Jaguar XJS TWR sports UTE (pickup conversion)

[bigfrit]

Super weathering, dude!

I guess some people here are both good and nuts. Eitherway, I m back to my batcave.

[AmazonSprite]

Looking good & can't wait to see more

In the meantime, here's another XJS pickup

[voyageur]

Thanks for the picture Paul,

that thing is looking awesome. Mine will be downright boring by comparison

[Ferrari TR]

Sorry, the UTE conversion I was thinking of was a Porsche 828 I spotted on E-bay some time ago.
I'd love to do a 'shooting brake' version of the XJ myself.

[AmazonSprite]

Originally Posted by voyageur

Thanks for the picture Paul,

that thing is looking awesome. Mine will be downright boring by comparison

Not at all - your's looks great & is much more tasteful

Just found another, better pic. Turns out it was a promotional vehicle for '100+' wheels:

[drunken monkey]

y'know... looking at the earlier surgery to the body, I can't shake the idea of making a mid engined xjs like the body was supposed to have....

[zak78]

...Or a dual-engine XJS...

[voyageur]

Whoa guys....good ideas! I definitely need to buy more XJS kits now

Quick update. I put on fender flares because I need to cover really wide wheels.
Looking at it now it kind of looks like a dually truck











The rear bumper was the part that inspired me not to build this car OOB - it's just way too ugly
But hey - there is nothing a little sawing can't fix





Now there is enough space for a reasonably BIG exhaust (just mocked up)



Allrighty...next update to come soon(er or later).

Cheers
Sebastian

[EDIT] The hole in the center is for the trailer hitch.

[sportracer02]

Hi Seb,

body with widened rear fenders looks great (you´d better think about a more aerodynamic racing version )

Rear bumper looks cleaner, maybe you should think about replacing the exhaust-tips with aluminium tubes

[zak78]

W-Wow, Sebastian, that's awesome! To finish off the body, perhaps you could make a wing like the one used on the Hyper widebody cars.

http://www.jagweb.com/hyper/index2.html
http://www.jagweb.com/hyper/

Nick

[voyageur]

Originally Posted by sportracer02

maybe you should think about replacing the exhaust-tips with aluminium tubes

Thanks! That is just a mock-up....finished car will sport better exhaust tips

[klutz_100]

That rear bumper and pipe set up will look terrific

Is it just me? Those front wheels look a little "lost" in the wheel arches...?

[DasWiesel]

Not exactly my taste, but very nice to look at. I will follow this one!

[jaguar.ute]

Very interested to see the time and effort being put into this model. I live in New Zealand and in 1990 I had built from a damaged 1980 XJ-S the first ute that was ever built. I was inspired by the chevy El Camino ute with its buttress's. It feature in Jaguar Quarterly Vol 4, No 1, autumn 1991. I have attached the photos taken early on around the time it was built. I still have the ute but gone is the 5.3 V12 now with an XJ40 4 litre and 5 speed Getrag. scan0005.jpg

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[Orion37170]

Awesome idea and great work so far