Motoring Discussion > Jaguar - Minor Traveller
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New Wed 7 Sep 11 18:29 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - VxFan
Jaguar Traveller anyone?

uk.autoblog.com/2011/09/06/jaguar-morris-world-s-most-ridiculous-hybrid/

Got to be the worst cut n' shut ever made.

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New Wed 7 Sep 11 18:41 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - Runfer D'Hills
I quite like it.

:-)
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New Wed 7 Sep 11 18:42 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - R.P.
....and me - but I wasn't going to say anything until someone else did...
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New Wed 7 Sep 11 19:36 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - Iffy
I saw a Silver Shadow estate a few times when I lived in London.

Didn't look any more like a hearse than any other estate.

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New Wed 7 Sep 11 19:36 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - Skoda
If it wasn't for the Jag is cute, that would only be fit for target practice.
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New Wed 7 Sep 11 19:48 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - Zero
I rather like it. The basic shape is good
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New Wed 7 Sep 11 20:04 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - Runfer D'Hills
Wants a bike rack that does.
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New Wed 7 Sep 11 20:29 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - Armel Coussine
>> The basic shape is good

I agree Zero, although the B pillar is a bit naff. It looks OK for a special of that very eccentric sort. But the door isn't right and that wooden sill looks structural to me.... shudder as you imagine what's behind it. Close up the thing looks a can of worms.

Do good XK150s really fetch 'six figure prices'? That's terrible.
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New Wed 7 Sep 11 21:17 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - Kevin
>Do good XK150s really fetch 'six figure prices'? That's terrible.

Restored XK150s are currently around £70k -£90k but OTS 999 recently went for over £200k - an auction record.

www.rmauctions.com/CarDetails.cfm?SaleCode=SP11&CarID=r151

XK120s are worth more and start around £100k for an average car needing work.
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New Wed 7 Sep 11 21:24 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - Armel Coussine
>> XK120s are worth more

I figured they would be.

Of course one would only feel all right driving one that looked a bit rough, or at least well-used, but went properly. That's what a sports car 60 years old ought to look like. Concours is all very well, but... not real. Museum stuff.

Still I'm horrified by those prices. Where on earth do people get the money? What a failure I am really.
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New Wed 7 Sep 11 23:03 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - Ted

Practical Classics magazine did a series of possible cut&shuts a few years ago. They weren't real cars but a staff artist had cleverly joined some fronts and backs together.

Some looked very attractive. I don't keep magazines so I can't scan and post any, sadly.

Ted
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New Thu 8 Sep 11 08:19 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - Cliff Pope
I like it.
It's in the old tradition of shooting brake versions of cars that might with different bodies be saloons, sports tourers, limousines, pick up trucks, or tiger shooting platforms for maharajas.

The only bit that could be better is the line of the curve on the top of the door, but I suppose that would have been too difficult to change.
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New Thu 8 Sep 11 10:17 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - sherlock47
>>The only bit that could be better is the line of the curve on the top of the door, but I suppose that would have been too difficult to change. <<<

That design feature is a result of the Traveller using the Saloon car doors. Never noticed it on the Traveller!
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New Thu 8 Sep 11 11:02 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - Mike Hannon
I've seen that pic before and in the last couple of days it seems to have gone viral. I think it looks quite the part. The number plate is Grenoble, so I don't suppose I'll ever see it in the metal.
What you really need is this
www.jaguar-addict.co.uk/acatalog/Jaguar-XJS-Lynx-Eventer.html
Well I'd like one anyway.
Last edited by: Mike Hannon on Thu 8 Sep 11 at 11:04
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New Thu 8 Sep 11 12:46 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - apm
That Lynx is really nice.
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New Thu 8 Sep 11 23:38 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - Ted

This one for moi !

tinyurl.com/3jf4xfj

Ted
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New Thu 8 Sep 11 23:50 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - Armel Coussine
Nice Ted.

Got a lift in France in a Delahaye like that, but chopped off behind the front seats and converted into a pick-up, in 1960 or so. Not restored of course and fairly rough, but sounded wonderful and went beautifully.

One forgets how many really interesting cars there were around at that time, still in daily use and not being coddled. Must have been worrying when something broke, but of course there were mechanics then too, not just these half-witted fitters there are these days.
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New Fri 9 Sep 11 10:47 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - Mike Hannon
Cor...that's nice.
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New Fri 9 Sep 11 21:04 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - Biggles
An optimistic sales pitch:
www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/19289/lot/217/
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New Fri 9 Sep 11 21:23 
 Jaguar - Minor Traveller - R.P.
A true work of the advert writer's art....!
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