The side profile looks a little squashed but this popped up for sale yesterday. Not my cup of tea but thought you might like to see it.

Here is the full ad:

Jaguar Daimler Sov ute 1975 | Trade Me

 

Sir William Lyons will be turning in his grave!

I can understand the Estate conversions, the very few Convertible conversions look good (only with the hood down) but this should be put out of it's misery.

Graham

 

utter crap

 

To each their own, but WHY springs to mind?

 

I guess you need to be into the Australian mindset of owning a Ute. They are huge business down under and we simply don't do them in the UK, or (I think) Europe either.

Having said that.... I've seen nicer Ute's. ;0)

Dave

 

When you have an abundance of older RUSTFREE cars ... all kinds of things can happen.

 

I keep looking at this and thinking it looks fine............




From the front only!!!!!

 

Looks... interesting! Anybody ever heard of these things? Looks odd to me!

1977 Antique Lincoln

 

I actually quite like the idea of a Jag xj6 ute - power, comfort, style... This is how I would build it though:

 

my thoughts exactly, although few people don't like my black xj6 with a 460bigblock but then again i also have a completely perfect 1975 series 2 inside and out immaculate which is staying original.

 

Adding to the horror; original motor has been replaced with a 3 litre (186 ci)
holden motor, putting out about half the power; so it will be a real slug.
One of the Australian Jaguar places made a ute for parts deliveries.

 

I've heard the rumour recently that one of the victorian wreckers has a ute but haven't heard which or seen a photo yet

 

Interesting! I have always driven pickup trucks. Since buying my xj8 strictly for its ride quality after having had a botched back surgery, I have been thinking it sure would have been great if Jaguar had made something like this. In the USA, there's not much to choose from in the ute category and certainly nothing late model. I like it. Wish I had the skills to make one myself.

 

I have had many of each in my driveway Ugly and slick . None at present. I
miss them.

I could live with this one very nicely.

Carl

 

Kill it with Fire.

 

Caulfield jaguar have a ser2 jag converted to a ute looks good

 

Just proves there's no end to bad taste. However, on that note, I've always needed a pickup truck (USA lingo for UTE?) and it would get some attention at Home Depot.

 

its no worse than cow cockys in aus using rolls royces to carry farm animals in so wats wrong with people using a jag as a ute

 

Old:


Had to laugh as it recalled an ancient RR sales joke. A ragged tag sheep herder, an uncomplimentary term where I was raised, was more or less ignored by the sales guys in their slick pinstripes. At last one deigned to speak with him. Believing he was being benevolent the salesman showed him a car or two. He chose one and never winced at the price. Merely, hauled out a wad of notes and peeled off a few. The salesman asked why he chose that car. The response, "I liked the glass between the front and the rear, the sheep won't be able to lick my neck when I haul them to the shearers".


I almost bought a roll over Jeep Cherokee. I envisaged removing the rear crushed top to make a domestic "ute". But, the unibody made me leary. The top is apart of the load structure. Yeah, these Jaguar based Utes seem to work???


I saw a picture of a domestic version. Literaly the rear half of an S10 pickup grafted to the front of a Jaguar. Well done, but a bit odd looking.


As a teen, one of my pals worked at an auto electric shop. Their shop truck was a forty or forty one Chevrolet coupe with a small pickup bed interred in the boot/trunk. Factory. Great for lighter loads.


The latest edition of "Auto Restorer" has a piece on an elder Cadillac that was made into a stake body truck and served long and hard before being relegated to the family farm's barn. Well, with lots of stuff, it was restored to it's former elegance as a phaeton. 1919 or so!


In the 70's I saw a mid fifties Packard on it's way being a house car. Down to the frame from the "B' pillar back. Might have been a mortuary "flower car or hearse, as it was a tad long! Or ambulance?


Carl