Real Mystery Car Hours

"TheJWT" (thejwt) 02/26/2019 at 21:33 • Filed to: None

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Not the Fiat, obviously. The low-res 70s fastback with a really familiar looking rear window but taillights I don’t think I’ve ever seen.

Your boy, BJR > TheJWT 02/26/2019 at 21:39

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Later Jag XJS convertible.

4kc > Your boy, BJR 02/26/2019 at 21:42

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agree

McMike > Your boy, BJR 02/26/2019 at 21:45

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Yup.  91-96

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > TheJWT 02/26/2019 at 21:47

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You have a better shot of the taillights perchance?

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Your boy, BJR 02/26/2019 at 21:49

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Disagree. Taillights are longer at the bottom, not squared up. Similar to Chrysler LeBaron. (No, it’s not a LeBaron.) 

TheJWT > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 02/26/2019 at 21:51

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Unfortunately not. My friend’s uncle took the picture and sent it to him

facw > 4kc 02/26/2019 at 21:52

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Aren’t those taillights significantly different?

TheJWT > 4kc 02/26/2019 at 21:57

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This could be right.

The plastic over the car in the picture was making it look like more of a fastback and hiding the crease in the soft top

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Your boy, BJR 02/26/2019 at 21:59

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You’re right on the money.

4kc > facw 02/26/2019 at 22:01

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They match to me. Fender cutout and the rear window sitting slightly high as well.

facw > TheJWT 02/26/2019 at 22:03

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AMC had a bunch of cars with that sort of triangular wrap around taillight, but I don’t see any that look like the car pictured.

TheJWT > facw 02/26/2019 at 22:03

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My first thought was a Hornet but that didn’t match up

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > TheJWT 02/26/2019 at 22:08

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The c hrome strip there is what’s throwing me off. It’s a convertible, but it’s NOT an XJS. The taillights are triangular-sided with partial chrome ; XJS is trapezoidal with full chrome surround.

It’s not a TC, because the TC doesn’t have the chrome strip. (It’s the correct window for the TC’s soft top. Yes it had both.)

It’s not a LeBaron because just trust me it’s not a LeBaron. Totally wrong top.

It’s not an Allante because the Allante’s window goes all the way to the bottom. Though the Allante has the correct chrome pattern! This is what I mean:

But again, totally wrong window, totally wrong everything else, NOT an Allante.

It’s not a Buick Reatta Convertible. The top is too sharply bowed, and it’s not rounded enough . But, I’d wager it is a glass window soft top. So it’s not a Shadow.

Man, this one is definitely beating me.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 02/26/2019 at 22:14

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Definitely an XJS convertible. Upon further enhancement it looks like the taillight  line you’re seeing is just a crease in the plastic sheeting. Plus the XJS convertible door handles match up perfectly.

facw > 4kc 02/26/2019 at 22:14

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I may be getting messed up by the cover on the car screwing up the profile of the taillight.

TheJWT > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 02/26/2019 at 22:14

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I don’t know; I think the plastic cover is making this harder than it should be. Some of what I thought was chrome is just folds in the plastic

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > TheJWT 02/26/2019 at 22:17

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It’s definitely not. That is definitely a big chrome strip along the upper and outside edge of the taillight assembly, and that is DEFINITELY triangular at the outside. The angle and low resolution is just killing me though.

TheJWT > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 02/26/2019 at 22:18

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On the upper part I agree, but look at the triangular part compared to other folds and to other chrome pieces. The color and width of it make it look a lot more like a fold to me.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 02/26/2019 at 22:28

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That would make it even more wrong.

These are XJS taillights:

NOT TRIANGULAR. Full chrome surround.

NOPE!

FULL. CHROME. SURROUND. RECTANGLE.

So no. It is not an XJS convertible.

TheJWT > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 02/26/2019 at 22:29

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You can see the difference in roof and body colors much better here, too

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > TheJWT 02/26/2019 at 22:30

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Even if it is, completely wrong taillights to be a Jag XJS. XJS is gobs of chrome and goes six miles into the rear quarter.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 02/26/2019 at 22:41

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After sharpening the crap out of the photo it appears that   the taillight trim does continue to wrap around the lamp and that the lamp is not triangular . Regardless, the tint of the light, the door handle, the side window profile, the convertible top shape and colour, the squareness and flare of the wheel arch, the location and size of the retractable antenna, the location and size and chrome material of the door mirror say that this is a later XJS convertible.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 02/26/2019 at 22:54

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... ah, the good old CSI “ENHANCE!!” enhanced argument.

We’re done here.

WilliamsSW > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 02/27/2019 at 00:45

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It’s absolutely a convertible - you can see the bow above the backlight.

And the proportions are wrong for the XJS .

It does seem to match up with an old Volvo C70 perhaps?

QCGoose > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 02/27/2019 at 00:54

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What’s funny is the 2nd pic he posted of the later XJS, the red convertible, is the EXACT car that’s in the OP’s pic at the top lol. Same red, same tan convertible top, and same flat 5 -spoke wheels.

100% that is the exact car in question, no question.

Your boy, BJR > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 02/27/2019 at 06:18

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Nah, it’s def an XJS.