For Sale: A Long-Nose Jaguar D-Type Bonnet For Charity

This Long-Nose Jaguar D-Type Bonnet was made by hand by British coachbuilding firm Williams & Pritchard in the 1970s as part of a restoration for Jaguar D-Type chassis XKD 558.

This bonnet was donated to the Piston Foundation by Ann Smith Finn in honor of her late husband Joel Finn, a racing driver, computer industry executive, and an award-winning author in the field of motor racing history.

The Piston Foundation

The Piston Foundation provides scholarships and apprenticeships for those pursuing careers in collector car maintenance and restoration, and proceeds from this auction will benefit the foundation’s mission of preserving car culture through education.

A statement from the Piston Foundation:

“Just as our mission marries the needs of students with the needs of car enthusiasts, our plan unites the resources of 25+ million car enthusiasts, industry partners, and corporate sponsors as well as people at the very heart of car culture: people like the BaT community.”

“Please consider joining us at the Piston Foundation and help make a positive impact in preserving the industry we all love. Learn more and donate at www.pistonfoundation.org.”

This D-Type front end has working headlights, and classic British racing green paintwork including a white circle on the front for a racing number.

A Long-Nose D-Type Bonnet By Williams & Pritchard

The bonnet was made using traditional hand tools and English wheeling machine from aluminum alloy under the guidance of D-Type specialists Lynx Engineering. Chassis XKD 558 started out as a short-nose D-Type which was delivered to Canada, it was crashed in 1965 and 9 years later in 1974 it was sent to Lynx Engineering in the UK for restoration.

New alloy bodywork was then made for the car by Williams & Pritchard including this long-nose bonnet which was fitted to the car in place of the damaged original short-nose. This bonnet would remain on the car for almost 20 years before a new owner in the USA in the early 1990s opted to have a short-nose hood made for it.

As a result this lightly used D-Type front end was removed and preserved, and it remains in this original condition to this day. It’s being auctioned live (at the time of writing) on Bring A Trailer and it will be sent to the winning bidder in a shipping crate.

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There’s A Second-Hand Terradyne Gurkha LAPV For Sale

This is a 2017 Terradyne Gurkha LAPV that was originally ordered to a luxurious civilian specification, rather than the more common tactical police and/or military standard.

LAPV stands for “Light Armored Patrol Vehicle,” a reference to the original purpose of its design. A number of celebrities and high net worth individuals also made enquiries about getting more comfortable versions made for safe daily transportation, and as a result Terradyne offers this as a specification package when ordering your vehicle.

Fast Facts – The Terradyne Gurkha LAPV

• The Terradyne Gurkha LAPV is one of the best-known creations from Terradyne Armored Vehicles Inc, a specialist vehicle manufacturer focussing on military, tactical law enforcement, private security, government agency, and border patrol use.
• The Gurkha LAPV is based on the Ford Super Duty F450 or F550 platform, with a custom-built body designed to protect occupants from weapons fire and explosives.
• The LAPV weighs in at 16,000 lbs or 7,258 kilograms, and it’s powered by a Ford 6.7 liter turbo diesel V8 producing 330 hp and 750 lb ft of torque.
• With its bullet proof body panels and glass the occupants are well protected, and they can escape through a roof hatch if needed.

Terradyne Armored Vehicles Inc

Terradyne Armored Vehicles Inc was founded in 2011 in Ontario, Canada to build tactical military and police vehicles.

This civilian-specification Gurkha LAPV has a diamond-stitched leather interior and all the modern conveniences you’d expect, including air-conditioning, an Alpine stereo system, power steering, and more.

In the years since they’ve risen to become one of the most successful companies of this type anywhere in the world, and they’ve supplied vehicles to police and military units in the United States (multiple states), Singapore, Mexico, Qatar, Canada (multiple provinces), Croatia, Saudi Arabia, and many more.

The company currently offers four primary vehicles, the LAPV or Light Armored Patrol Vehicle, the MPV or Multi-Purpose Vehicle, the RPV or Rapid Patrol Vehicle, and the CIV or Civilian Limited Edition Vehicle.

