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1967 Jaguar XKE Series 1 Roadster For Sale | 1967 Jaguar XKE Series 1 Roadster For Sale 1967 Jaguar XKE Series 1 Roadster For Sale This is a beautiful 1967 Series 1 Jaguar XKE Roadster. This car was just restored by XK Unlimited here in Southern California to the highest of standards. This beautiful roadster has always been a local Southern California car and was the perfect candidate for its extensive 3 and a half-year full and total restoration. It is a complete numbers matching car including its original color of Primrose over black. Primrose is a gorgeous pale yellow, reminiscent of the era in which this car was built, and shows the cars lines like few other colors can. XK Unlimited is very well known and respected for the quality of their restorations and their attention to detail. Simply turn the key on and press the starter button and this car fires immediately an idles so sweet. The sound of these cars cannot be replicated. One of the finest things about this particular example is how laser straight the body panels are and with gaps way beyond factory spec. The hood fits spectacularly well, which is not only a testament to the restoration, but to the car prior to being restored. It literally drives like a modern day sports car but with that feel only a series 1 roadster can deliver. Family Classic Cars 33033 Camino Capistrano San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 Phone: 1 (949) 496-3000 Fax: 1 (949) 488-0523 Email us at: info@familyclassiccars.com Website: www.familyclassiccars.com by Douglas |
1958 Tojeiro-Jaguar Sports Racer | 1958 Tojeiro-Jaguar Sports Racer 600,000.00 USD 1958 Tojeiro-Jaguar Sports Racer RM Auctions Automobiles of Amelia Island Collector Car Auction Amelia Island, Florida March 13, 2010 AUCTION RESULTS: Lot 200 - Not Sold at a high bid of $600,000 Est. 280 hp, 3,781 cc dual overhead camshaft inline six-cylinder engine, four-speed synchromesh manual transmission, independent front suspension with coil springs, deDion rear suspension with coil springs, four-wheel disc brakes. Wheelbase: 90" The Second World War changed many things. Among them were the myriad soldiers who survived with small demobilization payments and a few years of intense experience in the theoretical and practical application of mechanics: ordinary guys who learned to weld, fabricate, wrench, tune, drive, adapt and survive on their intuition, skills and perseverance. Thrown into an intense crucible of expediency, they mirrored their forebears who had applied the rudimentary techniques and lessons of The Great War a generation before. But where mules, horses and trenches had characterized the century's first World War, the conflict of the Forties was comprehensively mechanized. So were its veterans. Some of them sought, having survived fraught years, to resume racing in the lean years following the war. Even in Great Britain, with depleted resources, a fragmented empire and decimated industry, racing resumed quickly. Skills learned in motor pools, flight squadrons and patrol boats were applied to modifying prewar cars for greater performance and to innovative concepts. Among the demobbed veterans was John Tojeiro. Apprenticed to Shelvoke and Drewry in Letchworth, he was a maker of refuse collection trucks before the war. He had spent the war years maintaining Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm aircraft in Britain and Canada. He purchased an MG TA after the war, intending to compete with it while resuming his work at Shelvoke and Drewry. Unlike many of his compatriots, however, Tojeiro was not satisfied with competition in the cars available and soon set about trying to resolve the MG's flexible frame. After concluding it was impractical, he sold the TA and bought an MG special built by Harry Lester. Like Sydney Allard, Brian Lister and Charles and John Cooper, John Tojeiro resolved to build something better. His first chassis was built in a shed. Based on two large diameter tubes joined with sheet metal box fabrications front and rear supporting fully independent suspension with transverse leaf springs, it attracted the attention of Chris Threlfall who bought it even before Tojeiro could race it. It began John Tojeiro's career as a constructor. At the same time he was working for Buckland Bodyworks, suppliers of coachwork to the AC Car Company. Buckland owner Ernie Bailey would later introduce Tojeiro to AC when they needed a new chassis for a new sports car, the AC Ace