mgcjag wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 6:44 pm
Very dissapointing that Jaguar were saying how everything had to be perfect and exact copy of the original..then made a brass windscreen surround..when they should be aluminium.....this one is hand made by Classic Jaguar replicas...the surround is aluminium...made be one man from one piece of 2mm sheet....one week to make...why didnt they do this
Not saying they were right or wrong to do it this way, but I think their point was that doing it in brass provided a superior starting point/base for the chrome finish that would follow.
Similarly they introduced a non-original zipped rear screen into the hood to address the fact that the filler cap (and vent) otherwise sits inside the cabin when the hood's up, and of course they made the point that the original 'bag' tank had to be replaced with something more acceptable to modern safety standards.
I guess there's inevitably a bit of compromise whenever they do these 'evocations'. It's a matter of trying to be as faithful as possible to the original whilst at the same time addressing some of the shortcomings in the original that may not have been immediately apparent when the car was first made (e.g. the fuel venting issue).
