Amusing advert?

[Gareth9702]

I saw this on ebay and just had to share IT:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Challenger-E-Type-Replic...

"The donor car was a Jaguar XJ6" except for the fact that "a lot of the running gear has now been changed to Ford (for ease of replacement)"

"The front setup appears to be Cortina mk4 and the rear axle is a Capri 2.8 setup."

And the Jaguar straight six was no doubt swapped for the Rover V8 for reliability, and the body modified to look just like a JPR Wildcat.

Can anyone suggest which parts did come from the XJ6 donor?

[Furyblade_Lee]

That is tragic.

[grumpy]

"Registered as an XJ6"

[GinG15]

"The Challenger was a fibreglass kit car based on the moulds from a series one e type built on a space frame chassis. This particular one is an early example (1980/1981) which you can tell from the slightly flared arches to accommodate the wider rear axle."

and thats what the history of challenger cars say:

Jaguar Cars gave their approval for the project, but the original kit was designed to take Ford or Rover running gear, which necessitated flaring of the rear wheel arches.

so besides the V5c this car never came in contact with any major jaguar parts!!!!

later cars did feature jag- components...but not THIS car at ebay!!

surplus...as its NOT a re-body on an existing chassis, the registration as Jag isnt worth a penny...its in-correctly registered....its a ringer!!!!

[Gareth9702]

Thanks for the correction. I had forgotten that the Challenger began with a Ford base, and could only recall the Jaguar-based replica that came later.

[FlossyThePig]

GinG15 said:

...as its NOT a re-body on an existing chassis, the registration as Jag isnt worth a penny...its in-correctly registered...

Car registration then is not the same as now. The rules have been changed to prevent this but I'm not sure if it can be applied retrospectivly.

[grumpy]

FlossyThePig said:

Car registration then is not the same as now. The rules have been changed to prevent this but I'm not sure if it can be applied retrospectivly.

As I understand it there was a bit of discretion when the new rules came in too allow correct registraton. That time has long passed. It will need IVA.

[TeflonT]

I'm sure Jimmy Saville would be claiming there was a bit of discretion back then too.

[Furyblade_Lee]

Having "Jaguar" on the logbook is possible, my friend actually got the DVLA inspector to put "Jaguar e-type" on his logbook legitimately in 1988, at the same time as his friend got "Cobra" on his replica, those were the days.... However "XJ6" screams to me it has been nowhere near the DVLA database or inspected... "jaguar sports" or similar usually means it has been looked at and legit, XJ6 probobly not.