and Ace Bristol. In fact, Tojeiro would receive a royalty of £5 for each of the first 100 new cars that AC built. At £500, this was a remarkable, if slightly undervalued, compensation, particularly since these cars later evolved into the world famous Shelby Cobras, fitted with Ford's new lightweight V8 engine. Brian Lister engaged Tojeiro to build his second car, a JAP-engined sprint and hillclimber which eventually became successful in the hands of Archie Scott Brown. Further specials followed including the Leonard-Tojeiro-MG for Lionel Leonard (bodied with a copy of Touring's Ferrari 166 barchetta coachwork that would eventually inspire the AC Ace and AC Bristol's body) and a Tojeiro-Bristol for Cliff Davis. In early 1954, after seeing the first AC Ace at its introductory auto show display, John Ogier, an ambitious, determined and successful Essex chicken farmer and amateur racer, approached Tojeiro about giving the Tojeiro chassis Jaguar power. Tojeiro declined, noting that the twin-tube frame was barely up to the power of race prepared two-liter Bristol engines (an observation that Carroll Shelby also came to appreciate much later) and showed Ogier the design for a new chassis which he felt would be up to the demands of the larger, heavier and much more powerful Jaguar engine. Ogier commissioned the first Tojeiro-Jaguar. In the background Ogier turned to David Murray, the eminence behind Scotland's successful Ecurie Ecosse racing team, for advice about managing a multi-car team, a relationship that would have further repercussions for John Tojeiro and the Tojeiro-Jaguar. Built on a short 87-inch wheelbase, the triangulated frame structure Tojeiro designed for Ogier's Jaguar engine eschewed transverse leaf spring suspension and for the first time adopted coil springs with concentric tubular shock absorbers with fabricated upper and lower A-arms at the front and a deDion rear axle located by parallel trailing arms and a Watts linkage also with coil-overs at the rear. It was fitted with disc brakes, the rears located inboard to reduce unsprung weight. John Tojeiro himself designed the streamlined, low slung fully enclosed body with driver's head fairing and a low wraparound windshield. Panelcraft built it. After a few outings, John Ogier stepped out of the driver's seat of the rapid special and put Richard Protheroe, an RAF Vulcan Wing Commander, behind the wheel. In late 1956 Ogier and Tojeiro became partners in a new company, the Tojeiro Car Company. Tojeiro meanwhile looked to the popular 1,100 cc classes for further opportunities, teaming up with Maurice Gomm's KP Engineering for the streamlined envelope bodies. A second Tojeiro-Jaguar followed in 1957 with a wheelbase three inches longer and revised rear suspension. This car began a long association between John Tojeiro and Cavendish Morton, a well-known seascape artist and contributor to The Sphere where his technical drawings illustrated features of new ships, aircraft, automobiles and racing. The two were introduced by John Ogier, an admirer of Morton's work in The Sphere. Tojeiro gave Morton a set of chassis drawings to which Morton applied his artist's sensibilities and what proved to be a refined intuitive sense of aerodynamics. While the new Tojeiro-Jaguar was still being developed, in October '57 John Ogier decided to try it at the Stapleford hillclimb. He lost control, spun, hit the hay bales that marked the course and was flipped out of the car as it rolled. Ogier suffered a broken leg. The Tojeiro-Jaguar was less fortunate and its racing career ended. Meanwhile David Murray at Ecurie Ecosse in Edinburgh, Scotland had been following the Tojeiro-Jaguar's development, and in early 1958 Ogier agreed to provide the chassis on loan for the 1958 season with an option to purchase it at the end of the season. Murray agreed to cover the cost of the Cavendish Morton designed body to be built by Maurice Gomm and provide assistance in assembly. Completed in June 1958, it is the car offered here, a legendary British sports-racer and raced by Scotland's most famous and successful team, Ecurie Ecosse. Its svelte Cavendish Morton designed body is one of the very best to come out of a period in the British Isles which produced a series of racing car designs which have become classics. Lined up alongside a D-type Jaguar and Aston Martin DB3S, it would be hard not to pick the Tojeiro-Jaguar as the most stunning of the lot, fortunately not yet victim to the design trends which produced the effective but lumpy "Knobbly" Listers. It began its career with a shakedown run at Goodwood in the hands of Ron Flockhart, then made its competition debut in July driven by Ivor Bueb at Silverstone. Development continued as John Tojeiro collaborated with Ecurie Ecosse's famed crew chief, "Wilkie" Wilkinson. Its next outing was at Charterhall. Murray put the Tojeiro-Jaguar in the hands of Innes Ireland who in the opening race beat his teammate Ron Flockhart in one of the Ecosse D-types and a young Scottish newcomer in another D-type, Jim Clark. In the feature Ireland led at the start but spun when challenged by Flockhart, damaged the bodywork and finished well behind the leaders. The 1959 season began at Goodwood on Easter Monday. In the meantime new engines had been built to meet the new three-liter displacement maximum for international sports-racing cars. Jock Lawrence finished fifth. At later races – Oulton Park and Aintree in April, Silverstone and Goodwood in May – it was handled by Flockhart, who brought its first win at the Goodwood National Meeting in May. In June Flockhart and Lawrence drove it at the Nürburgring which concluded with an accident that necessitated sending it back to Tojeiro's workshop for extensive work. Its place on Ecurie Ecosse was taken by a new Tojeiro-Jaguar. Repaired, the earlier Ecurie Ecosse Tojeiro-Jaguar was lent to South African driver Tony Maggs for the September Brooklands and October Silverstone meetings. In the winter of 1959-60, Maggs took it to South Africa for a series of races which would become known as the Springbok circuit, winning twice in handicap events. When it returned to the U.K., it was bought by John Coundley to appear (as a Maserati) in the movie The Green Helmet. It was then sold to David Lewis in 1961 who competed with it in club sprints and hillclimbs until it was crashed by David Lewis' wife Vivienne in the 1963 Brighton Speed Trials. The accident killed Vivienne and severely damaged the Tojeiro-Jaguar, and not surprisingly, the remains were put aside after being bought by Paul Emery. Gilbert Dickson acquired the car, still in pieces, in the mid-1970s and had John Harper restore it with a new body built by Maurice Gomm, the builder of the original body in 1958 for French collector Philippe Renault. Subsequent owners included M.A. Ryan and Ed Hubbard in the U.S. The present owner, Henry Grady, acquired it from Hubbard in 1994 and began a thorough and complete restoration to make it a competitive historic racing car suitable for open road touring events. Grady is by no means an amateur restorer and has enjoyed a long career in racing cars, particularly with noted racing car builder Gene Beach. Beach and Grady partnered in the late 1950s to build the Begra sports racer, the first of which was built in 1958 and the second of which raced at Sebring in 1961. As Grady restored this Tojeiro-Jaguar, he also resolved the chassis number issue, something to which Tojeiro Automotive Developments paid scant attention, and established it as TAD 1/58 instead of TAD 3/58 as it was described in Graham Gauld's definitive history of Tojeiro, Toj – John Tojeiro and His Cars. When acquired from Hubbard, the Tojeiro-Jaguar had with it an extremely rare E1A/E2A type alloy block three-liter dual ignition Jaguar engine and ZF gearbox. Complete with its triple 48DCO Weber carburetors, it is set up with single ignition (the dual ignition having proved in contemporary tests to do nothing for engine output) and is complete although unused since its acquisition. This extraordinary engine is marked F2041-9 on the head and EE1131-9 on the block and is included in the sale of the Tojeiro-Jaguar. It should be noted that this engine, one of the prototype E-Type motors, is included in the sale of the car and is both very rare and tremendously valuable. Moreover, it affords the new owner the possibility of returning this car back to the correct and mandated three-liter displacement, as it raced at Goodwood in 1959. Grady built the present 3.8 liter Jaguar engine with triple 45DCOE Weber carburetors and a full synchromesh four-speed. Long efforts have been expended on refining the suspension to resolve problems with the rear suspension geometry. These involved not only precisely establishing the trailing arm mounting points and lengths of the arms but also creating a separate box on the right side which mounts the trailing arms' front pickups and links to the frame with a single pivot, effectively creating three-link suspension geometry with a four-link