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Old 04-30-2015, 01:00 PM
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Check out this lister xjs for sale on eBay! I have some major car envy going on over here!

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I like the car very much but in my mind is has one thing against it...the color.

I'm sure it would sell faster and for more money if it was red.

Is it sacrilegious to say that I have never been much of a fan of British Racing Green? I know many people love it but it just never did much for me.

I really like the wheels. They would not look right on a standard XJS but on a Lister they work.

It will be interesting to see if the car sells and for how much.

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Nice looking car.
Another one for sale over here, I've been watching it for months (can't afford it obviously!) just to see how much it goes for.
The dealer obviously doesn't know much about them as he has it down as an automatic when it obviously isn't from the interior photos and he quotes the engine power as 217bhp which is nonsense.
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I wonder which Lister number this is? There was a 1991 conversion done in Moose Green metallic for the USA with a 7 litre engine, but I don't know if it's this one. I thought that one was a Coupe.

However, it does seem to have all the Lister bits so would guess it is genuine. Strange that he hasn't listed all the important stuff like the Lister body number, engine number and spec etc.

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Old 05-01-2015, 12:12 AM
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Only thing I like about this is the blacked out grille and headlight surrounds. Subtly menacing.

Would a forum ninja kindly post the pics here in case the auction ends early?

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Originally Posted by Steve M
The dealer obviously doesn't know much about them as he has it down as an automatic when it obviously isn't from the interior photos
Both cars are listed as auto's. from interior shots they both look to be manual.

Originally Posted by Flint Ironstag
Would a forum ninja kindly post the pics here in case the auction ends early?
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Here ya go Flint.

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Originally Posted by Safari
I like the car very much but in my mind is has one thing against it...the color.

I'm sure it would sell faster and for more money if it was red.
And a red one.
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01xjr Thank you so much! I need to post a few pics so I finally get the hang of it. Every forum is different.

I really like the blacked out grilles.
 
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