Chatting with Graham Jordan, the owner of our featured Jaguar XK120 Coupe, reinforced my admiration for the people who devote their time and fortunes to astounding restorations and are then able to maintain those cars, in far better than showroom condition.
Many years ago, during a more pedantic period of my life, I had the privilege of judging some of the nation's best Jaguars in State and National Concours d'Elegance events.
Around 10 years ago I stopped doing it, after realising there was no way a car like Graham's 70-year-old rarity could compete on equal terms with others that were virtually new and could be kept looking that way, with regular visits to the local Jag dealer's spares department None of those newer cars would have run on a salt-crusted British or North American winter road. Or been belted and bogged by a cut-price panel beater in the days when cheap repairs were the only chance an old Jag had of avoiding the wrecking yard.
Modern cars that cop a whack from a clumsy parker can be returned to pristine condition in the few minutes it takes to unclip one plastic panel and fit another. Plus painting of course.
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CHEVROLET C2 CORVETTE 1963-67
TWO YEARS after Jaguar made every other sports car obsolete with its E-Type, Chevrolet went a step further with its radical Corvette Sting Ray.
LOST & FOUND
THE WHEREABOUTS OF THIS RARE 1969 AMC AMX WAS FOR DECADES A COMPLETE MYSTERY, UNTIL IT WAS PULLED IT OUT OF A SHED IN ADELAIDE
IN THE RED!
AS OUR ROADS EMULATE THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, GOVERNMENTS ARE DOING THEIR BIT TO SHIRK ALL RESPONSIBILITY
Ray Ikin - 2001 MUSTANG & 2003 CV8
RAY IS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A BIG DECISION WHEN HE STROLLS INTO HIS SHED DO I TAKE THE MUSTANG OR THE MONARO?
1986 PORSCHE 928 S
THE 928 SHAPE MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ACQUIRED TASTE FOR PORSCHE AFICIONADOS, BUT IT’S DESIRABILITY HAS IMPROVED WITH AGE
MODERN CLASSICS ZX-12R
KAWASAKI'S KING NINJA AIMED TO BE A HAYABUSA-BEATER
FLY DMC
THE CULT OF DELOREAN - THE MAN. THE MACHINE. THE MOVIE(S)
1972 FORD FALCON HARDTOP GT REPLICA
THIS FACTORY V8 FALCON HARDTOP KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT BRIGHT AND DESIRABLE COLOUR COMBINATIONS
VALE MECUM AUCTION'S JOHN KRAMAN
A CORNERSTONE of Mecum Auctions and one of its most recognisable members, John Kraman, has died.
STOP IT!
PERHAPS THE CELEBRATION OF DIVERSITY IN GENERAL SHOULD INCLUDE CELEBRATING THE DIVERSITY OF HANDBRAKE TYPES
