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New Tue 3 Apr 12 19:59 
 Jaguar - Unusual Jaguar ID request please - spamcan61
evenin' all,

Rattling through Burley yesterday evening I had a very odd looking vehicle in front of me; never got a good look at the front, but from a rear three quarter view it looked like an XK140 from the B pillar forwards, and a 50s VW Beetle from there back - only more bulbous. Definitely had a Jaguar badge below the tiny oval rear window.

I've tried a quick Google, but tricky when you get deluged with pictures of XJs, Mk2s and E types.

Any ideas what it was anyone? Reg plate (which I've managed to forget) - suggested late 50s.
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New Tue 3 Apr 12 20:20 
 Jaguar - Unusual Jaguar ID request please - Biggles
One of these?

tinyurl.com/cfct6ma
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New Tue 3 Apr 12 20:22 
 Jaguar - Unusual Jaguar ID request please - spamcan61
Take the front half of that and glue a Beetle on the back! This beast really did look bizzare.

edit: rear end looked very much like this 40s Ford:-

weddingcar.uk.com/images/classic%20cars/acfordbsedandel4.jpg
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New Tue 3 Apr 12 21:31 
 Jaguar - Unusual Jaguar ID request please - Dog
Mark V ? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jaguar_MK_V,_Bauzeit_1948-51,_Front_(2008-06-28).jpg
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New Tue 3 Apr 12 21:35 
 Jaguar - Unusual Jaguar ID request please - spamcan61
Thanks but that looks quite normal ;-). The rear end of the Ford I posted upthread is pretty much spot on. I'm wondering if it was some sort of special custom built on a Jag chassis or something.
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New Tue 3 Apr 12 21:36 
 Jaguar - Unusual Jaguar ID request please - kb
If you were mistaken about the Jaguar badge, then could it have been a Tatra? Google (Images) will show you them from all angles. I saw a Tatra T77 or possibly T87 once, on the road, in Essex....strange beast.
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New Tue 3 Apr 12 21:43 
 Jaguar - Unusual Jaguar ID request please - Armel Coussine
There were several outfits that made coachbuilt shooting brake bodies on sporting Jaguars. Can't find anything resembling the OP description though.
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New Tue 3 Apr 12 21:43 
 Jaguar - Unusual Jaguar ID request please - spamcan61
The rear end of that isn't far off; the front end was very much Jag. XK140 though (I'd decided that before I saw the boot badge). Tricky to explain, but imagine an early fifties version of the hard top E type, with a vertical stretch.

snipurl.com/22wg14a

This isn't a wind up honest. This was one weird looking car. In a fetching metallic light green.
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New Tue 3 Apr 12 22:11 
 Jaguar - Unusual Jaguar ID request please - Auristocrat
Think it may be a 1956 Jaguar Aerodyne Streamliner.
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New Wed 4 Apr 12 12:25 
 Jaguar - Unusual Jaguar ID request please - spamcan61
>> Think it may be a 1956 Jaguar Aerodyne Streamliner.
>>

Now that is looking close! Only things that look different are that my mystery car had a Jaguar badge in the middle of the rear, and the rear window was one piece, not two. Maybe a bit more bulbous as well.

Reckon it must've been as AC suggests, some 3rd party conversion, made in small numbers.
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New Thu 5 Apr 12 18:15 
 Jaguar - Unusual Jaguar ID request please - Dave_
>> Reg plate (which I've managed to forget)

Shame, as Googling the reg plate in quotation marks often brings up the actual car in question.
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New Thu 5 Apr 12 21:10 
 Jaguar - Unusual Jaguar ID request please - spamcan61
>> >> Reg plate (which I've managed to forget)
>>
>> Shame, as Googling the reg plate in quotation marks often brings up the actual car
>> in question.
>>
LOL, yeah, or at least whipped me mobile out and got a fuzzy photo. Still, I'd never heard of a Tatra 77 or an Aerodyne Streamliner a week ago, so at least it's been vaguely educational. Thanks to all for the suggestions.
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