If you thought Tuesdays spotted pics were good look at this

[autofocus]

Hi there,

I posted some pics on Tuesday of an XJ220 I had seen parked on a side street in Stoke on Trent.

Well I was in Stoke again today and decided to drive past the same place again to see if it was still there.

I turned the corner and nearly crashed my car when I saw what was parked there today.





I had to get out of my car and have a closer look.

3 XJ220's in the same place and was especially chuffed to have seen the Yellow XJ220S.













As I got back in my car and drove away I noticed something else parked up a side street next to the building: -







This is an original Jaguar XJR12 that competed at Le Mans in 1990.

I have since found out that this building is actually home to Don Law Racing a company that services and repairs about 70% of the XJ220's in existence.

What a day after this I had to go home and lie down in a dark room.

Hope you enjoy the pics.

Regards

Tim

[mr brightside]

good lord that is amazing

[tony h]

fantastic pretty sure i've seen the Le Man car at a few RMA trackdays

[Animal]

Wowsers! Nice pics!

That's just about the best things I've seen all day!

Cheers, Animal

[LittleBro]

Amazing spot!

[eih]

Amazing photos!!

But not sure if i left my jag for service with them i'd be too chuffed if it was left half up the curb in a side street though!

[RobPhoboS]

JSUS TTY FKNG CHRST !!!

That is bloody amazing !!!!
It looks so casual, love it.

[dtmpower]

eih said:

Amazing photos!!

But not sure if i left my jag for service with them i'd be too chuffed if it was left half up the curb in a side street though!

Yeah - not to mention curbing the alloys or pulling the suspension out of alignment....

[ruttboy]

I think if I had a car like that, and gave it to the God that is Don Law, I wouldn't really care what he did with it, because everything he touches is gold.

The man is a legend, and I am not surprised to see the streets around him stuufed with toys like this.

XJ220s get shipped from around the world just so Don can work his magic.

Good to see he is busy.

Ruttboy.

[pastrana72]

absolutly stunning pictures, you can not get cooler than that and its going to take some beating.


a challenge set down, i reckon.

[RobPhoboS]

I've got no chance in hell with that then.
All diesels over here

[Nicol@]

I have a photo at home of the yellow one from the Coys festival in the late nineties.

I think I would have crashed my car spotting those

The blue one looks the best.

[zoidberg]

I grew up going to sportscar races with my dad, cheering for those Silk Cut jags. My favourite racing cars, bar none. Amazing spot!

[JuniorD]

Amazing stuff seeing those parked up like that on a very regular looking street. Couldn't the council clamp or impound the ones without tax or registration though? Imagine trying to explain that to an owner.

[jconsta6]

pastrana72 said:

absolutly stunning pictures, you can not get cooler than that and its going to take some beating.


a challenge set down, i reckon.

What he said - competition is best for the consumer

Really glad that people do take the time to post up pics like these. The XJ220 besides all it's woes (not that I'd know!! - just whats I've read) is still a beautiful and wonderful car and was part of a very exciting era in my eyes of supercar history, along with the F40/Mac F1/Diablo etc... They all seemed to come along at a similar time. Probably why if I had unlimited funds, they'd all be in my garage!

Thanks for sharing.

JC

[forthright MC]

thats bloody amazing!

Edited by forthright MC on Friday 23 March 12:17

[nopantshans]

i wonder if it would be considered "acceptable use" sticking a set of trade plates on that XJR12 and taking it for a spank down the M6.

[castex]

I was all ready to announce that I'd like the blue one, please. Then I got to the last few...Best Spotted Ever.

Thanks for posting

[jamieg]

Fabulous spot - thanks for posting!!

[elms]

castex said:

I was all ready to announce that I'd like the blue one, please. Then I got to the last few...Best Spotted Ever.

Thanks for posting

I've adored the old Silk Cut Group C race cars since I was a lad. I went to see a friend/customer of mine a couple of years ago, he asked if I would like a look around his workshop; where in a smaller workshop out the back was the unmistakable shape of two of them under 'Silk Cut' purple car covers. Unfortantley they were engineless but I sat in one of them, door closed. Just trying to rememeber the incar footage I'd watched dozens of times on video from the very seat I was in now.

I get to see and drive some mega cars on a daily basis, but that was by far my highlight of the last few years - A real 'meet your heros' moment for me.

Edited by elms on Friday 23 March 18:47