Gary Walker developments XJS Jag

[1111111]

Does anyone have info or point me in the direction of articles of the twin turbo 7L XJS jag?
It's currently for sale & a mate is keen on it & he is wanting any articles on it.

[Hi Octane]

Street machine had an article years ago, A comp between that & a bolwn monaro, Both had to do an RTA test, drive thru peak hour traffic & some performance tests i think.


Link to sale....??

[1111111]

He went to a garage sale at the owners place in Hervey Bay & it was there for sale,he is going back this week for a test drive.

[Hi Octane]

That brings back memories



Ill see if my Dad has an article, Hes a jag fan

The big silver beast with simmons & flares....


Garry walker used to have a lear jet (decomissioned) in his front yard.

[1111111]

I remember seeing the car about 10-12yrs ago at a car show,had the widest tyres I had ever seen,345's! The cooler piping had signatures like Victor Bray & Frank who drives the Bandag bullet.
Apparently the car has had a few outings to hill climbs & bitumen sprints,it comes with 2sets of rims & rubber. I'm told the asking price is 55k.

[Hi Octane]

^^^ Yikes.... Id go a beemer or AMG before that, @ leat there are relaible.

[1111111]

Yes mate I agree with you on the AMG or Beemer,but you know how some people get with cars :confused:

[JT]

Is this the same guy that made an open challenge to race & then didn't show up?
IIRC there were a couple of V8 Cortinas & the Hume Performance Holden which took him up.

[1111111]

Is this the same guy that made an open challenge to race & then didn't show up?
IIRC there were a couple of V8 Cortinas & the Hume Performance Holden which took him up.

Yeah it's the same car,but that was the previous owner/builder of the car who set that challenge,I wouldn't mind hearing some performance specs from when it was first built,apparently Kerry Packer was the cars very first owner.
When Gary Walker had it for sale there was apparent rumours of a 200k price tag.

[Uncle Tone]

Is this the famous twin turbo build with no intercoolers?

[CalaisBoy]

Guys,
I was a (and am) a jag lover - well the old ones anyway. Owned a V12 E-type convertible for awhile and dealt with Gary's workshop a few times - excellent!! What an amazing place!! Anyway........

There were 2 or 3 different turbo XJS's built by Gary Walker I think.

The first was a 1979 5.3 litre black one originally owned by Kerry Packer. My memory was that the project was originally started with a different builder, was burnt out and then it eventually ended up with Gary for complete ground-up rebuild. I am a bit rusty on this one. I think the car was burnt out with a number of other cars. I have a copy of a Modern Motor, August 1985 test of this one and also another article but not sure which magazine it was (I cut the article out).

The second (I think) was also black and I think was 7.0 litres. This one was absolutely amazing and ground breaking development. I had a ride in it.......... Wow!! It was far more memorable than driving a Ferrari back then. Mechanically almost everything on the car was modified. Thought I still had an article and some advertising brochures on this one too, but can't find them. I will keep looking.

He also built another one (a Silver one) that also looked great. It didn't have quite such a high spec engine, but was still amazing. It was often at club events too.

You can probably tell I could go on about this........

1111111, PM me if I can be of more help.

Cheers
CalaisBoy

[HSVREDSLED]

I remember that article.

Black XJS. V12 and twin turbos. He challenged anyone to a 1/4 mile race, then a circuit, then putting through peak hour traffic. From memory it was good for 10 second 1/4 mile. I remember Doug Mulray raving about it as well as he is a massive Jag fan.

[abi]

I also remember the black one, started as a burnt out insurance write-off. The fire was in the interior and quite intense! no paint left on the outer panels and turret.

[grk200]

hi guys i know this is an old thread but i have some questions i need to ask... First things first my dad was the owner of that silver jag with the big flares and massive motor. Can anyone plz give me help in tracking the car down. And CalaisBoy sorry to say but mate it had the biggest motor of all of them ever built... TRUST ME

[CalaisBoy]

Happy to be corrected mate. As I said it was a long time ago. Absolutely beautiful cars- all 3 of them. So your old man would be Con?

[grk200]

yeah mate thats right... u know him? and i should correct myself i spoke to him on the weekend his was the 2nd biggest motor out of the 3 the 1st was a 70's model. My old mans pushed 1050 RWHP the other was around 1200 hp to wat he "remembers" he didnt want to say much about the other one lol. I think there was more behind the story no one knows about.. My apology... been trying to track the car for ages...

[CalaisBoy]

Yeah met him a few times. My memory is that the cars had different turbos and maybe injection systems - don't know the details. Also I think those power figures were off an engine dyno not rear wheel?? Happy to be corrected. Good luck with your search!

[grk200]

thanks mate... pm me ur name if u like ill mention u to him

[Jagart]

hi guys i know this is an old thread but i have some questions i need to ask... First things first my dad was the owner of that silver jag with the big flares and massive motor. Can anyone plz give me help in tracking the car down. And CalaisBoy sorry to say but mate it had the biggest motor of all of them ever built... TRUST ME

I know this is an old thread but...........
I have owned this car for a number of years now.
If you are still around and still want information just let me know.

[Hi Octane]

Yeah mate, post some pics & info.

[CalaisBoy]

Wow these things were the most amazing cars I have been in. Love to see some pics again. Do you use it or is it packed away?

[zorro]

This thread has zero pics???

[jc_sv8]

Am I going to have to pull out my old street machines...