Friday, February 7, 2014
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Some original marketing videos and a documentary
Found these on a forum
Clip 1
These are a 3 part documentary
Clip A
Clip B
Clip C
Top Gear 1
and very young Clarkson
A nice history of the company here
and for a touch of comedy from "One Foot in the Grave"
History of the car
I know it was built in Browns Lane, Coventry in February 1990 and was bought from Solitaire Motors, Belair Road,Hawthorn on the 2nd November 1990. It is White with Saville Grey leather upholstery and burr walnut timber etc. The retail price at the time was an incredible $125,325. I could not believe this price (see Redbook.com.au link),and so spoke to the RAA Technical Information staff who verified the same price from the subscription trade publication, Glass's Guide!
Wikipedia provides some history of this series of Jaguar
The original owner also said the price was about that although he organised his own discount.
I have spoken to that owner Eldon C. and he has provided me with some of its history for me. He travelled widely around Australia with it. Its been to Perth on the Indian Pacific and to Darwin and back,via the Ghan and Alice Springs. It was used by his own daughter for her wedding and lent to others for the same purpose.
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