Today its all about big spoilers on FWD cars and "Carbon Fibre" vinyl wrap.

The question is thus..

What did the car modifiers of 1976 do?

Is there anyone thats gone away from the classic restoration look and gone more for a modified beast of a Jag?


I am very fond of the no bumpers look / the bumpers i have currently as I've not seen them before.

 

I guess everyones experience will be different depending on location and what tribe they belonged to. My memories of the modified car scene Sydney in the 70s are more of performance and less of wings and wraps. People seemed for more interested in the way the cars went than worrying much about appearance, with wheels being the big exception. There was a guy in my area with what looked like just a nice aqua/white roof lowered EH holden, except for the 327's fuel injection horns sticking out of the bonnet :-)

I'm talking mainstream type people here. There where guys doing amazing customs and hot rods but that was the exception not the norm.

 

Steve I am picturing that Aqua EH Holden with a white roof "what a colour and what a car"......memories, thanks!

 

I absolutely Love this line!! How many of us identify with you when we got our First Jaguar!!? Even if we understood cars, Jaguar is a Completely different animal.
(';')

 

Well, mid 70s is not "back in the day" for me. Trucks were my thing about then.
And, some Corvairs, one of those was a van!! 39 Plymouth (aka Dodge), 32 Ford, 48 Ford, 50 ford, 47 Ford 1/3 ton flat bed, 57 Ford, 55 Dodge.... Except for the Corvair camperized van, all pickups.


Then, 4x4's. 51/56 Lumped ****** pickup. 69 Toyota FJ40 soft top. 79 IHC Scout II. 85 Ford pickup, 94 Jeep still around.


The one and only Jaguar was truly a different adventure. Four doors heretofore not a favorite. Have to way back to the last one.... a 31 Studebaker in about 1950.


If I didn't like my Jaguar so much as did my dear departed, it would've gone down the road on it's engine catastrophe. Much sweat and many $'s got it running again.... Speak of blood, sweat and tears.....


Well, at least for now, it is purring. everything fixed, nope, a bit to go...
On Jag fix sabbatical at present.


Carl

 

The car modifiers of 1976 in the pacific northwest USA were doing outlandish paint jobs with lots of candy apple red and candy apple green. Or adding racing stripes and big tunnel ram manifolds sticking through the hood of the car. Usually jacking the rear of the car up with air shocks, often adding "dingle lights" on the rear axle. Then cruising the loop. Showing off. Usually drinking beer at the same time.

 

Google, Broadspeed XJ 12, or john steeds jag in the New Avengers.

 

In the UK it was Carlos Fandango wheels and arches!!! As featured by Panama cigars.