system. The original type Watts link to transversely locate the deDion tube was retained. The suspension joints are all Heim-jointed for reliability and precision. The brakes use large Girling calipers at the front and late E-Type calipers mounted inboard next to the limited slip differential at the rear. Air ducts under the body pick up cooling air for the rear calipers. An adjustable anti-sway bar is fitted at the front; none has been found necessary at the rear. The coil-overs are modern adjustable pieces. Other characteristics include a modified Sprite rack and pinion steering gear that locates the pinion to the right and requires only one U-joint in the steering wheel shaft, eliminating the original two U-joint center-located pinion's exaggerated bump steer. The 25 gallon fuel cell has a custom Fuel Safe bladder. There are many redundant systems including three electric fuel pumps and two electrical system cutoffs, one outside the car for corner workers access and one inside accessible to the driver and passenger. A separate enclosure protects the switches and gauges from underhood heat; insulation, carpeting and heat escape louvers have been added to reduce cockpit temperatures. Aside from its important history with Ecurie Ecosse, the Tojeiro-Jaguar's appearance set it apart. Riding on a set of polished alloy center and rim Dunlop centerlock wheels, the sensitivity of Cavendish Morton's design with its flowing curves and upswept lower rear body mark the Tojeiro-Jaguar as something special from every angle. Efforts, including a removable rollbar, have succeeded in retaining the effect of Morton's original design while raising its performance and safety to modern historic competition standards. One of the most important and beautiful British sports-racers of its era, if not of all time, the ex-Ecurie Ecosse Tojeiro-Jaguar is meticulously prepared and restored to the highest standards of appearance and function. Only four were built and none has a more famous driver lineup than TAD 1/58. On any event or historic racing grid for late '50s sports-racers, it will be one of the most appreciated. Its performance and perfected handling will make it one of the most competitive, too. As Innes Ireland proved at Charterhall in 1958, it is capable of outrunning even a Jim Clark-piloted D-Type! by Douglas |
1966 Jaguar Series I E-Type Roadster | 1966 Jaguar Series I E-Type Roadster 126,500.00 USD 1966 Jaguar Series I E-Type Roadster RM Auctions Automobiles of Amelia Island Collector Car Auction Amelia Island, Florida March 13, 2010 AUCTION RESULTS: Lot 183 - Sold at a price of $126,500 265 bhp, 4,235 cc double overhead-camshaft six-cylinder engine, four-speed manual gearbox, independent front suspension with double wishbones, torsion bars and anti-roll bar, independent rear suspension with lower wishbones, trailing lower radius arms, coil springs, anti-roll bar, and four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes. Wheelbase: 96" This particular E-Type is a magnificently restored example. It is equipped with the desirable 4.2-liter engine, fully synchronized manual transmission, comfortable bucket seats, center console, arm rest, toggle switches, covered headlights and improved braking system, as per its late Series I specification. A matching numbers example, this superb car was the beneficiary of a comprehensive and detailed restoration by Jaguar specialists. The superior quality of the restoration was rewarded with an AACA award in its first showing. It is finished in Golden Sand Metallic, with a black interior and Everflex soft top. The interior and top have been professionally fitted, the mechanical systems have been restored and serviced and everything functions as new with excellent compression and performance. Everything is fully detailed to show standards, including the engine bay, and the chrome and trim are exceptional as well. The car is reported to run, drive and handle very well with all systems working correctly. A Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Certificate accompanies the car, confirming the car is finished in its correct color combination and that its numbers match, the way it left the factory. This Roadster is a remarkable example and a superb concours-ready show car that will enhance any collection. by Douglas |
