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Omelette Express - Santa Rosa CA

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John Loftus

John Loftus

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Thank goodness for that Basil. Just think how many MK11's would be mutilated just to decorate somebodies wall!---Keoke /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cryin.gif
 
I once had a ser1 E rd. rear end that was used in the same way. It was cut diagonally from in front of one A post to behind the opposite B post. The seats were even sliced through and part of the steering wheel. A clean cut, like it went through a band saw. Sold it to a guy that put a front cowl on it and made a car out of it.

Phil.
 
I have seen Cadillacs and Chevrolets on Restaurant walls and in front of bar entrances and found it amusing. I love automobiles and motiffs based on them. Something really bothered me, however, about seeing that XK150 front clip. I guess Jags are just different for me.

P. S. On second inspection, it looks more like a Mark 2 or derivative. That doesnt bother me as much. There is something sacred about an XK150 even if it was a coupe. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nopity.gif
 
I picked up a business card from the Omelette Express which had an email address on it. I wrote to the owner asking him about the Jaguars on the walls and he responded:
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Yes the cars are all real. In fact, I get asked this question often. Nobody makes every different model of Jaguar out of fiberglass. Around 1987 until about 1995, I would simply look through the newspaper and once a month an old Jag would be for sale for about $1500.
The car usually needed everything. I would put an ad in Hemmings and sell what I could from the body obviously keeping the first two feet. I would take a sawall and make the initial cut myself. I would then bring it back to the restaurant and remove everything. I had a neighbor that worked at a sheet metal plant and I would give him the patterns for the bracketing material. I would then take it to my friend at the body shop who would give it the final cut, new paint, and bring it back to me. I of course would simply clean all the parts and install them. A lot of work went into the bottom because of how visible they were. Those days are gone. The truly classic old Jags are just not available and to that end I was fortunate to get the models that i got. I will list the models I have and in what color:
1958 Jaguar MK 1 Yellow
1964 Jag MK 10 Burgondy
1974 Daimler Sovereign (Jag XJ6 Series 2) Moss Green
1964 3.8S British Racing Green
1967 Jag 420 White
1969 XJ6 Series 1 Lite Blue
1961 Jag MK2 Red
1967 Daimler Sovereign (Jag 420) Turquois
1967 Jag 420G Cream over Tope
1974 Jag XJ6 Series 2 Dark Blue
1968 Mercedes 280SE Pink
Still to come and partially finished but not on the wll yet:
1965 Mercedes 220S Tangerine
1960 Jag MK 9 Grey
1958 Jag MK 1 Metallic Purple
Still to come but not started:
Daimler version of MK 2 (250)
Thin bumpered version of MK 2 ( 340)
P.S. I probably have duplicates of seven of the above cars unrestored. who else would like to do this?

Thank you

Don
 
That did it, that was the last straw! he is going to cut up a Daimler 250 V8!!. I simply could not relax and eat in that place.---Keoke.--- /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hammer.gif
 
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