RE: Shed of the Week: Jaguar XJR

[Jagaddict]

What you could turn it into.....

[otolith]

Jagaddict said:

What you could turn it into.....

I'm thinking that is maybe not the lightest track car on consumables? (pun intended)

[Arsecati]

SUPERB!!! I'm damn near tempted to fly over from Dublin for this top, top shed! Got to be one of the best sheds here in a long time: how could you not be tempted for the price? Ahh man - cannot believe something like that is a bag of sand now, fantastic!!

[Agent XXX]

Pretty sure that's the one that was up for sale about 6 years ago and I very nearly bought it!

[anonymous-user]

grumpy52 said:

This is my mates race version , I love these things , he is hiding away XJRs as he finds them if the condition and price is right . He has 5 and is homing in on number 6 .

Is that his XK in the background?

[teacake]

otolith said:

I'm thinking that is maybe not the lightest track car on consumables? (pun intended)

Must be absolutely hilarious to drive though. Just bring your own fuel bowser.

[Tyre Smoke]

If I wasn't off to Antigua next month......

[otolith]

teacake said:

otolith said:

I'm thinking that is maybe not the lightest track car on consumables? (pun intended)

Must be absolutely hilarious to drive though. Just bring your own fuel bowser.

And a trailer full of tyres and brake pads!

[ElectricPics]

My Jag specialist runs one almost just like this week's shed but his has primrose seat facings. It's a well-fettled beast. A grand seems decent value but the bork factor is high.

[nicfaz]

Now that's a proper shed - love it!

[AC43]

God what a great shed. Absolutely love that.

I drove a later Sport. Was expecting general ancientness, wallowy handling and vagueness but it was a surprisingly good, crisp steer.

And the interior was to die for.

Great shed!

[kingkongsfinger]

Love the "XJ220" inspired wheels, must resist.

[grumpy52]

cb1965 said:

grumpy52 said:

This is my mates race version , I love these things , he is hiding away XJRs as he finds them if the condition and price is right . He has 5 and is homing in on number 6 .

Is that his XK in the background?

The XK is one of his customers cars , he is a restoration specialist . The blue nose on the left is his Holden Commodore race car .
Lots of cars in his workshops to drool over from the 30s to the 90s and occasionally some modern very quick machinery .

[SWTH]

I found the ad earlier and almost gave the chap a ring before remembering I really need to sell two other cars and get a bike MoT'd. These X300 XJRs aren't going to be this price much longer....

[chazwozza]

Yes. Yes yes yes. Shed-heaven totally nailed

[unsprung]

PH article said:

As those who attend Shed's local Bonfire Night will confirm,

lol!!

and surely a top-10 shed of all time

love the colour

[myhandle]

It’s the brochure colour. Like Arena Red on the 993 Turbo and Dakar yellow on the E36 M3, the people who make the brochures spend a long time working out what the most photogenic colour is for a car. I hope whoever buys this appreciates it for what it is and doesn’t run it into the ground.

[teacake]

otolith said:

And a trailer full of tyres and brake pads!

And a fire extinguisher for those brakes.

I'm not really that into racing for myself, much prefer to watch it, but there's just something about the photo of that turquoise track-prepped XJR up-thread that makes me want to find somewhere with reasonably forgiving run-off areas and just stomp the accelerator pedal through the floor.

[otolith]

I would imagine it's a little sideways!

[Hippea]

How bad can the rot be on these?

I’m really tempted by one of these, even the non R variants. I’d imagine £3k would get a nice example.