I recently won a boot badge on ebay that I am having difficulty
finding any reference to. White in colour with a chrome surround it
looks like nothing less than a genuine part. It certainly matches
well with the white JAGUAR badge from the XJR 100. Of course if it
is genuine it could be from an X300, as it is it certainly fits my
X308. Of course I scrutinised the badge and it has all the correct
moulding marks on the reverse exactly like my original badge. I
have tried to find information on this Limited Edition model but so
far have come up with a complete blank. Therefore I turn to you,
the great knowledge base out there in the big wide world. I will be
interested to hear your thoughts on this subject. In the meantime
as a newcomer to this website I will post some pictures of my car
as soon as I can. Many thanks. Chris.–
tailiftchris
Leighton Buzzard, United Kingdom
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In reply to a message from tailiftchris sent Sun 19 Feb 2006:
Hi Chris
The car was a limited edition XK not an XJ. If you scroll down the
page a bit you can find details here:-
http://www.jag-lovers.org/xk8/models.html--
Richard '98 XJR
Christchurch!!!, New Zealand
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In reply to a message from Richard sent Sun 19 Feb 2006:
Please check out my pictures.–
tailiftchris
Leighton Buzzard, United Kingdom
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Chris,
The Silverstone was in fact a limited edition from about 2000 if memory
serve. It was a silver XKR convertible produced in limited numbers for
the US market. Not certain if they were available in Europe or
elsewhere. It had the, at the time, monster 20" Detroit wheels with
high performance rubber and a couple of “signature” features.
Earl Kiker
In reply to a message from Earl Kiker sent Mon 20 Feb 2006:
As per the link given earlier:-
‘‘Production wise, Jaguar originally announced a limited run of 50
convertible and 50 coupes for the home market in march 2000. Later
on, another series of 200 ( 175 convertible and 25 coupe ) was
announced for the US market and started arriving at dealership in
October 2000.’’
I believe Tony Bailey who looks after the brochure pages on J-L has
or had one.–
The original message included these comments:
The Silverstone was in fact a limited edition from about 2000 if memory
serve. It was a silver XKR convertible produced in limited numbers for
the US market. Not certain if they were available in Europe or
elsewhere. It had the, at the time, monster 20’’ Detroit wheels with
–
Richard '98 XJR
Christchurch!!!, New Zealand
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In reply to a message from Richard sent Mon 20 Feb 2006:
Well the badge clearly shows XJ Silverstone ? doesn’t it ?–
UK. XJR 2001 Pacific Blue
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In reply to a message from tailiftchris sent Sun 19 Feb 2006:
I was bidding on that item (uk ebay site number 4610829211) too but
thought �60+ was a bit dear - well done though.
I had a good search through but found no reference to the xjr
silverstone only the xkr and decided to give up on it and put it
down as a scam. - Can anyone provide any background on this
particular variant of the XJ?–
rich_simpson
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It’s simply a FAKE badge. There is no such vehicle released from Jaguar
Motorcars.
XJRGUY> From: rich_simpson richard_simpson1234@yahoo.co.uk
Reply-To: x300@jag-lovers.org
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:24:54 +0100
To: x300@jag-lovers.org
Subject: Re: [x300] XJR Silverstone4610829211
In reply to a message from Tim sent Wed 22 Feb 2006:
they only did a xjr 100
http://www.edmunds.com/media/2001/frankfurtautoshow/jaguar.x/jaguar.
r100.500.jpg–
1996 X300 XJ12.
Wakefield, United Kingdom
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Wow. It’s a long time since I’ve been here and just stumbled across this post.
This is the car the badge was made for. I guess they had to make a few to be worthwhile?
I managed to buy another soon after as well.
