Re: replicas (SS100)..

["Dean W. Cains" <dwc@xxxxxx>]

Hi George:

I'll bet you're thinking of the Panther cars, made somewhere in Indonesia 
or Malaysia in the '80's.  They were hand-built "replicas", one of which 
was reminiscent of the SS100 Jaguar.  As replicas go, they were definitely 
at the high-end, both in price and build quality.  The upholstery was all 
Connolly, and the body panels were hand-beaten aluminum.  Engine choices 
were wither 6 or 12 cylinder Jaguar, and I believe they also had a model 
reminiscent of the Bugatti Royale.  Of course, they were never meant to 
duplicate the real thing, but the outward appearance, to the uninitiated, 
was that of the SS100.  I haven't got the time, but if you run a Google 
search for Panther Motorcars, maybe you'll get some hits.  I'm pretty sharp 
with Jaguar history, and don't recall any Brit-made replicas of the 60's or 
70's that were of the SS100, but that's not to say there weren't any.

Regards,

Dean


At 10:59 PM 8/3/2003, you wrote:

> Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 15:29:16 -0700
> From: George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: replicas (SS100)..
>
> Of course, greg, one must remember that the drive train of the REAL
> SS-100  was nothing to write home about as it consisted of a roughly
> 2.5 liter OHV Meadows or Anzani off-the-shelf I-6 motor with probably
> 60-70 horsepower (in the modern sense. England used funny HP ratings in
> those days (most likely for tax purposes) and I never have seen any
> real correlation between modern HP figures and the old English ones.).
> It's altogether possible that as neat as an SS-100 replica with a 4.2
> liter, 265 HP XK-E engined SS-100 replica would be, the more prosaic
> Ford I-6 truck motor would likely be more in keeping with the real
> thing.
>
> I still insist, however that SOMEBODY in England  made an SS-100
> replica during the early '60's using a more modern XK drivetrain. I
> know I've seen one and read about it. Problem is, it was a long time
> ago and I don't remember the details.
>
> George Graves
> GTV-6 3.0 S
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