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"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass) 12/26/2016 at 02:13 • Filed to: LISTER STORM

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Svend > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 12/26/2016 at 02:39

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Nice. Marcos in the back ground.

I love the whole Anglo-american nature (British car with a 500bhp Ford Cobra V8 with sub 4secs 0-60) of these cars.

Sovereign, Purveyor of Coupes > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 12/26/2016 at 03:22

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So many pointless body lines. I should hate it... but alas, I cannot. So much want.

pip bip - choose Corrour > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 12/26/2016 at 04:08

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nice Lister.

AuthiCooper1300 > Svend 12/26/2016 at 05:07

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Some Marcoses indeed use American V8s, but I seem to remember the Lister Storm has quad-cam Jaguar V12?

There was a wonderful anecdote about a British journalist getting caught speeding in a Storm in some country road. The (female) magistrate later asked the “Pray, sirs, what is a Lister Storm?”

She was told it was “a high-performance car with a seven-litre V12 Jaguar engine”. The fine, it seems, was commensurate with the fact.

Jagvar > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 12/26/2016 at 08:10

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I drove the doors off this car in Need for Speed III.

theloudmouth > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 12/26/2016 at 10:00

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Yeeeaaaahhhh Grant Turismo!!

Svend > AuthiCooper1300 12/26/2016 at 10:06

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I don’t recall ever knowing Lister did a road car. I knew they raced but never heard of a road going version.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Svend 12/26/2016 at 10:19

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They made something like 4 road cars to homologate for one of the series they were racing in. This was back in the Jaguar XJ220 and MB CLK-GTR era of LeMans where very limited runs of road-going race cars were being built by several makers.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > theloudmouth 12/26/2016 at 10:20

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Yeah that’s pretty much the reason I know that this exists.

theloudmouth > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 12/26/2016 at 10:25

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I honestly wonder what Gran Turismo will do for residual values on random cars like these that otherwise wouldn’t be remembered all that much once our “PlayStation Generation” gets old / wealthy.

Svend > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 12/26/2016 at 10:31

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When I was a kid it was pretty much Marcos and TVR for me. You, cars of that nature anyway.

There was always something that appealed to me but I also loved the other end of the scale, the quiet, relaxed beautiful styling of classic cars such as the 1955 Lancia Aurelia b24 Spider America. Such as this white one with blood red leather interior and wire wheels. If I saw it in person I, well, I don’t know how my body or brain would react to be honest.

AuthiCooper1300 > Svend 12/26/2016 at 11:19

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The anecdote was told by Simon Taylor in his regular section “Full Throttle” in Classic & Sportscar.
At the time Lister would also sell uprated XJS with huge V12s. The development work on the V12s led ultimately to the Lister Storm’s engine.

Of course that “Lister” is not quite the same as the famous company that built the cars made famous by, say, Archie Scott-Brown.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Svend 12/26/2016 at 11:19

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There is something so perfect about an Italian car in white with a red interior.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 12/26/2016 at 11:31

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That sweeping diagonal line which becomes the wing is fantastic. If the fender/hood blister was toned down I’d really love it.

Svend > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 12/26/2016 at 12:52

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Especially when it’s an open top.

It works for other countries of the period also.