Art or design, which is it?

Ben Blaney says...

Go for the early 4.2 SWB one, very rare now and the bodyshape is so pure
looking compared to the LWB that followed it[1]. The SWB 4.2 was voted
as one of the best cars ever made. I'd like a mid 70s XJ6 Coupe myself,
one of the last cars that Sir William Lyons had a hand in styling.

Just about everything you'll ever need for a Jaguar are available from
specialist suppliers all over the West Midlands. Interior trim is best
sourced from the States, believe it or not.

[1] I know my Jaguars quite well

 

Didn't you mean to post this to the 'Boris Down' thread?

 

And, obviously, the desirable Manual w/Overdrive.

Yeah, I like them, too - and they're knocking around at under 10K. A
lot of them came in really shit colours, though. Like, literally, the
colour of shit. Still, that's the 70s for you, I suppose.

Evidently. Series III and newer don't interest me at all (except the
XKR and the 450bhp 1998 XJ6 - I don't remember the model code - that
Racing Green Cars have for sale at 25K).

 

Ben Blaney says...
That's a bit steep, but it does have some trophies to bump the price up.

Now you're trying to find hens teeth in amongst the rocking horse shit.

They had some nice ideas, spoilt by bad taste.

I wouldn't touch anything made between 1977 and the arrival of the XK8.

 

My Brother has a sludge pea green one.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

Probably Vizard; he really knew his stuff when it came to the A-series,
but istr he did something for the Bs too.

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Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

My mate Richard had one a few years back.[1]

He attended a track-day thing at Brands, arseing around in Formula
Fords.

Later, the club went round in their own cars: the MGB-V8 was several
seconds faster.

[1] Which I don't remember fondly, having once been transported from
Gillingham to Clapham in the back "seat".

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(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^'

 

My first manager had one.

It did most of its miles being driven from the garage onto the drive
for its weekly wash and wax.

In 1980/1 when I saw it, it had less than 10k on the clock.
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| ___ Salad Dodger
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_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..73063../..16931.../..3180./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^'

 

Mostly ended up on banger tracks as did the pink [1] SII Daimler I owned

The material that followed the venerable Oxford/Cambridge/Westminsters
were Triumph 2000s (both Mk1 and Mk2 2 and 2.5s) and Granadas (Mk1 and Mk
2 - 2.0l being favourite)


[1] Factory colour with matching pink leather.

 

Jesus H Christ.

Mine dew, I saw a brand new shocking pink StreetKa in a Ford dealer last
week. **** knows who'd buy a pink car apart from Lady Penelope.

 

<retch>

 

A bloke who lives down the road from my Dad bought on a couple of
years ago - 1968, 1 owner from new, 32,000 miles. Paid about 6 grand
for it. I was livid.

 

Gird you loins:
http://www.sweller.dynalias.org/images/sii-front.jpg
http://www.sweller.dynalias.org/images/sii-interior.jpg

I ran over an East German's possessions with it.
<fx: happy sigh>

 

Christ alight.

 

I'm diggin' the in-dash 8 track.

 

Bear says...

 

Ben Blaney says...

That's a really early one, not many survived. The casulaty rate from
rust was horrific, and those that were left ended up on the banger
tracks.

 

**** me, that interior is so..........pink.

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Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X
BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

Bear says...

 

Criminal.