WHEN JAGUAR HUNTERS MOVE IN FOR THE KILL

This is a story of ugly speculation. It starts with this Jaguar XK 120 Roadster that was offered for sale in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for approximately $13,000 around the end of October 2010. As can be seen from the ORIGINAL AD it was a pile of rusted out metal that was originally in an open field. Not only was this car clearly missing major parts but above all,  it was a non matching numbers car**.  At a later date it was moved indoors where we had a chance to see it and take a few pictures of it.
**A non matching numbers car is one that does not have either the original engine or the original gearbox. In other words non original components.

XK 120 CHASSIS # 674049 in a FIELD

XK 120 CHASSIS # 674049 INDOORS

So where is the car now? The car in exactly the same condition as shown above is now resting in a fancy showroom in Germany with the initial asking price of 32.700 EUR or approx. $43,000 (Recent price drop to 28,900 EUR as of April 20/2011). A 200% net profit from the asking price in October 2010 when it was in Toronto.  In addition the German ad claims that the car spent 30 Years of its life indoors in a Garage. SEE FULL DETAILS HERE of this XK 120 Roadster now being offered for sale in Germany. BUYER BEWARE!

Buckminster Fuller's Amazing 1933 Dymaxion Car

I first read about the Dymaxion in this recent and interesting NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE. I was so fascinated by it that I decided to write a Blog post on it using the original patent, the WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE and the video from the Ford Museum below. What an amazing invention! What a genius inventor. Fuller was without doubt years ahead of his time.

Click on the image below to read the full US Patent

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E-TYPE Ding-Dong this is your Avon lady calling

Pretty hard to believe but there really was an Avon after-shave in a British Racing Green bottle that was in the shape of a E-Type. Coming from Avon it must have smelled like dogie poo. It was called "Deep Woods After Shave". On a related note Jaguar Cars have lent their name and logo to a MENS FRAGRANCE. I wonder what other marketing gimmick they will come up with. Definitely worth collecting and who knows maybe in another 50 years it will be worth mega $$$$$$$

Jaguar project at home

See Papito Paul's BLOG
I took off the transmission tunnel to access the odometer and reverse lamp switch.

Fabricated a bracket to holding the hall effect transducer for the speedometer.


Solution for mounting the wire wheels.
A piece of pipe, tapped for the wheel studs to be used as a guide for installing the wheels.
Without it, it is a real pain to line up the holes with the studs. This makes it a piece of cake.


Slide the wheel over the pipe, install 4 of the five lug nuts, then remove the pipe and install the last stud. Put the other 3 wheels on. Done.

Jaguar Wednesday did not get too much done. Picked up some parts from Imagination Engineering they had ordered for me from XKS unlimited. Needed some wire, so Richard sent me to Skycraft Surplus and too much time checking it out. I got the wire at a very good price.

Jaguar E-Type 50th Anniversary Celebration in Paris

 The first Jaguar E-Type 50th Anniversary celebration  took place in Paris, France on February 5, 2011. Much of the parade of Jaguar E-Types was along the famous Champs Elysee.

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THE WORLD of JAGUARS WITH TERRY LARSON

TERRY LARSON is the world's foremost and leading expert on vintage Jags.
See Terry Larson's WEBSITE

SLIDE-SHOW of TERRY's SHOP

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Five excellent videos giving the history of each model narrated by Terry Larson.