Margret Thatcher's bulletproof being auctioned.
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Margaret Thatcher's bulletproof XJ8 being auctioned.
Margaret Thatcher's 2010 XJ8
Last official car made bullet and bombproof for Margaret Thatcher to go under hammer | Daily Mail Online
Last edited by JagXSE; 06-17-2018 at 04:19 PM. Reason: UPDATE
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Around 1985 or so I was visiting London as a tourist, and was surprised to walk down Whitehall, and be alongside Thatcher in the back of an XJ extended wheelbase. She was busy haranguing some poor ******* in the other rear seat, but I was maybe 3 ft from her.
No cell-phone cameras back then. I assume it was an armored model, but there was no other escort around.,
Living in the US, I found that strange..... and she must have had more ***** than a US President would - I think this was AFTER the IRA Brighton Bombing ?
Must have been the subconscious reason I now have an XJ Vanden Plas !
No cell-phone cameras back then. I assume it was an armored model, but there was no other escort around.,
Living in the US, I found that strange..... and she must have had more ***** than a US President would - I think this was AFTER the IRA Brighton Bombing ?
Must have been the subconscious reason I now have an XJ Vanden Plas !
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Around 1985 or so I was visiting London as a tourist, and was surprised to walk down Whitehall, and be alongside Thatcher in the back of an XJ extended wheelbase. She was busy haranguing some poor ******* in the other rear seat, but I was maybe 3 ft from her.
No cell-phone cameras back then. I assume it was an armored model, but there was no other escort around.,
Living in the US, I found that strange..... and she must have had more ***** than a US President would - I think this was AFTER the IRA Brighton Bombing ?
Must have been the subconscious reason I now have an XJ Vanden Plas !
No cell-phone cameras back then. I assume it was an armored model, but there was no other escort around.,
Living in the US, I found that strange..... and she must have had more ***** than a US President would - I think this was AFTER the IRA Brighton Bombing ?
Must have been the subconscious reason I now have an XJ Vanden Plas !
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Very interesting info from Bonhams':
The braking system features Alcon mono-block brake callipers (six-piston front, four-piston rear), high-performance brake pads, and ventilated discs, while the suspension incorporates specially strengthened Bilstein B46 dampers and bespoke high-strength silicon-alloy Eibach springs. Tyres are of the 'run flat' type
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