HINE SIGHT
THERE IS a line in the Rupert Hine song Silver Shoes in the Rain from his album The Deep End that goes. “Hold on to your heart, hold on to your love, don’t let it go.” It could well have been about the first Lynx Eventer prototype. When the record was released in 1994, Hine had already owned it for a decade and would do for the rest of his life.
His car’s extended boot space allowed him to carry several instruments, and, as well as being fast and comfortable, the Jaguar estate became engrained in his life as a successful music producer in the Eighties and Nineties. It also transported several of the artists he worked for to his studio.
Although this historically important coachbuilt estate spent ten years in a storage facility in France, the British musician, song writer and producer never forgot about it, and even when later living and working in the States, he always reckoned it was the best car he’d ever owned.
The Eventer was recommissioned in 2017, so Hine was able to enjoy it before he passed away in June 2020. The car is now owned by his wife, Fay, who invited us to take a drive and talk about this car’s fascinating history.
Born in Wimbledon in 1947, Hine was interested in music at a young age, becoming one half of the folk-based duo Rupert& David in the early Sixties. Following a couple of largely unsuccessfully singles, in 1971 Hine decided to go it alone and released his first solo album, Pick up a Bone,
