Jaguar's series of XK sports cars used the remarkable twin overhead camshaft engine first exposed to the public in 1948 in the new XK120 two-seater, which took the motoring world by storm. In 1954 the XK120 was replaced by the more refined, mildly restyled XK140 model, with an increase in power, opt..
Jaguar is still the name which most people recall when they wish to associate the greatness of British motor racing with competition racing. It is to the nineteen-fifties that one must look for the start of the real success; the pre-war SS 100 Jaguars were, of course, most proficient both on the tra..
The story of Brian Lister and the Lister-Jaguars evokes the late 1950's era of glorious front-engined sports cars driven by the top drivers of the day. The Lister-Jaguar won at almost every circuit in Britain. Ecurie Ecosse adopted the marque, and, entered by Briggs Cunningham, was virtually unbeata..
Long Straights and Hairpin Turns is the first of two volumes capturing a special time in Pacific Northwest sports car racing history, the 1950s and 1960s. The story, written with amazing detail, insight, and passion, starts in 1950 with the first four-cylinder exhaust notes at B.C.'s Abbotsford Airp..
Mike Hawthorn was born in 1929 in a small south Yorkshire town, the son of an engineer whose passion happened to be motorcycles and motor sport. The family moved soon afterwards to Farnham in Surrey, so that Leslie Hawthorn could be near the Brooklands race circuit. It was not long before his son Jo..
A generation ago the sporting motorist with a family might well have looked no further than a Jaguar Mark I or Mark II. For an enthusiastic driver needing a four-seater they were hard to beat, offering beautifully proportioned styling, excellent performance, engineering quality and fine handling. Th..
The Jaguar XK engine is most certainly a legend in its own lifetime. With its variable capacity and application from the XK120 Sports car, to C and D Type race cars, Jaguar produced a winning engine. In this book, Doug Nye looks at the golden era of sports racing cars, ‘powered by Jaguar’. With a ch..
The Jaguar XK engine is most certainly a legend in its own lifetime. With its variable capacity and application from the XK120 Sports car, to C and D Type race cars, Jaguar produced a winning engine. In this book, Doug Nye looks at the golden era of sports racing cars, ‘powered by Jaguar’. With a ch..
Compiled by Terry Larson, the Classic Jaguar Association Registrar of C Type, D Types and Light weight E Type, this 80 page publication detail cars with either an original factory chassis frame or early factory replacement. With specification details and general information, there are entry lists fo..
Few men have had so profound an effect on the world's motor industry as Sir William Lyons and fewer still have left their own personal mark so clearly embedded in their pro-ducts. From the Austin Swallow to the XJ12, his cars have been HIS cars. Here now is an opportunity to appraise and appreciate ..
Tony Southgate, From Drawing Board to Chequered Flag is the autobiography of one of the world's most famous, accomplished and versatile racing car designers, whose professional career has embraced Formula One, sports-racing and endurance racing cars and has even included an international rally c..
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