{"id":17147,"date":"2019-06-06T20:33:24","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T20:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/?p=17147"},"modified":"2019-06-06T20:33:24","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T20:33:24","slug":"17147","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/06\/06\/17147\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW XKSS FROM AK"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17148\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/news_JFG_AKSS_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-17148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/news_JFG_AKSS_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AKSS is a new Jaguar XKSS replica &#8211; a collaboration between AK Sports Cars and JFG Classics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first all-new project to come from AK Sports Cars Peterborough workshop since 1991 is this Jaguar XKSS replica, which was unveiled in rolling chassis form at Stoneleigh last month.<\/p>\n<p>To be 100 per cent accurate it will actually be sold via AK\u2019s new sister company, JFG Classics, a joint venture between AK MD, Jon Freeman, classic car nut, Neil Johnson and mechanical engineer, Andy Green.<\/p>\n<p>The XKSS, although sometimes overshadowed by its sister the D-type, is a truly revered classic in its own right, with only sixteen originals produced by Jaguar in 1957 due to the catastrophic fire at the Browns Lane, Coventry factory.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17149\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/news_JFG_AKSS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-17149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/news_JFG_AKSS-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you want an original XKSS &#8211; expect to pay \u00a310m for one!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you could find an original for sale, it would command a price of around \u00a310m and as part of its Reborn programme Jaguar\u2019s classic department will sell you a continuation version, although that isn\u2019t road-legal, which is a bit at odds with the fact that the XKSS was the roadgoing version of the D-type in period.<\/p>\n<p>The new AKSS uses the proven AK427 Gen 3 chassis and is powered by a Jaguar XK 4.2-litre straight-six engine and it\u2019s sure to be a cracking thing, which will bring you more on as things develop.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jfgclassics.com\/\">www.jfgclassics.com<\/a>\u00a0or call 0333 444 5342 <strong>ENDS.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The first all-new project to come from AK Sports Cars Peterborough workshop since 1991 is this Jaguar XKSS replica, which was unveiled in rolling chassis <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/06\/06\/17147\/\" title=\"NEW XKSS FROM AK\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}