Author Topic: Solved - MJW #810 - Jaguar XJS "Break de Chasse" by Les Ateliers Reunis 1990  (Read 1571 times)

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Identify the make, model, year and which company carried out this conversion.

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Re: MJW #810
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2012, 04:02:42 PM »
1989 Lynx Eventer - a shooting brake conversion on an XJ-S chassis by the Lynx company in the UK.

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Re: MJW #810
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2012, 01:11:26 AM »
1989 Lynx Eventer - a shooting brake conversion on an XJ-S chassis by the Lynx company in the UK.
Sorry Richard but it's more difficult than that.......

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Re: MJW #810
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2012, 01:33:32 AM »
Here's a photo of the Lynx Eventer from the same angle for you to compare -

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Re: MJW #810
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2012, 01:34:40 PM »
One of our puzzlers kindly sent me some literature on another version of the Lynx Eventer.
You will note the similarities to the puzzle car - especially in the shape of the rear lights.

However please note that the puzzle car doesn't come from the UK (it's also LHD).

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Re: MJW #810
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2012, 07:46:10 AM »
Here's a photo of the Lynx Eventer from the same angle for you to compare -


Original picture = 1989 model, new picture = 2000 model?  :-\ :-\

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Re: MJW #810
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2012, 08:23:00 AM »
Here's a photo of the Lynx Eventer from the same angle for you to compare -


Original picture = 1989 model, new picture = 2000 model?  :-\ :-\
The puzzle car is not a Lynx Eventer but a replica produced outside of the UK.
Of the other two photos I don't know which is the later Eventer....

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Re: MJW #810
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2012, 09:07:00 AM »
Of the other two photos I don't know which is the later Eventer....

Reply #3 is the later model; you can tell by the rear lights!
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Re: MJW #810
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2012, 01:48:53 PM »
Did Hess and Eisenhardt do estates as well as dropheads?

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Re: MJW #810
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2012, 12:46:12 AM »
Did Hess and Eisenhardt do estates as well as dropheads?
I don't know offhand but this is not by them

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Re: MJW #810
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2012, 07:05:02 AM »
Experts?

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Re: MJW #810
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2012, 07:54:32 AM »
Is this the one by Arden in Aachen, Germany?

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Re: MJW #810
« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2012, 08:45:00 AM »
Is this the one by Arden in Aachen, Germany?
Not by Arden and not from Germany

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Re: MJW #810
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2012, 10:30:20 AM »
Les Ateliers Réunis in France
Not a break de chasse but a break de classe ;D. Being a Jaguar of that age, breaking was probably right...
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Re: MJW #810
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2012, 03:27:41 PM »
Yes, that's the car - a replica Lynx Eventer built in France!