RE: Time For Tea? 962 on the street

[Flares&Chestwig]

pb63 said:

Jasper Gilder said:

There's a guy locally who has a Silk Cut Jaguar XKR8 - he was filling up at the petrol station a few years ago - looks just like the one Jan Lammers gave Scuhmie a hard time in. Must be raw on the road!

Do you mean XJR9? If so I've seen this at Silverstone and it is road legal - i saw the tax disc in the window... Couldn't believe it. I thought it could be a replica...but on closer inspection of the cockpit it looked like an original...

I saw this car at Knebworth, again suspected replica, but it looked all pukka right down to old scrutineering passes, the absolute business....didnt have a camera with me


Jaguar Race/Road Car by Si 558, on Flickr

Edited by Flares&Chestwig on Saturday 13th October 18:29

[nightSpirit]

'Owning a racing car is such a joy'

Sums it up really doesn't it?

[BoxerF50]

Leins said:

Is that an XJR-15 beside it?

Yes. That XJR-15 belongs to a gentleman down in Devon.

[Richair]

What an awesome bit of kit, lucky guy! Shame you don't get to see it lighting up some jap mountain road touge style... Nice speedmaster also

[KennyGT]

Awesome. Just awesome!

[markmullen]

Sifly said:

I take it Japan doesn't do speed-humps??!

Ours has a lifting kit to get over speed humps

[tim-b]

markmullen said:

Ours has a lifting kit to get over speed humps

Didn't realise this was your day job Mark, why not post more car stuff on the p&v forum?

[Carnnoisseur]

kiteless said:

My thoughts exactly.

Fantastic car, great photography, and background music that doesn't intrude.

And mine, still speechless......absolutely amazing!!

[stephen300o]

Nice racing car. Looks ridiculous on the road.

[The Obeast]

Don't know anyting about these, except one thing. It looks cool as fook.

[handbraketurn]

Some designs are timeless, that is one of them.


Not sure driving to shops in London would work well with that..

[handbraketurn]

The Obeast said:

Don't know anyting about these, except one thing. It looks cool as fook.

Whenever I think of Group C cars, I think of this epic pole qualifying lap @ Le Mans (90') by Brundell in the barmy NISSAN R90CK. If only they had HD back then.

http://youtu.be/6lMItc4cy8U

[TypeR]

About 20 years ago I ran an Art Gallery, and we put on a Motorsport exhibition.
I wanted to have a few bits of racing car bodywork in the Gallery so I ended up borrowing bits of 962 from Vern Schuppan's place in High Wycombe.
There were cars in various states of undress, ready to be built into customer road cars. I was told to take whatever I could carry, I was like a kid at Christmas!!
Unfortunately, Vern wanted the bodywork back, otherwise it would now be hanging on the wall of my lounge!!
I also managed to borrow Derek Warwick's Silk Cut Jaguar race suit from TWR. I had to give that back too.

[fatboy18]

Ridiculous, who the hell would want to drive a replica Le mans car on the road ...........ME

[PascalBuyens]

vincegail said:

Leins said:

Not sure on the timeline of these road-going 962s, but the Koenig C62 was the first one I heard of

vincegail said:

This is what dribble Schuppan normally made:



So doesn't that guy mean it is a car driven by Schuppan at some point?
Apparently this is real 962 factory car, not converted by Dauer, Schuppan and the likes that somehow ended up with a Japanese licenseplate?

Is that an XJR-15 beside it?

The dark blue, yes. The light blue/gulf? I don't have a clue what kind of car/project/dream that is.

Looks like a Spectre R42

(answered without reading the whole thread... Already been done I see)

[fatboy18]

handbraketurn said:

Some designs are timeless, that is one of them.


Not sure driving to shops in London would work well with that..

No, but think of the fun you would have getting it over speed ramps, road cambers and the width barriers on Hammersmith bridge lol

[German]

[quote=Flares&Chestwig]

I saw this car at Knebworth, again suspected replica, but it looked all pukka right down to old scrutineering passes, the absolute business....didnt have a camera with me


Jaguar Race/Road Car by Si 558, on Flickr

Edited by Flares&Chestwig on Saturday 13th October 18:29

[/quote]


I need to track this man down and buy him as much beer as I can afford. What a legend.

[myhandle]

Speedracer329 said:

Very cool, apart from parking in a disabled space.

It's the space nearest the door and used for cinematic effect, and this film was clearly made with the permission of Family Mart for that part of the film, so I really don't think our 962 driving buddy is taking anyone's disabled space in any kind of real environment.

No-one appears to have mentioned Count Rossi's 917 yet. That must have been fun. Registered in USA, driven in Europe. http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa...

There are also a couple of convincing replicas : http://www.carguychronicles.com/2011/07/porsche-91...

[markmullen]

tim-b said:

Didn't realise this was your day job Mark, why not post more car stuff on the p&v forum?

Not really my thing, when I go on photoshoots for the Porsche magazines the photos are usually embargoed till publication anyway plus I don't want it to look like I'm copying the car photographers work, even though we usually get quite different shots.

[dtmpower]

Flares said:

Jaguar Race/Road Car by Si 558, on Flickr

Vehicle enquiry
The enquiry is complete.The vehicle details for 224 SMP are:
Date of Liability 01 10 2012
Date of First Registration 13 10 1975
Year of Manufacture 1975
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 5343cc
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status Licence Due to Expire
Vehicle Colour WHITE
Vehicle Type Approval Not Available
Vehicle Excise Duty rate for vehicle
6 Months Rate £121.00
12 Months Rate £220.00


Considering it's first registered in 1975 and is a 5.3 litre, what would it be based on ?

Edited by dtmpower on Monday 15th October 12:51