Hi everybody
I’ve been reading the list of cars owned, and since I’m known locally as the
eccentric with “all those cars”, I suppose I should confess. Occasionally,
when there’s a break in rain, due to space limitations, I line up several
cars for a wash and an airing out in the front driveway. Usually attracts a
curious driver or two as they pass.
I currently have;
1958 Jaguar OTS (under restoration)
1961 Jaguar FHC (installing a new *@1&# ! interior!! )
1966 Triumph TR4A (restored - 1st in class at VTR National)
1966 TR4A (unrestored)
1962 TR4 (unrestored)
1968 Triumph TR250 (under restoration)
1961 MGA (restored)
1931 Model A Slant Windshield Town Sedan (restored)
1931 Model AA 157" W/B Flatbed Truck (restored)
1953 Ford Sunliner convertible (actually 3 of them in in various states of
completeness)
1966 Mustang HiPo Coupe (restored)
1984 T-Bird Fila V8 model (original)
1967 Triumph Motorcycle TR6R (restored)
1992 Ford F250 4X4 (my normal car)
1995 Haulmark enclosed trailer
1998 Audi A6 Quattro (wife’s car)
And I’ve sold a couple this year;
1912 Ford Model T Touring (concourse winner)
1993 Mustang Cobra (bought new…Charles; 0-60 in 5.3)
And have restored/bought and then sold in the last ten years
1931 Model A Roadster
1968 Triumph TR250
1931 Chrysler CM6
1938 Ford Coupe V8-85 Standard
1966 Mustang HiPo Fastback
As far as the MGA goes, I think the lines of the car appeal to a person that
also likes the lines of an XK. My MGA is the most dependable on my British
cars, having only one problem in 5 years. A generator went out. Of course,
you can’t beat a Model A for dependability. After high school graduation in
1960, I was torn between going to college or going to work and buying a new
XK150 (or maybe a Corvette). I went to college, but man, those new 150s
lined up at the dealer still haunt me.
Jerry Oliver
Olympia, WA.
Oliver is just one example. Charles is right up there, and several others
are too , who have chimed in. I am a lightweight in this league. Every so
often I get to feeling like I’m a zonked-out car freak, but you guys all
make me look positively NORMAL!
Tom Carson
1962 Mark 2, 3.8 MOD
1954 XK 120SE OTS, S674946
Juneau, Alaska–
I currently have;
1958 Jaguar OTS (under restoration)
1961 Jaguar FHC (installing a new *@1&# ! interior!! )
1966 Triumph TR4A (restored - 1st in class at VTR National)
1966 TR4A (unrestored)
1962 TR4 (unrestored)
1968 Triumph TR250 (under restoration)
1961 MGA (restored)
1931 Model A Slant Windshield Town Sedan (restored)
1931 Model AA 157" W/B Flatbed Truck (restored)
1953 Ford Sunliner convertible (actually 3 of them in in various states of
completeness)
1966 Mustang HiPo Coupe (restored)
1984 T-Bird Fila V8 model (original)
1967 Triumph Motorcycle TR6R (restored)
1992 Ford F250 4X4 (my normal car)
1995 Haulmark enclosed trailer
1998 Audi A6 Quattro (wife’s car)
I’m AMAZED that Jag owners also own non-British automobiles, I recall a Joke
in Sports Car Graphic showing a guy sadly having his car club badges being
stripped from his coat while he is being drummed out of the club. A member
tells the other he said he’ed bought a (brandX): Non British car.
When I was in the Jaguar Associate Group (JAG) in the SF Bay area
One wasn’t allowed to be a member if one didn’t have a Jag and one didn’t
speak of other (Brand X) cars when at meetings. Further, at the monthly
meetings, one introduced themselves and what car they DROVE to the dinner
etc. If it wasn’t a Jag, they were fined (25cents)
I also note that there were Hotrods at the Pebble Beach Concour the last
couple of years also. Come to think of it, I haven’t noticed any Hot rods
(pre 50’s) listed here so far.
Are those on this list still ‘above’ them?
Michael, we can’t afford hot rods. Jags are lot cheaper. A good pre-49
rod, properly built with proper rod-market components can easily go into 6
figures. Go figure…
John>I’m AMAZED that Jag owners also own non-British automobiles, I recall a Joke
in Sports Car Graphic showing a guy sadly having his car club badges being
stripped from his coat while he is being drummed out of the club. A member
tells the other he said he’ed bought a (brandX): Non British car.