1953 Jaguar XK120 Roadster | 1953 Jaguar XK120 Roadster 74,250.00 USD 1953 Jaguar XK120 Roadster RM Auctions Automobiles of Amelia Island Collector Car Auction Amelia Island, Florida March 13, 2009 AUCTION RESULTS: Lot 131 - Sold at a price of $74,250 160 bhp, 3,442 cc inline six-cylinder engine with dual overhead camshafts, four-speed manual gearbox, independent front suspension with transverse wishbones, elongated torsion bars and anti-roll bar, rigid rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes. Wheelbase: 102" During World War II, Jaguar founder William Lyons and his engineers used the hiatus in production to design what would become the world's first high-volume twin cam engine. The engine was completed well before the Mark V series saloon for which it was intended; Lyons took advantage of the situation and designed an open two-seat sports model to showcase the new XK-series engine. It was conceived as a low production roadster to demonstrate the XK's performance and was clothed in hand-hammered aluminum body panels, with production of only 200 units planned. The XK120's introduction at the 1948 Earls Court Motor Show was a sensation, immediately overshadowing the sporting sedans that were Jaguar's bread and butter. A journalist in attendance commented, "all preconceived notions as to what was a series-production sports car disappeared overnight." William Lyons, never one to miss a commercial opportunity, recognized the XK120's potential and commissioned tooling for steel bodywork so that the car could be produced in quantity. The XK120's body was a fresh, minimalist design with gracefully flowing curves, while the modern chassis provided excellent handling. The new car's model designation, intended to represent its top speed, proved an understatement when factory test driver Ron Sutton was clocked on a Belgian road at over 130 mph. The O'Quinn Collection's XK120 is a lovely example, finished in the sporting combination of black with red leather interior and matching carpets. The car presents very well, and the exterior paint is very nice, generally devoid of major imperfections, save for a couple smaller dings and a few scratches on the trunk lid. The engine bay is of the same quality, presents nicely and seems to be period correct as well, with proper fittings and wiring throughout. The sporting wire wheels are shod with whitewall tires, and there's also a spare in the trunk. The odometer currently shows 62,524 miles. With excellent performance, handling and balance, XK120s are wonderful driver's cars and an absolute joy to drive. This example is sure to offer its next enthusiast owner those same thrills, be it on a country road or leisurely weekend trip. by Douglas |
1954 Jaguar XK120 Drophead Coupe | 1954 Jaguar XK120 Drophead Coupe 71,500.00 USD 1954 Jaguar XK120 Drophead Coupe RM Auctions Automobiles of Amelia Island Collector Car Auction Amelia Island, Florida March 13, 2010 AUCTION RESULTS: Lot 181 - Sold at a price of $71,500 Est. 180 bhp, 3,442 cc twin overhead cam inline six-cylinder engine with C-Type cylinder head, four-speed manual transmission, front independent torsion bar suspension and semi-elliptic leaf springs in the rear, four-wheel drum brakes. Wheelbase: 102" Originally designed to maintain public interest in the company, Jaguar envisioned the new XK120 as a hand built specialty vehicle of just 200 alloy-bodied, ash-framed units. However, the demand for the new postwar Jaguar was so high after its debut at the 1948 London Motor Show that Jaguar Cars of Coventry was forced to put the vehicle into production. Throughout its production run from 1948 to 1954, the XK120 was available in three different body style options. Offered at first only in the roadster version, or "OTS" in America, which stood for "open two-seater," it was later available as a fixed head coupe, or "FHC," in 1951 and finally in 1953 as a true convertible, or drophead coupe. Aside from the original 240 alloy-bodied examples, the drophead coupe was by far the rarest, with only 1,767 examples produced, compared with 2,680 fixed head coupes and 7,374 open two seaters. Not only was the drophead coupe the rarest of the production vehicles, it was also the most luxurious, featuring an elegant walnut-veneer wood dash and trim on the doors, wind-up windows, a fixed wind screen and a padded canvas convertible top that folded back onto the rear deck when not in use. In essence, it combined the finest in Jaguar luxury with open air motoring thrills, better weather protection and a fantastic twin overhead cam six-cylinder engine. The combination was unbeatable! This lovely XK120 was acquired by the current owner last year from Kyle Grim of Columbus, Ohio, who