PHOTO: Jaguar C-Type at the Pebble Beach concours
Larry I,
Thanks- I've long been a Jaguar enthusiast and had that XK140 for 22 years. I bought that car when I passed up a basket case actual C-Type racing car for $12,000- the worst car mistake I ever made. The C-Type was the most beautiful racing car ever -and they're $2,000,000 now. Well, actually I made another error as I passed up a Ferrari Lusso- only 50 made- for $41,000 too,... I drove the XK140 to the Pebble Beach car weekend twice and drove it around Laguna Seca the years Jaguar was featured. My dream car has always My brother is a Jag fan too- he had an XKE for high school graduation- which he rolled and was replaced by a Ford, then a 96 XJ6- which used to cost him $400/month to maintain, still has a 2004 XJ8 and recently bought an XKR coupe. He said the XKR would be only for "special occasions", but since he's had it, I think he sleeps in it!
I somehow missed the movie about the Krays so missed the 420G. Those seemed at the time to be immensely large cars, but just fantastic interiors- like a Bentley.
The Krays: When I lived in London in the 70's there was a neighbour- who was a restaurant owner from India with 11 Rolls-Royces that he hired out as a side line. These cars often sat a long time without moving and I once gave a Silver Cloud a jump start with my 1952 Morris Minor. This fellow had known the Krays in the 60's, but never would talk about them even though both had been sent to prison a couple of years before- they still had "reach". The Krays were so terrifyingly violent that ordinary Londoners who knew anything about them were reluctant to even mention their names as though saying their name would cause them to appear. This neighbour, by the way, was found murdered in his office in 1976, but of course the Krays had nothing to do with it- and I didn't hear a thing and would never associate them with that.
I'll have to look into the Krays' movie- I'll bet it's very relaxing.
Cheers,
Bambi B
