Post a pic of your all time favorite car
07-15-08, 02:04 PM
#47
Out of Warranty
The spring of 1962 was the high-water mark of my infatuation with British
roadsters. I fell in love with a Jaguar XK150S, that happened to represent the
high water mark of the breed as well, and the introduction of the "E"-type that
was at least three sizes to small for any but jockeys and ballet dancers.
It was manufactured from about 1957 to 1962, and only about 2200 roadsters
were ever built. The last year's 150S was the production mule for the E-type,
with the E's disc brakes, 240hp DOHC straight six, and independent rear
suspension. The much smaller, lighter E-type would be introduced the following
year, but while breathtakingly beautiful, it was so in a different way - a lithe
cat rather than a rich classic tourer.
The XK150S was designed to be a "gentleman's express", in the mode of the
Aston Martin and Bentley roadsters of its day. It was not a pur sang
sports car, but a two-seat luxury tourer with roll-up windows, a properly-fitting
top, the ability to cruise at triple digit speeds all day, and deliver you relaxed to
your destination. That big triple-carbureted inline six with the LeMans pedigree
produced bags of torque to whisk you on your way, while its lesser brethren
could only natter along in it's wake.
I saw one on a showroom floor a few years later in about '65, in a rich creamy
white with a beautiful red leather interior and both the original hard and soft
tops, selling for about $6,500 - nearly a thousand dollars over its cost new.
I still see them rarely, and it's like seeing an old girlfriend forty years on, still
beautiful. Today that car is worth well over ten times that amount, and yes,
unlike those old girlfriends, I still want one.
Jaguar XK150S - photo courtesy Motorbase
roadsters. I fell in love with a Jaguar XK150S, that happened to represent the
high water mark of the breed as well, and the introduction of the "E"-type that
was at least three sizes to small for any but jockeys and ballet dancers.
It was manufactured from about 1957 to 1962, and only about 2200 roadsters
were ever built. The last year's 150S was the production mule for the E-type,
with the E's disc brakes, 240hp DOHC straight six, and independent rear
suspension. The much smaller, lighter E-type would be introduced the following
year, but while breathtakingly beautiful, it was so in a different way - a lithe
cat rather than a rich classic tourer.
The XK150S was designed to be a "gentleman's express", in the mode of the
Aston Martin and Bentley roadsters of its day. It was not a pur sang
sports car, but a two-seat luxury tourer with roll-up windows, a properly-fitting
top, the ability to cruise at triple digit speeds all day, and deliver you relaxed to
your destination. That big triple-carbureted inline six with the LeMans pedigree
produced bags of torque to whisk you on your way, while its lesser brethren
could only natter along in it's wake.
I saw one on a showroom floor a few years later in about '65, in a rich creamy
white with a beautiful red leather interior and both the original hard and soft
tops, selling for about $6,500 - nearly a thousand dollars over its cost new.
I still see them rarely, and it's like seeing an old girlfriend forty years on, still
beautiful. Today that car is worth well over ten times that amount, and yes,
unlike those old girlfriends, I still want one.
Jaguar XK150S - photo courtesy Motorbase
07-15-08, 05:49 PM
#48
My two all time fav that that captured my heart ever since day one.
Lister Storm, so fricken rare, took me 20 mins to find a good size pic of this angle. I love the shape and rear lights, so reminiscent of the good era of the Mclaren F1's and Ferrari F50's
and the 993 Porsche 911 Turbo, just love the curves and the fin.
Lister Storm, so fricken rare, took me 20 mins to find a good size pic of this angle. I love the shape and rear lights, so reminiscent of the good era of the Mclaren F1's and Ferrari F50's
and the 993 Porsche 911 Turbo, just love the curves and the fin.
07-15-08, 08:40 PM
#53
My two all time fav that that captured my heart ever since day one.
Lister Storm, so fricken rare, took me 20 mins to find a good size pic of this angle. I love the shape and rear lights, so reminiscent of the good era of the Mclaren F1's and Ferrari F50's
and the 993 Porsche 911 Turbo, just love the curves and the fin.
Lister Storm, so fricken rare, took me 20 mins to find a good size pic of this angle. I love the shape and rear lights, so reminiscent of the good era of the Mclaren F1's and Ferrari F50's
and the 993 Porsche 911 Turbo, just love the curves and the fin.
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