Geez, y’all sad trombone me when some cool car we look at ends up having an automatic but you’re not willing to drop some cash when one of the rarest ones comes up with a stick? Read more
Rob Emslie
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Rob Emslie is a contributing writer for Jalopnik. He has too many cars, and not enough time to work on them all.
The biggest offense committed by the 348's designers was to replace the traditional quartet of round taillamp lenses with a pair of mundane looking rectangular units. To make the change even more egregious, the designers seemed to be hiding the lights behind the louvers, as though they know they should be ashamed of… Read more
That’s part of what makes me feel sorry for this seller. There seems to be a good bit of history with the car, but now it’s being presented sitting at a service station. Pile on the admission in the ad that whatever issue has befallen the car, it’s beyond the seller’s ability to fix or to find someone who can. Read more
I’d actually like to see a higher-achieving win than a loss. Call me an eternal optimist.
So what you are all saying is that the modifications made to this Jag... make you see red?
Excellent sleuthing! That was obviously a simpler time.
The seller — which goes by Beverly Hills Car Club but that is actually located in East LA — has a long history of presenting interesting cars that are clapped out, rusted, or otherwise need a ton of work. They seem to be very up front about the cars and I’m honestly surprised that there’s not more info in the ad about… Read more
Wow, I did not expect all the negativity. I think this beast is awesome. You roll into Cars & Coffee in this, and even the men’s panties will be dropping.
Happy Birthday RDG. I hope you get to pop a few clutches in celebration.
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What you have to wonder is what did this beast cost to build? The seller isn’t going to get that back, but I’d still like to see him/her get a decent price for such a decent effort.
Wow, that’s some serious evaluation. Kudos. I was never this good at the math.
And you haven’t bought it because...?
Truth be told, I’ve never driven a coupe version of the XJ-S, only the drop top. With the top up, that had even worse visibility owing to its smaller window area. Top down, of course, things were very different. I also found it to be a very claustrophobic car when closed up.
Ooh, good call. I should have just made a Jag generalization.
That’s some excellent sleuthing there.
My first time in a RHD car was in a 1955 Morgan here in the States. With concentration, I was able to manage ok, although at the first one-two shift away from a traffic light, my right-hand flailed out over the cut-down door opening for the non-existent shifter that my brain somehow thought should be out there. Read more
Corrected, thanks. Like I said, I was really effing sick.
I think these are presently trending upward in value, much like the even wackier Prowler has. If I was one of those top hat and monocle rich guys, I’d definitely be giving this truck a hard look.
It’s not this specific model, it’s a lot of cars today. Modern radiators are typically built out of aluminum radiator elements capped with plastic and a failure of either of the components or the joint between them requires a replacement. Long gone are the days of simply brazing leaking radiators.