V12 Lister le mans; re-build from a rust bucket :(

Lister Jaguar video footage taken by my 6yr old son; I came across the file by accident many years later so thought I could add some re-build stills that I had kept and make a short movie. The car was in a bad way when I got it, all the floor-pan had gone together with most of the lower sectional bodywork. I made up all the new sections in galv sheet; had to take a few 'sicky' breaks though when doing the follow up welding! The intention of 'aquiring' the Le Mans was to give me a couple of Winters 'project' work, the reality however developed into a bigger undertaking than anticipated? The two year restoration didn't happen, but I did finally get the British supercar I had always wanted. The body rot was so bad I spent nearly 5 yrs on this visit! She's quite a 'babe' now though :)
Since then I've bought another 'T 'rusty heap, this time an even older 70's VW Campervan; check my user channel for this ones present progress, it's a bit more diverse than the Lister, and may even be a little faster? . . . . . . . . . . ha ha. By that I meant 4yrs or less?
Laugh, I think I'm still crying :(

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[mubbsi]

Thanks for the brill comments, and the smile they brought; yeah there's some pretty odd people out there?! It takes all sorts, and those 'sorts' probably couldn't couldn't put a sentence together let alone a modern classic :)

Thx.

[EarlRausch]

What a great looking car! Man look at those HIPS. (rear wheel well arches)

Men in sheds....

[mubbsi]

Thx Earl, can go with 'men in sheds', my shed's my garage and that's fine by me :)

Ta for input!

[stigsfatcousin]

Mubbsi That looks the dogs mate and sounds amazing. i wish I could have the privilidge of seeing that go round a track. Fantastic work mate !!

[mubbsi]

Ta 4 tht Sfc, your right re the noise; I'd always preferred the V8 rumble till I heard this on song!

When you bump into your cousin give him my regards :)

Cheers!

[loukevw]

Hi, Interesting video; thats some project you had there. I remember "Fast Lane' magazine doing an audio cassette featuring the Lister Jag and the sound was awesome :-) Didn't the le mans have the extended sloped nose?

Thanks for sharing,

Kev.

[mubbsi]

Cheerz Kev,

Yeah the noise is amazing, I used to always love the rumble of a lumpy V8 but this 12 is something else :)

This nose is the last version Lister did for the LM's after introducing the superchargers at the back end of the eighties but I think they based it on the orig equip Jag bonnet?!

Thx 4 the interest :)

Mubbsi.

[1995RangeRover]

YOUR WORK HAS TRULY PAID OFF!!! SHE'S BEAUTIFUL!!! A LABOR OF LOVE AND YOUR BABY BOY LOVES YOU AND THE LISTER AS WELL!!! CHEERS!!!! BTW...TO THE 4 WHO HAS DISLIKED THIS, YOU ARE TRULY DISTURBED!!!

[RichardEllisxyz]

Mubbsi: I guess you have to go with what you have. Perhaps the best & most collectable cars are the ones which require the most amount of work. I was working at a shop 84-96..there was a painter who completly restored a 69 Ford F-150, was so good was presented at the local car shows..every square inch was redone. I saw the truck some seven years later...rust was coming thru...& needed a repaint...after all that work.