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