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Originally Posted by Dottore
Look at some of the Lister....
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The original Lister Jag is VERY much smaller than the replics being made today (as the Fort GT is VERY much bigger than the original GT 40). It had similarly inset wheels that look a bit puny by today's standards also.
A friend had two new replicas from a start-up company making these (ex-Bexk associates - Becks design for the most part) and they look great with big meats filling the wheel wells, but again they are MUCH bigger cars (Chevy V8s in these ones).
Crap build quality, incidentally.
Real Lister:
Kit car Lister (not the one I saw):
Big diff, eh?
I'd have to see for myself what a good stylist could do to an E-type to correct what you point out. Also, back in the day, I never even noticed it that much. Now my sensibilities are affected by modern beefy tires and I notice it more.
Did you find your Healey? This one's a spitting image of the 100-4 I had. Of the post war Brittish cars, I think the early Healeys and E-types were the only ones that didn't have a certain frumpish look to them - even the Bond Aston.
