My local museum has a few new cars on loan...

"Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt)
05/25/2017 at 12:14 • Filed to: None

XJ220, 2006 Ford GT, Carrera GT. And I get to gawk at them every weekend this summer.

I’ve never seen an XJ220 before. This is my personal halo car. My childhood dream machine from the book of supercars my parents bought me when I was a kid. I know this is sacrilege but I didn’t even look at the other two. I just took pictures of them for oppo and spent half an hour standing in front of the XJ220, drinking in the details.

The amusingly spartan nineties interior. The insane proportions. The little V6 under the back glass and the surprisingly small tailpipes. Having showed up to check out a bunch of Cadillacs outside, I couldn’t believe my luck; bucket list item completed: see my first XJ220 in real life. It’s even in the best color they offered, a deep dark blue. I will be back with my real camera next time to take a copious amout of detail shots.

Meh

Boring

Only kidding re: the Ford and Porsche, of course. I’ll take more photos of those too.

DISCUSSION (32)

Viggen > Noah - Now with more boost.
05/25/2017 at 12:35

What museum is that?

crowmolly > Noah - Now with more boost.
05/25/2017 at 12:42

I was the same way at the Imperial museum in Vegas.

Screw the rest of this stuff, THAT’S AN XJ220!

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Noah - Now with more boost.
05/25/2017 at 12:42

no this is best color

Kinja'd!!!

OPPOsaurus WRX > Noah - Now with more boost.
05/25/2017 at 12:45

Kinja'd!!!

I grabbed this from a friend’s facebook. He works in the same building as this guy. What are the chances there are 2 blue jx220's in MA?

red014 > Noah - Now with more boost.
05/25/2017 at 12:55

I see a MA plate... At what local museum would these be?

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Noah - Now with more boost.
05/25/2017 at 12:56

Where is museum!?

Liam Farrell > Noah - Now with more boost.
05/25/2017 at 13:01

They used to have a muira in place of the Factory Five.

Noah - Now with more boost. > OPPOsaurus WRX
05/25/2017 at 13:08

Probably zero! I’m glad he drives it because it’s gonna be stuck in the museum until next April.

Noah - Now with more boost. > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
05/25/2017 at 13:08

Second best. We’ll have to agree to disagree.

Noah - Now with more boost. > crowmolly
05/25/2017 at 13:08

Great minds think alike!

Noah - Now with more boost. > red014
05/25/2017 at 13:08

It’s the Larz Anderson in Brookline.

Noah - Now with more boost. > Liam Farrell
05/25/2017 at 13:09

That must have been before I discovered the place?

Noah - Now with more boost. > Viggen
05/25/2017 at 13:09

It’s the Larz Anderson in Brookline, MA.

Noah - Now with more boost. > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
05/25/2017 at 13:09

It’s the Larz Anderson in Brookline, MA.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Noah - Now with more boost.
05/25/2017 at 13:11

Damn. It’s too far to visit over a weekend. *cries*

Noah - Now with more boost. > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
05/25/2017 at 13:11

:...(

Liam Farrell > Noah - Now with more boost.
05/25/2017 at 13:50

Not sure, they had the plaque there for it this weekend, but there was the Factory Five in its place

Noah - Now with more boost. > Liam Farrell
05/25/2017 at 13:56

Wait a minute... is it possible that I’ve seen you and perhaps your car IRL? I was standing around the factory five this weekend with a couple people and have definitely seen an old patina’d LR like yours in the upper parking lot.

carzcarzcarz > Noah - Now with more boost.
05/25/2017 at 14:03

Thanks for the info, looking forward to more pictures over the summer of these beauts.

Liam Farrell > Noah - Now with more boost.
05/25/2017 at 14:24

That would be me. Did you bring a car this weekend?

red014 > Noah - Now with more boost.
05/25/2017 at 14:34

Nice. I will be going.

Noah - Now with more boost. > carzcarzcarz
05/25/2017 at 15:58

yep! probs 2 weeks from now ish

Nauraushaun > Noah - Now with more boost.
05/25/2017 at 18:48

I’d kill to see a CGT. I don’t think there are any in Australia. :(

Noah - Now with more boost. > Nauraushaun
05/25/2017 at 19:18

darn :...( normally I’d be very excited, but XJ220. I’m very fortunate to live in this area, despite the winter and the rust.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Nauraushaun
05/26/2017 at 08:58

can’t say i’ve seen one either, unless there has been one at a motor show years ago

Nauraushaun > pip bip - choose Corrour
05/26/2017 at 20:26

Maybe one of the motor shows. But I think they’re all wrong-hand drive. Like the Enzos and LaFers and whatnot. :(

Nauraushaun > Noah - Now with more boost.
05/26/2017 at 20:27

I’ll pop in if I’m ever local ;)

Nauraushaun > pip bip - choose Corrour
05/26/2017 at 20:29

I was semi-wrong. They’re LHD, but a place in Richmond (which I now pass on the train every day!) has sold both 918 and CGT.

http://duttongarage.com/Porsche-918-Spyder~9092

http://duttongarage.com/Porsche-Carrera-GT~9334

Incredible

pip bip - choose Corrour > Nauraushaun
05/26/2017 at 20:37

have to check it out

Noah - Now with more boost. > Nauraushaun
05/26/2017 at 20:40

It’s a cool place. The building used to be Larz Anderson’s (Spanish American war general) stable before the car arrived at the turn of the century and he and his wife became obsessed with collecting them. His cars are still there too! They’ve been on display since the tail end of their lifetime, starting in 1927. It is the oldest car collection in the USA.

Nauraushaun > pip bip - choose Corrour
05/26/2017 at 21:22

If you ever find yourself on a train between Burnley and Richmond, keep an eye out ;)

Nauraushaun > Noah - Now with more boost.
05/26/2017 at 21:23

Woah! Makes the upstart CGT seem relatively insignificant.