"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
04/11/2019 at 17:00 • Filed to: Lister Knobbly
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
04/11/2019 at 17:00 • Filed to: Lister Knobbly | 3
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This is a Lister Jaguar from the late 1950s.
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.
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
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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
CaptDale - is secretly British
> Cé hé sin
04/11/2019 at 17:08 |
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Wow. I would buy one
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:
And it was designed in part by Frank Costin.
You may have heard of him. He designed this:
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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.
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