....of course... the point is to consider possible influences... The designer
sat down and tried to design a new car with a certain flavor... he/she would
most certainly specifically draw on past Jaguars... but when he/she puts pen to
paper, he/she is also drawing on every car that this person has ever seen and
his/her imagination. My post was not that this Jaguar was a 1-to-1 rip
off... I am simply considering the possible influences AND pointing out how
timeless Kas's 250k was. --Justin
greenman62@hotmail.com wrote:
> >From: jmwagner <jmwagner@greenheart.com>
> >Reply-To: jmwagner <jmwagner@greenheart.com>
> >To: Triumph Newsgroup <triumphs@autox.team.net>, "'Amici Triumphi'"
> ><fot@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: Kas's Triumph 250k Versus Jaguar F-Type
> >Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 22:57:41 -0700
> >
> >I made an observation here that I thought I'll share with all of
> >you... We all know how ahead of its time Kas's Triumph 250k was...
> >and how it's design undoubtedly lead to the TR 7, etc... but check out
> >the new Jaguar F-Type concept car... I invite you all to draw your own
> >conclusions: ---Justin
> >
> >Kas's Triumph TR 250k
> >http://metalab.unc.edu/tkan/audi/auto-misc/triumph.jpg
> >
> >Jaguar F-Type Concept Car
> >http://www.webpti.com/dan/cars/jaguar/jaguar_f_type.htm
> >http://familycar.com/Future/Jaguar%20F-Type.htm
> >
> Justin,
>
> I saw the car in the flesh.. er metal at the Chicago auto show.
> While I admit from the pix it does have a superficial semblence
> to the Kastner 250, when you see the actual car you definietly
> see they borowed more from the D-Type and XKE Jaguars...
>
> BTW, the car I saw was BRG metallic with biscuit interior and
> nifty engine turned dash. Oh yeah it looked like it had been
> driven hard at some point, Evidenced by a bit of scoring on the
> brake rotors and an eentsy little dent on the nose.
>
> Great looking car!!! `Pobably couldn't afford it.
>
> Greg
>
> Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
>
> That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...
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