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    Recession-Friendly Twenty-Four Cylinder Jag for $40,000!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    07/10/09

    In reply to Recession-Friendly Twenty-Four Cylinder Jag for $40,000!
    How about, say, four grand... with the V12 removed and a nice small-block just begging for installation?
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    Image of Labdog Willie Labdog Willie
    07/10/09

    In reply to Recession-Friendly Twenty-Four Cylinder Jag for $40,000!
    Spare engine? For $40K it had better come with it's own mechanic... it'll need one.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    07/10/09

    In reply to Recession-Friendly Twenty-Four Cylinder Jag for $40,000!
    As an XJ-S owner, I'm required to have some bias when assessing the value of these buttressed beauties, but even a pristine example such as this would have me balking at half the asking price.


    Sure, my $500 beater Jag has its share of problems, but I'll gladly take them all for the $39,500 difference in price.


    It's a pretty kitty, but way too much scratch. Pass me the pipe.
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    Edited by smalleyxb122 at 07/10/09 10:34 AM smalleyxb122 was starred smalleyxb122 was unstarred
    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    07/10/09

    In reply to Recession-Friendly Twenty-Four Cylinder Jag for $40,000!
    $10-12K, alright; if you are a native masochist, but $40K is laughable. Regardless.
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    Edited by DoctorNine at 07/10/09 10:16 AM DoctorNine was starred DoctorNine was unstarred
    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    07/10/09

    In reply to Recession-Friendly Twenty-Four Cylinder Jag for $40,000!
    Okay... am I the only one who feels a little misled by the title to be sorely disappointed by what I found?

    God, there must be a more eloquent way to say that, but I'll be damned if I know what it is.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    07/10/09

    In reply to Recession-Friendly Twenty-Four Cylinder Jag for $40,000!
    Here is an '86 XJS for $3750, even comes with a $500 gas card. sweet!

    < Billy Mays >
    "1YR 6MO THIS CAR WILL BE A CLASSIC

    WILL RISE IN VALUE AS A CLASSIC

    VERY LOW 78,500 MILES
    FULL SIZE SPARE

    99% ORIGINAL

    FREE $500 GAS CARD WITH PURCHASE "
    < / Billy Mays >


    http://wenatchee.craigslist.org/cto/1260112112.html
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    Edited by Dr. H. F. Danger at 07/10/09 9:58 AM Dr. H. F. Danger was starred Dr. H. F. Danger was unstarred
    Image of Gearhead_42 - Nibbles ate my garage! Gearhead_42 - Nibbles ate my garage!
    07/10/09

    @Dr.Danger owns the city turkeys: A) Where the hell is Wenatchee?


    B) Who is close enough to go look at this car for me?
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    07/10/09

    @Gearhead_42: That is what I said, "Wenatchee? Where the fuck is that?!?"

    answer, middle of Washington.
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    07/10/09

    @Dr.Danger owns the city turkeys: Which means, assuming it's been in Central Washington most of its life, it'll be pretty much rust free.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    07/10/09

    In reply to Recession-Friendly Twenty-Four Cylinder Jag for $40,000!
    That's Cracktastic!
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    Image of .357 .357
    07/10/09

    In reply to Recession-Friendly Twenty-Four Cylinder Jag for $40,000!
    Actually, the best thing to have for a V12 Jaguar is spares. I would make it a double V12 powertrain. When one of them would go wrong, you'd still have a backup...which would fail a couple minutes after it's counterpart.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    07/10/09

    In reply to Recession-Friendly Twenty-Four Cylinder Jag for $40,000!
    He threw in the second engine to say there are technically 12 working cylinders. If you can get all 12 running on ONE engine is another story.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    07/10/09

    @Dr.Danger owns the city turkeys: You, sir, have correctly read between the lines.
    But pray tell, ow did you come to own all the city turkeys?
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    Image of nataku8_e30 nataku8_e30
    07/10/09

    In reply to Recession-Friendly Twenty-Four Cylinder Jag for $40,000!
    I assume that by "impressive run starting in 1949 with the xk120" you mean that you didn't find jags previous to the xk120 impressive, rather than you think that Jaguar did not produce any cars before the xk120.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    07/10/09

    @nataku8_e30: The xk120 was the start in the Sports car market for Jaguar, continuing with the rest of the xk series and adding in the E-type, you get a very good stretch of fantastic vehicles.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    07/10/09

    @nataku8_e30: There's a direct lineage, based on engine and other parameters, from the 120 through the XJS. Previous cars, while noteworthy, fall outside of this path.
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    Image of nataku8_e30 nataku8_e30
    07/10/09

    @Dr.Danger owns the city turkeys: What about the SS100?
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    07/10/09

    @nataku8_e30: The SS 100 was a good roadster, but wasn't as explosive in popularity as the xk120.

    Also, WWII didn't help either. It put a gap between the SS-Jag roadster and the xk120.
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    Edited by Dr. H. F. Danger at 07/10/09 10:49 AM Dr. H. F. Danger was starred Dr. H. F. Danger was unstarred
    Image of nataku8_e30 nataku8_e30
    07/10/09

    @Dr.Danger owns the city turkeys: I'm not sure that I'd say 12,000 cars produced was "explosive" popularity (wikipedia number... which actually surprises me a bit, since I think my dad has at least 4 or 5 xk120s in his 'barn'). I guess you could draw some sort of distinction due to Jaguar changing it's name after WWII, so the XK120 was the first true "Jaguar." It just seems a bit inaccurate to me to ignore Jaguar's pre-war history
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    07/10/09

    @nataku8_e30: I agree, too, but the SS cars were really just heavily modified Standard chassis and engine with underslung suspension.

    They weren't even really sporting until left sidevalves behind for the SS100. And they only made a few hundred of those over five years.
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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    07/10/09

    In reply to Recession-Friendly Twenty-Four Cylinder Jag for $40,000!
    That´s a lot of crack for a car you won´t be able to keep it running.
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    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    07/10/09

    In reply to Recession-Friendly Twenty-Four Cylinder Jag for $40,000!
    A friend of mine had one of these in White and it still has the presence that it once had. Every time we went somewhere in it you could see the looks, especially from the Cougars/women who expected some older rich guy to step out.

    But having said that, there is still no way I would pay over $15k for one. At that price I could buy two, one to drive and one for parts!

    CRACK PIPE!
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    Image of KillerBee KillerBee
    07/10/09

    In reply to Recession-Friendly Twenty-Four Cylinder Jag for $40,000!
    If it comes with a 1986 Tawny Kitaen writhing around on the hood... nice price.

    Otherwise, crack pipe.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    07/10/09

    In reply to Recession-Friendly Twenty-Four Cylinder Jag for $40,000!
    If you hate the new Jags because they are not "proper Jaguars", then this might well be the ticket for you, since you are also not likely to be young enough to care that much about best value.



    But, I can think of a lot of better and more reliable ways to spend $40K. BUT, if you manage to put all 24 cylinders into the one drivetrain, then it's probably nice price just for the craziness of it!
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    07/10/09

    In reply to Recession-Friendly Twenty-Four Cylinder Jag for $40,000!
    Yeah, um no. Not for me anyway. Looks like a nice car but not with my money. I love that body though. I'd like to get one that doesn't run (that can't be hard) and convert it into a Jagrolet so normal people can work on it and it runs most of the time. They sure are pretty.
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