Imagine Kim Kardashian going to a top LA plastic surgeon and asking for a bottom "just like nana's." That's sort of what's happened here. Everyone, meet the Jaguar Minor Traveller.

Built so that a man could fit his two dogs into his Jaguar XK150, this automotive dichotomy is an amalgam of bona fide classic British sports car and bona fide British [swear word] box – the Morris Minor Traveller.


Built in the mid '70s and presumably locked in the same cave as Sloth from The Goonies since then, it's been unchained so that Bonhams can sell it at the Goodwood Revival auction in Chichester later this month.

Properly restored XK150s with legit provenance sell for well into six-figure sums these days, so the fact that this bridal car of Frankenstein is expected to make about £30,000 says something.

Called the Foxbat, it was stitched together by chemist and Jaguar enthusiast/butcher Geoffrey Stevens. To give him some credit, it's claimed the XK was in pretty horrendous condition when he started, so he's done a decent job making the front end look good, at least.

It keeps the original engine, a 3.4-litre six-cylinder unit pushing out 190bhp, and despite its French plates it was registered in the UK and is right hand drive.

The Foxbat has got us thinking, though: which two cars would you like to cut and shut* given a big enough budget and circular saw? And why? Answers below.

*Just to be clear, we're not condoning actual DIY cut and shut jobs, which should only be carried out by trained criminals using Escort Cabriolets in the early '90s.