Scott,

I became aware of this car/build about a month ago myself. I looked all over the place for build pictures (as I was interested in the body-work / skill / techniques etc - being a fan of widebody Listers etc..) Where did you find them!? I don't care for *stanced* cars myself, but like another forum member said, it'll be good for the long-term future of these cars if they appeal to a wide variety of folks.

~Paul

 

pic of my wide body rear flares 78 XJS.

this 21 yrs ago, may have been to early in time, BUT the young guys love it ,, many good remarks at shows.

course the purist Jag guys look in disgust, but they are past the point of influence of future trends.

they cant believe i took a sawsall and cut the roof off, to much rust from England.

hey you gotta do what you gotta do!

pix of stance

 

Paul,
Look up Akira Matsuuma on Facebook. He also has pix of Audi, Lambo, vintage Merc, and 1st gen Camaro builds on his page..as well as others, and plenty of photos of his Chihuahuas.

 

Ron,

The way I see it, you rescued a car which otherwise would have been nothing more than a brown metal stain on the ground, and you created a one-of-a-kind ride in the process.

 

+1

My 20 year old son was busting to drive my XJS along the Great Ocean Road, which he had the chance to do a couple of weeks ago and loved the experience.

I too do not like the stanced car look. But lets hope it gives some credibility to the XJS for the younger generation. Pity he didn't use a regular XJS though, but dwindling numbers is what makes cars valuable.

 

Here's a build which some of the senior members may remember, as it happened right on this forum several years ago.
Although this was a budget build, and the results may be categorized as "Rat Jag", as much as stanced, it is another car which likely won't appeal to most of us, but, I guarantee that it gets the full attention of younger car guys who see it on Southern California roadways, and for that, it deserves credit:

Death Kitten's Wild Ride

 

And a hell of a lot of Plastic Filler judging from the pictures further down.
There's a lot to deny the craftsmanship (choke). Craftsmanship is making a panel and being able to execute a metal finish and not have to bury the lack of ability with a truckload of Bog.

Regards,

Brent

 

Me being of the younger generation as well, (20 years old), I find this to be amazing work. Although I am not a fan of the stance cars, though I have found a few I like, I am a huge fan of wide body cars! Id love to have the body that is on this car and I also a huge fan of the wing on the back.

I've only had my XJS for about a month now but anytime I am outside working on it I get compliments on it from people from 10 years old up to middle aged men as well. My friends love it too. So I will have to agree that it is great publicity to get the XJS more on the market for my younger generation,

 

looks similar to a Lister...

 

since there were 121,000 XJS made. And at one point, rust free nice examples were selling for $500 here in America if not in running condition. They don’t have the same value as Aston Martins or Rolls Royce.
Perhaps more respect needs to be given to the creativity and skill required ?

 

Afraid I'm not in the support camp for 'stanced' anything that includes stretched tyres, whilst I don't doubt the effort put in I do question the safety of these creations being permitted to share the roads, they are not subjected to the kind of scrutiny that a car coming from the factory is and that is just plain wrong - to each their own - personally I'd ban them from public roads and confine them to 'shows and exhibitions' only.

As for the car 10 out of 10 for the commitment and time put into it .... 0 out of 10 for having any class or style whatsoever I wouldn't have it gift wrapped.

 

I like the body vent openings/lines but I would of leaned more toward the old race car body, this is abit too riced up.

Many modern cars have similar bodypanel influences without being a Fast & Furious jap street racer.

 

It’s not my taste either but I really should talk. I took a decent rust free example and am turning it into a race car.

I shouldn’t say anything I’m turning a nice rust free California car into a Group 44 tribute car to go vintage racing with. J

 

A tribute race car with Group 44, or Broadspeed wheel arches? That's allowed!!

Paul

 

In my case it was done by the person who actually made Group 44’s.