The Terradyne Gurkha LAPV – Specifications

Terradyne Gurkha LAPV is every bit as large as the Ford Super Duty F450 (or F550) it’s based on. Its external measurements are: length – 6.1 meters x width – 2.45 meters x height – 2.65 meters (240 13/16″ x 240 13/16″ x 104 1/8″) and it weighs in at 16,000 lbs or 7,258 kilograms when empty.

The Ford Super Duty 6.7 L turbo-diesel V8 produces 330 hp and 750 lb ft of torque.

The chassis, powertrain, suspension, braking, and electrical systems are provided by the Ford Super Duty. The four wheel-drive powertrain consists of a Ford 6.7 liter turbo diesel V8 producing 330 hp and 750 lb ft of torque, with power sent through a six-speed automatic transmission to either the rear wheels or all four wheels.

Fuel capacity is 40 gallons or 151 liters, and the maximum speed is listed as 130 km/h or 81 mph.

The LAPV has a minimum B4 armor level rating and at the time of ordering they can be specified with an armor upgrade, heated front seats, heated windshield, an upgraded Alpine audio system, battery charge system with auto eject, an exterior and interior intercom, custom 80-gallon secondary fuel tank, and a number of other options.

The Second-Hand Terradyne Gurkha LAPV Shown Here

The Gurkha LAPV shown here is a 2017 model, it has just 25,335 kms on the odometer (15,742 miles), and it was ordered to a luxurious civilian specification.

The fully-armored exterior meets or exceeds the B7/STANAG 2 standard, providing critical protection from rifle and small arms fire.

The vehicle is upholstered in plush black and red leather with diamond-quilted detailing and contrast stitching and it has six passenger seats, a full LED exterior lighting kit, a center console with backlit switches and map light, rear cargo tie downs, front mud flaps, a six ton jack, insulated walls, steel guards over the headlights and taillights, and a full size spare wheel mounted at the rear.

When it owes ordered a slew of options were selected, including an armor upgrade, heated front seats, a heated windshield, an upgraded Alpine audio system, and an 80 gallon secondary fuel tank.

It was also optioned with Terradyne’s off-road package that includes Fox shock absorbers, a heavyweight Warn 16.5 ti winch (16,500 lb pull capacity with 90 ft wire cable), closed system winching components from Factor 55, a front differential lock, and an onboard high-output air compressor.

This Gurkha is currently being offered for sale live online by Collecting Cars, and at the time of writing there are 6 days left to bid. If you’d like to visit the listing or register to bid you can click here.

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Full Documentary: Thrust 2 “For Britain And The Hell Of It”

This almost hour-long documentary tells the incredible story of Thrust 2, a jet-powered land speed record car that would overcome long odds to set a new record of 622.407 mph (1001.667 km/h) over one mile on the 4th of October 1983.

The record would stand for an extraordinary 12 years, 11 months, and 11 days.

The vehicle was called “Thrust 2” as the original plan by designer John Ackroyd had called for three vehicles to be made – Thrust 1, Thrust 2, and Thrust 3.

Thrust 1 was planned to be the test bed for the engine and some technologies that were being developed for the land speed record car. Thrust 2 was built as a fully-functional two seater that driver and project leader Richard Noble could take people (and potential sponsors) on joy rides up to 200 mph.

Thrust 3 was intended to be the primary record breaking vehicle, and it would be the final vehicle built in the series.

The trials and tribulations faced by the team before they landed their world speed record were almost unending, in all the project took almost 10 years to achieve its goal.

The first of many set backs happened in March of 1977 when Thrust 1 suffered a rear wheel bearing failure at 140 mph which resulted in the vehicle flipping over multiple times and being badly damaged. Noble and Ackroyd would then streamline their plans, shifting the record breaking attempt to Thrust 2 and cancelling Thrust 3.

The sheer number of setbacks endured by the team was extraordinary, they seemed to attract rain to regions of the world where rain only rarely occurs, including the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah and the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.

The stubbornness of Richard Noble and his uncanny ability keep sponsors onboard even after 9 years years of setbacks resulted in a new world record in 1983, a record that would stand until 1997 when Richard Noble himself would break it driving Thrust SSC.

Read more about Richard Noble and his remarkable land speed record breaking cars here.

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