Author Topic: SOLVED: FW #199: Jaguar XK 150 Dönni Special, built 1993/94 by Swiss Georg Dönni  (Read 1828 times)

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Re: FW #199
« Reply #25 on: August 18, 2022, 04:42:13 PM »
Non-british vehicle based on .. drivetrain
Non-british vehicle based on XJ drivetrain?
Please have a look at my answer. There were only two characters missing. Not XJ, as you stated, but ..!

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Re: FW #199
« Reply #26 on: August 19, 2022, 08:21:07 AM »
Some other Jaguar model, not any of the XJ family?
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Re: FW #199
« Reply #27 on: August 19, 2022, 08:57:42 AM »
Yes

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Re: FW #199
« Reply #28 on: August 19, 2022, 11:45:28 AM »
Two letter Jaguar and not XJ should be XK?
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Re: FW #199
« Reply #29 on: August 19, 2022, 03:10:01 PM »
Right

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Re: FW #199
« Reply #30 on: August 19, 2022, 03:48:53 PM »
A jaguar XK based special built in the USA?
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Re: FW #199
« Reply #31 on: August 19, 2022, 04:41:37 PM »
Not USA

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Re: FW #199
« Reply #32 on: August 19, 2022, 05:07:46 PM »
Australia?
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Re: FW #199
« Reply #33 on: August 19, 2022, 05:33:46 PM »
No

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Re: FW #199
« Reply #34 on: August 20, 2022, 06:39:06 AM »
Swiss?
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Re: FW #199
« Reply #35 on: August 20, 2022, 10:14:00 AM »
Yes

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Re: FW #199
« Reply #36 on: September 09, 2022, 07:51:57 AM »
Professionals?

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Re: FW #199
« Reply #37 on: May 16, 2023, 03:08:47 AM »
Masters?

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Re: FW #199
« Reply #38 on: May 16, 2023, 03:50:09 AM »
built in the 1990s?
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Re: FW #199
« Reply #39 on: May 16, 2023, 04:24:41 AM »
Jaguar XK 150 Dönni Special, built in 1993/1994 by Georg Dönni on the remains of a 1957 Jaguar XK 150.
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Re: FW #199
« Reply #40 on: May 16, 2023, 08:03:06 AM »
Correct! Needed far less than one year waiting to reach Masters level  :)

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Thanks! I wasn't waiting for this one, but the former clues let me find the solution within a minute.  ;)