> On 07 September 2021 at 03:38 Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Sep 6, 2021, at 7:22 PM, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > >>> > >>> I think my favourite has to be the old Jaguar. Would that be a '55 > >>> XK-140? > >> > >> (I ask because the tyres look a bit odd, and I believe I heard somebody is > >> making > >> replicas using the old bodywork panelbeating jigs, but mounting the body > >> on more > >> modern underpinnings) > > > > I assumed it is a replica, as the wheels are so obviously wrong. > > Considering the price those things go for these days, only a loony would > > "customise" a real one. > > A bit of google fu says the steel wheel xk140s have the same bolt pattern as > a 50’s buick with 15” wheels. > > To me, those wheels look like they could well be aftermarket mags from the > 60’s or 70’s, and could have been put on 50 years ago before the car had > achieved it’s current sacrosanct status. If my interest in the car were to > drive it rather than just let it appreciate in value in a hermetically sealed > garage, I could easily see running those wheels rather than beat up stock > steel ones. > > Without seeing the interior, or under the bonnet it’s a lot harder to tell > for sure whether it’s a replica, or owned by someone who likes cars more than > car shaped expensive statues.
So it's the Great Expensive Statue Vehicle Rally? William Lyons would not be very happy. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