When I was in the Jaguar Associate Group (JAG) in the SF Bay area
One wasn’t allowed to be a member if one didn’t have a Jag and one didn’t
speak of other (Brand X) cars when at meetings. Further, at the monthly
meetings, one introduced themselves and what car they DROVE to the dinner
etc. If it wasn’t a Jag, they were fined (25cents)
I also note that there were Hotrods at the Pebble Beach Concour the last
couple of years also. Come to think of it, I haven’t noticed any Hot rods
(pre 50’s) listed here so far.
Are those on this list still ‘above’ them?
Michael wrote:
Come to think of it, I haven’t noticed any Hot rods
(pre 50’s) listed here so far.
Are those on this list still ‘above’ them?
Michael;
Then you didn't read my "list" of cars.. while the car isn't
mine, I am restoring it… a “true '50’s” style Hot-Rod… a '32 Ford 5
Window, channeled body, '48 Merc Flathead with Offy heads and intake, dual
Strombergs, “juice” brakes and '40 Ford suspension… and last but not
least, NO fenders at all!
This isn’t a “restification”… it was originaly built by the
owner and his father and the owner used it as a daily driver in high school.
the car sat in the backyard of the family farm after he went off to college
(early '60’s) until he and I went to west Texas to retreive the “Deuce” a
couple of years ago…
Charles #677556
In a message dated 11/25/2000 1:47:36 PM Pacific Standard Time, mmcewen@ualberta.ca writes:
<< Michael, we can’t afford hot rods. Jags are lot cheaper. A good pre-49
rod, properly built with proper rod-market components can easily go into 6
figures. Go figure…
John
I doubt that John, seeing the list of exotica not to mention the new stuff
listers seem to own. Besides, there are hotrods being created as we
speak. Perhaps the difference is that we don’t call our pre 48 modified cars
hot rods but specials. If you look at Allards, they are defiantly hot rods
and the early ones looked just like the amurikun ones.
In a message dated 11/25/2000 4:59:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, BISHOP-13@att.net writes:
<< while the car isn’t mine, I am restoring it… >>
True but that’s someone elses love. I’m finishing off a 48 Chrysler for
someone else also- but it’s nothing I want…Now, My 47 Austin 10 street rod–
that’s-- different,-
Michael, I have seen rods here in Alberta for sale with asking prices in
the $75,000 range - and the car was not yet finished. I have also seen and
admired cars which have cost up to $200,000. These are extreme examples of
the art and are wondrous to behold but unbelievably costly to finish to the
ultimate level. One rod which I saw this summer was an open wheel roadster
using a Jag 4.2 engine with triple Webers and short header exhaust which
simply ran the length of the head then ended in a Supertrap-type of
muffler. The engine was polished and plated to an unbelievable state while
the whole car matched it for quality. The car was a runner, as the owner
was proudly running it around the periphery of the parking lot at the very
large show I attended. There were more than 1100 cars on display with
about 40% being hot rods.
John>In a message dated 11/25/2000 1:47:36 PM Pacific Standard Time,
@John_McEwen1 writes:
<< Michael, we can’t afford hot rods. Jags are lot cheaper. A good pre-49
rod, properly built with proper rod-market components can easily go into 6
figures. Go figure…
John
I doubt that John, seeing the list of exotica not to mention the new stuff
listers seem to own. Besides, there are hotrods being created as we
speak. Perhaps the difference is that we don’t call our pre 48 modified cars
hot rods but specials. If you look at Allards, they are defiantly hot rods
and the early ones looked just like the amurikun ones.
There was a car on ebay a while back that I would have liked to have had.
It was an older ford (don’t remember exact year, 40 maybe) with a 327 chevy,
and E-type Jag suspension.
B Shriver
XK 140 OTS MC-E
S810189
Hazleton, PA http://www.knightmares.com/brandon/jaguar/-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Bishop BISHOP-13@att.net
To: xk@jag-lovers.orgxk@jag-lovers.org
Date: Saturday, November 25, 2000 7:59 nite
Subject: Re: [xk] Other Cars/Owned&sold
Michael wrote:
Come to think of it, I haven’t noticed any Hot rods
(pre 50’s) listed here so far.
Are those on this list still ‘above’ them?
Michael;
Then you didn't read my "list" of cars.. while the car isn't
mine, I am restoring it… a “true '50’s” style Hot-Rod… a '32 Ford 5
Window, channeled body, '48 Merc Flathead with Offy heads and intake, dual
Strombergs, “juice” brakes and '40 Ford suspension… and last but not
least, NO fenders at all!
This isn’t a “restification”… it was originaly built by the
owner and his father and the owner used it as a daily driver in high
school.
the car sat in the backyard of the family farm after he went off to college
(early '60’s) until he and I went to west Texas to retreive the “Deuce” a
couple of years ago…
Charles #677556