In a message dated 12/21/2001 6:20:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
LaJoMor@aol.com writes:
>>Wow! Those photos look like a window into a time machine! Great stuff...
>>I have a question...what is the number 79? I like that car....!
>Jowett Jupiter, probably around 1952 or so.
Its tail is very Jaguar XK 120/140, the front differs around that more
vertical grille.
Classic shot of an XK 140 (#95) squatting on its rear rubber bump stops at
http://www.vintagerally.com/cra/01rot/rot01-2.htm
Hi-tech torsion bars & half a city block of engine & hood in front, cart
springs with a stub of trunk in the back, a steering wheel sized for a bus,
and a ladder frame made of I-beams & an overall weight of a boxcar full of
pig iron. An XK 140 feels like being in that scene in Ben Hur where the guy
loses his chariot & is being dragged around the track by the horses' reins
he's still holding & operating.
Only 1 GT-6 picture! Alas.
The 3.4 liter Jaguar engine is a marvel, but the GT-6 engine is scrumptious.
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