I’m not buying a car with a loan on it with a cracked windshield at any price. It seems like the seller can’t make payments and wants to sell the car to pay off the loan, and if they can’t do that they can’t do the maintenance and repairs needed for this car.  ND.

$19,500 is a lot, but the car tries it’s best to look the part. I don’t know if the V8 swap hurts the value - maybe someone spending this much wants something all original or would prefer to spend less on a fixer-upper. I just don’t know much about TVRs other than random shit from old Top Gear episodes, and those were…

If I was to run this in a business, I would want this to have a more modern drivetrain - at least convert it to EFI. Too much chance of vapor lock or some other classic car malady to ruin a booking and get you flamed on Facebook

Who is booking this? Some boomer hot rod enthusiast, maybe, but how many limo events are they attending? A couple getting married in matching Realtree camo outfits? They probably want a lifted Hummer limo. I just don’t see a business case for it that makes money so, ND.

I should add that two of the “incidents” involved my parallel parked car being hit - not sideswiped - full on, plowed into. Got “lucky” the second time in that the driver totaled his own car as well and couldn’t drive away.

The bumpers may be missing; but that’s a functional hood scoop.  You can see the air intake in the engine compartment shot.

I think it’s adorable. I would though having had a 126. In the late seventies. If it had a bumper and didn’t need a carb job... 

NP. These are damn near impossible to find in good condition these days, and this is also quite a rare color. I had a Fiji blue R/T like this for years and put many trouble free miles on it. Since it was totaled 15 years ago, I’ve only seen a handful pop up here and there.

My wife’s 2012 is going strong at 200k, and her dad’s ‘11 is at 220k and starting to feel the effects of NY roads. Not a cent into either except for regular wear items. With how clean this is, another 100k miles should be easy to achieve. It’s a lot of money, but the ones I see listed around here in good condition…

Maybe if it were in British Racing Green, a biscuit interior, and half of the price...    No.  Never mind.  ND.

My dad leased one of these in 1999; it was a hoot to drive back when 370hp was ohmygod-level power in a sedan. (well, to us anyway) Jag’s ownership by Ford helped its reliability, but I’d still be concerned about waking the dormant gremlins after 19 years, and this one’s asking 3x the KBB value. ND. 

That’s a mod. Factory it had a large single goldish colored cover. Source: I own one. 

I’ve worked on BMW’s of this vintage and they are honestly not terrible for a DYIer.  The battery is in the trunk and it is huge on these though.  NP for one of my favorite vintages of BMW.  Early 2000's they really hit a stride in design.

I know it’s unwise, but I’d buy it.

Not a terrible price, but speaking as someone who used to restore these, they aren’t really fit for human occupation. Jaguar design staff must have been shaped different in the 1950s and 1960s than the rest of humanity. The seats, while adjustable, are not really adjustable enough or in the correct directions. The…

Rob I disagree. I have a livery business and have this car and a few lexus es300h all of the same Era. The lincoln continental is nicer the the Lexus interior by a good bit.

Have the same car, but a 96 triple black. 39.5k miles, all original. It’s weird, cause it doesn’t seem like 225HP is much, but I guess maybe with the gearing that’s in it, when I merge from a dead stop onto the freeway a few miles from my house, it not only will spin the tires if you stomp it, it will pull hard…

“My Mom thought it didn’t run in 2002 and decided to use it as a paint canvas, but after 22 years it started right up and ran great!!”

This is in the neighborhood for what a nicely sorted FB costs these days. Plus, it’s brown and the dash + interior hasn’t turned into a mess of cracks and delaminated plastics. If it only had the brown plaid seats. No rust, it comes with stock wheels (those aftermarket rollers are a huge whiff), and the GSL is what…

The fuel injection was so problematic, most had a carb retrofitted very early on, this one included.