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10/07/2019 at 10:39 • Filed to: Good quality used car deal
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"someassemblyrequired" (someassemblyrequired)
10/07/2019 at 10:39 • Filed to: Good quality used car deal | 2
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Bought in 1976
and owned until his death - auction currently at 15,000 pounds (about $18,500).
Gorgeous color combo and amazing history.
More details at the auction site here:
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fintail
> someassemblyrequired
10/07/2019 at 10:59 |
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I hear the grille ALONE costs five grand on this. Five grand! Do you have five grand? I don’t have five grand!
Always loved these cars, even with their guarantees of being a money pit. These things still bring healthy prices, especially compared to their sedan brethren. Provenance will only help
My X-type is too a real Jaguar
> someassemblyrequired
10/07/2019 at 11:02 |
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Breathe deep the gathering gloom,
Watch lights fade from every room.
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> fintail
10/07/2019 at 11:03 |
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Just think of it as a $18,500 open-aired 8-track player and it makes more sense.
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fintail
> someassemblyrequired
10/07/2019 at 11:10 |
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If it was actually 18K, I’d scrounge up the money and buy it right now. I predict maybe 60- 70K-ish for this, or more if someone goes nuts about the prior owner. Definitely needs “The Night” or “Tuesday Afternoon”
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> fintail
10/07/2019 at 11:27 |
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Yep, no question that’s where this should end up. Ha it does come with an 8-track of Days of Future Passed:
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fintail
> someassemblyrequired
10/07/2019 at 11:34 |
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Love it. Lovely car even without the history. I’ve always admired the look of these, even with the top up, such proportions. And as I was a kid in the 80s, they still have an exotic mystique, as they were insanely expensive when new. Being featured in a classic 80s movie in a not too distant color doesn’t hurt, either:
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> fintail
10/07/2019 at 12:00 |
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Yeah they were the perfect car for your home in the South of France.
The classic 80s movie I remember it from is Dirty Rotten Scoundrels :
Chariotoflove
> someassemblyrequired
10/07/2019 at 13:57 |
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I think it’s worth more because of the 8-track player.
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someassemblyrequired
> Chariotoflove
10/07/2019 at 14:00 |
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At least a good $5-10K more.