that a T-top?

Looks like it.

There must have been a few prototypes as there is also this one with XJ40 wheels and smoked rear lights.

Seems the roots of the concept were when Jag were trying to develop the removeable hardtop (a la Merc SL) which wasn't feasible, but sufficient work had been done to build a hardtop prototype. The car didn't do well in customer clinics compared to the coupe or convertible and the project was shelved.

https://www.jaguarheritage.com/car/1986-daimler-xj...

I wish Jaguar had asked me about it in 1986. I think it looks great. Very elegant.

[Hobbes003]

threespires said:

I found these Jaguars on line

That's a photoshop, but not as farfetched as it seems. The first drawings and mockups for what became the XJ6 series I were very much based on the E-type:

[Fast Bug]

AstonZagato said:

Vauxhall XVR concept

Shades of Opel GT in that

[Hugo a Gogo]

ajprice said:

Matt Cup said:

Is that a T-top?

i was going to ask the same thing. It looks a lot better than the only hard top for the convertible XJS I can find, made by Arden.

also from near Düsseldorf, I think they're in Krefeld

[saaby93]

Stolen from the 1984 thread
https://www.uijtenhaak.nl/gatso/gatford.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus_Gatsonides

[Benni]

Fast Bug said:

Shades of Opel GT in that

...and of the Cheetah "for when an AC Cobra is too soft"

Opel should have just produced a slightly more modern version of the GT, classic sportscar lines without silly performance,

a 2&2 for singles, couples and small families, to keep as 2nd car even if the inevitable Pampers Bomber wagon had to be bought.

[Jazzy Jag]

Not sure about the reg plate, thought?

[CanAm]

Benni said:

...and of the Cheetah "for when an AC Cobra is too soft"

Opel should have just produced a slightly more modern version of the GT, classic sportscar lines without silly performance,

a 2&2 for singles, couples and small families, to keep as 2nd car even if the inevitable Pampers Bomber wagon had to be bought.

I've seen a Cheetah in course of renovation. The engine is mounted so far back, there is no propshaft - the gearbox bolts directly to the diff. No wonder the cockpit got hot!

[Jimmy Recard]

saaby93 said:

Stolen from the 1984 thread
https://www.uijtenhaak.nl/gatso/gatford.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus_Gatsonides

The inventor of the speed camera. tt

[CanAm]

Jimmy Recard said:

The inventor of the speed camera. tt

Except he designed to help his car go faster!