specializes in Jaguar restorations and is well respected in the industry. Grim's restoration was a complete frame-up project that lasted about one year. As presented, the car is finished in red with a tan interior with lovely woodwork. A matching numbers example, the engine was outfitted with the upgraded C-Type cylinder head during restoration. Since its acquisition, the car has been driven sparingly and has been maintained in the owner's climate controlled garage. Additionally, the vendor commissioned additional mechanical and electrical work to ensure the car runs and drives without any problems. All of the maintenance records will be available for review in the auction office onsite at Amelia Island. A well sorted example, complete with the proper tool roll, it is ready to be driven and enjoyed by its next owner. by Douglas |
1967 Jaguar XKE Coupe | 1967 Jaguar XKE Coupe 1967 Jaguar XKE Coupe Photo By: Douglas Wilkinson Location: The Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance in Rochester, Michigan, August 7, 2005. by Douglas |
1938 Jaguar SS 2.5 Liter DHC | 1938 Jaguar SS 2.5 Liter DHC 1938 Jaguar SS 2.5 Liter DHC Photo By: Douglas Wilkinson Date: March 14, 2010 Location: Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, Amelia Island, Florida Jaguar introduced the SS 2.5 Liter Drop Head Coupe in 1937, and built 249 cars before production ceased in 1939. These cars featured a 2 1/5 liter overhead valve engine producing 102 horsepower with a top speed of 90 miles-per-hour. This car was the 37th car built. By 2001, it had reduced to just a rolling chassis with an engine block and 12 boxes of parts. The automobile was restored by LeStable of Glen Carbon, Illinois. In 2008 it received a perfect score at the 2008 Concours of the Jaguar Club of Greater St. Louis. by Douglas |
1949 Jaguar XK120 Alloy Bodied Roadster | 1949 Jaguar XK120 Alloy Bodied Roadster 1949 Jaguar XK120 Alloy Bodied Roadster Photo By: Douglas Wilkinson Date: March 14, 2010 Location: Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, Amelia Island, Florida by Douglas |
1967 Jaguar XKE Convertible | 1967 Jaguar XKE Convertible 62,700.00 USD 1967 Jaguar XKE Convertible Auction Sale Price: $62,700 Barrett-Jackson Car Auction, Scottsdale, AZ, January, 2010, Lot Number: 1611 1967 Jaguar XKE with Jaguar spokes, Dunlap SP sport radials and Audiovox radio. 4.2L/265hp Inline 6 cylinder with 3 SU carburetors, 4-speed transmission, dual overhead cams. 39,397 original miles, matching numbers, excellent condition and very collectible. by Douglas |
1967 Jaguar E-Type Series I Roadster | 1967 Jaguar E-Type Series I Roadster 71,500.00 USD 1967 Jaguar E-Type Series I Roadster RM Auctions Automobiles of Amelia Island Collector Car Auction Amelia Island, Florida March 13, 2010 AUCTION RESULTS: Lot 209 - Sold at a price of $71,500 265 bhp, 4,235 cc double overhead-camshaft six-cylinder engine, four-speed manual gearbox, independent front suspension with double wishbones, torsion bars and anti-roll bar, independent rear suspension with lower wishbones, trailing lower radius arms, coil springs, anti-roll bar, and four-wheel hydraulic disc brakes. Wheelbase: 96" With just two owners from new, this particular 1967 Jaguar E-Type Roadster benefits from a complete, ground-up restoration completed in July 2009 by a long-time Jaguar owner and enthusiast. During the restoration process, the body was carefully repaired and refinished in its original Dark Iridescent Green, complemented by a new convertible top and a leather-trimmed interior in the original Hunter Green, as well as a new set of wire wheels and tires. Underneath the long, tilting bonnet, the completely rebuilt 4.2-liter XK engine is highly detailed and period correct in its presentation. Beautifully restored, detailed and presented, all systems of this iconic E-Type are described as being excellent. A fine example of perhaps the most famous and recognizable sports car ever produced, this is a must-have addition to any comprehensive collection of iconic automobiles. by Douglas |
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Jaguar Cars, one of the most renowned makers of luxurious automobiles, has its beginnings in 1922 with the founding of the Swallow Sidecar Company by Sir William Lyons and William Walmsley. The company started making sidecars for motorcycles and over the years, evolved into one of the world's leading manufacturers of high performance, high quality motorcars.
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