A Knobbly, cont'd

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04/11/2019 at 17:00 • Filed to: Lister Knobbly

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This is a Lister Jaguar from the late 1950s.

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It was a British sports racer built around a Jaguar 3.8 litre engine and was nicknamed the Knobbly from the bulges over each wheel. Worth a great deal of money if you fancy one.

You don’t have to go buying second hand though. Meet another Knobbly, this time from the 21st century.

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This is not a mere replica. You can buy replicas of the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! if you’ve a mind. No, the new Knobbly is a continuation . That’s better, and dearer. A continuation is just like the original in every respect, just made later. So the Knobbly continuation has:

A genuine Jag 3.8 litre with three W eber carbs (also a continuation in fact, it’s by !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

or

A genuine GM V8 as used in some models at the time

Genuine four speed gearbox as opposed to one of your fancy five or six speeders

A dynamo (no, I didn’t know you could still get them or why you would want to other than period correct )

Contact breaker points (see above)

Dunlop crossply racing tyres (see above too)

No power steering, or power anything else

A body built on the original jigs

You’ll need, I’m afraid, a great deal of money but you guessed that was coming


DISCUSSION (4)


Kinja'd!!! CaptDale - is secretly British > Cé hé sin
04/11/2019 at 17:08

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Wow. I would buy one


Kinja'd!!! Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Cé hé sin
04/11/2019 at 17:50

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You forgot the most important part, that being, who builds it.

Lister.

It’s the Lister Knobbly.

Yes, this Lister:

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And it was designed in part by Frank Costin.

You may have heard of him. He designed this:

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Kinja'd!!! Cé hé sin > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
04/11/2019 at 17:59

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Well, I did say it was the Lister Jaguar right at the start....but yes, it was by the late Brian Lister who played a part in the continuation as well. There’s an inte rview with him on the (current) Lister website.


Kinja'd!!! ihm96 > Cé hé sin
04/11/2019 at 18:00

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Ugh the jaguar XK120 is my realistic dream car. I’d love a C Type first, D type second, but the xk120 is actually plausible someday I think.

Also, if someone makes a cunningham C4R continuation/replica someday they can have all my money