"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo)
01/10/2014 at 12:25 • Filed to: Daily Turismo
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"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo)
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The Series I Jaguar XJ is the quintessential British saloon car from the 1970s and was available from 1968 to 1973 in various forms, but always a 4-door sedan. If you want a series I Jaguar XJ coupe, you will need to build it yourself, or pickup one that someone else has created.
Jaguar sold a coupe version of the XJ Series II in 1976 and 1978 but it was somewhat redundant because of overlap with the more modern looking XJ-S released in the same year. Find this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for sale in Cape Town, South Africa currently bidding for $10,000 USD with 6 days to go. Tip from Rene C.
South Africa is one of the few countries located outside of Europe, North America or Japan that has been building cars for almost a century. Not only have major OEMs built factories in the South Africa, but the local population has developed a car culture that is above and beyond anything else you will find on the African Continent.
The biggest concern with any modified chassis car (removing a door is not a simple task) is the fact that the end result can resemble something from Mary Shelley's famous novel. This one looks really nice in the few photos and it is apparent that they cut the car and used the front half of the front door and the rear half of the rear door (notice wing window at rear of door) so, they lost quite a lot of wheelbase.
The engine under the hood is a 4.8 liter version of Jaguar's XK inline-6 that would have put out 173 horsepower from its 4.2 liter displacement. The seller does not indicate what parts he used to achieve the increased displacement or what the new power level should be, but 4.8 stroker kits are available and it should pick up a few ponies.
The interior looks good in the few shots included, but it is important to carefully check out the craftsmanship around the spot where the two doors attach together...not to mention the two halves of the chassis.
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505Turbeaux
> DailyTurismo
01/10/2014 at 12:30 |
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whoa that thing is crazy. Just to touch on a few points made on the XJ-C. they made almost 10K of them between 75-78, and Lynx did a cabrio conversion even. Beautiful cars, horrible build quality. Never know what you are going to get under those vinyl tops either. Good find here though!
davedave1111
> DailyTurismo
01/10/2014 at 12:33 |
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Looks ok, but they've taken a bit too much out for my taste. The roofline would have looked much better with another foot or so in the cabin.
The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
> DailyTurismo
01/10/2014 at 12:37 |
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Thanks, Kinja. Should be centered on the radio, not the glove box.
Why? WHY?!? I understand the car is no longer stock once you remove the midsection, but why such a blatantly not factory radio and metal(?) panel. Could they not take the extra time to find a decent looking aftermarket unit? Use a wood panel instead of that silver thing? Or hide it in the console? It kills me every time I see an otherwise all around nice classic, but then peek inside and there is a Best Buy head unit and very exposed speakers sitting on top of the package tray and kick panels. If you're going to go custom, either go all out and change a lot, or keep it subtle and make it all look factory.
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DailyTurismo
> 505Turbeaux
01/10/2014 at 12:42 |
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The factory did a much better job in the series II coupes, but you don't see many of them around still and the nice ones do command a premium.
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505Turbeaux
> DailyTurismo
01/10/2014 at 12:45 |
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it is funny, I see them for $2500 or $25000. I was on the hunt on one a few years back. No engine in it and abandoned at an apartment building. damn thing got scrapped by the landlord the day before I got down to grab it. Supposedly no rust according to my source. Missed that boat
Jeff-God-of-Biscuits
> davedave1111
01/10/2014 at 13:08 |
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Iwas thinking something similar, but instead of the cabin, take some off the trunk, shorten that by about a foot and get rid of that excess overhang
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davedave1111
> Jeff-God-of-Biscuits
01/10/2014 at 13:14 |
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That would be nearly impossible to do without completely re-doing the whole rear end, wouldn't it?
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Jeff-God-of-Biscuits
> davedave1111
01/10/2014 at 13:32 |
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I dont know to be honest...
quick and dirty shop chop, but something like this...