“Mine’s bigger than yours.”
We all know that lovely warm feeling as the restoration is ended.
“The shinier the better?”
“Jaguars that might have been.”
“Cheers!”
“Getaway car didn’t.”
“Jaguar Sports Racing & Works Competition Cars from 1954” by Andrew Whyte.
Haynes. 1987. 8.5 x 11. 624 pp. The second vol. of Andrew Whyte’s award-winning duo. Researched from the Company archives while Andrew was working in the PR dept at Browns Lane. The depth of research that went into these two books was exceptional, extending across so many years of the Company’s competitive history. One of the seminal books in any Jaguar library. Fine.
C-type, D-type and Lightweight E-type Register.
Edited by Anders Ditlev Clausager, former JDHT Archivist and with a star-studded cast of co-authors. Comprehensive. Fine.
“Jaguar – The Art of the Automobile” by Zef Enault.
Octopus. 2019. This beautifully-produced book records 100 years of beautiful cars. Includes entries on each of the greatest Jaguar models with excellent photography throughout and detailed technical information. Fine.
“Jaguar” by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu.
6th edition. Foreword by Prince Michael of Kent – a Jaguar owner and driver! Quiller Press. 1990.
A trio of Jaguar books.
“Le Mans – The Porsche and Jaguar Years 1983-1991”. Brooklands Books compilation. XK sports cars Gold Portfolio.. Another Brookland compilation and 90. “Jaguar – a Complete Illustrated History” by Philip Porter.
Mark VIII handbook.
Mark 2 2.4 litre Handbook.
Jaguar XJ6 Series 1 handbooks – Two copies in Danish.
(2,8 og 4,2 liters håndbog til drift, vedligeholdelse og service).80 pages. Ref D/152/1. Both Fine.
“The Jaguar Two Point Four Litre”.
Mark 1. Full-colour complex fldr. 10 x 8 opening to 20 x 16. Notes that the car is now available with disc brakes and automatic transmission. Specs include the Special Equipment model. V sl creasing o/w VG.
Jaguar key fob by Melsom.
A golden trio!
Mark 2 and XK120 plus a second XK120 with small clock in roof. Unusual. VG to Fine.
Jaguar polo shirt with four purple blocks – worn as a travel shirt in countries where the tobacco advertising was banned.
TWR Racing polo shirt – also worn as a travel shirt, initially for the XJ220 campaign at Le Mans in 1992.
Original Jaguar Collection suitcase with wheels.
26 x 17 x 8. Discrete leaper logo across the covering. Combination locks. Strong and roomy. Fine. Unused.
Attractively mounted, framed and glazed set of five cards celebrating XJ saloons powered by the Jaguar V12 engine.
The sixth card shows a cutaway of the 1993 6.0 litre engine itself. 20 x 14. Fine nr Mint and protected by its own carrying case.
Owner’s pack for the V12 XJ40.
The car is rare and so is this pack, especially in such excellent condition. Fine nr Mint. Unread.
“Emil Frey – The 90 years Celebration Exhibition”.
Superb record of the relationship between the Emil Frey company in Zurich and Sir William Lyons’ company in Coventry. 223 pages in German. Published in 2016, it is also a de facto catalogue of the Jaguar and SS Cars collection held by Emil Frey Classics. Fine book in Fine slipcase.
“E-type – 50 Years of a Design Icon”.
Jaguar’s own publication celebrating the anniversary. A superb collection of images and a well-crafted short history of the car. Hard-back and still in its mailing box. Fine nr Mint. Unread.
A very rare survivor!
This is a “Set of Engine Joints (gaskets to you and me) for the 1938/9/40 1½ litre Jaguar”. The pack looks to be original, but the contents will need to be assessed by an eye more experienced that mine in these matters. Full details are in the photos. VG. Sold as seen.
Publicity Pack for the CX-75 – “Celebrating 75 Years of Jaguar Design & Innovation”.
“AJ-V8”.
Press pack folder containing a copy of the brochure “Refined Power – the New Advanced Jaguar V8 Powertrain”. Fine.
“The New XJS Range” – Comprehensive press pack for the 1993 relaunch of the XJS, 6-page press release embargoed to 10 May 1993.
4-page summary of Spec Changes and Comparative Data. 2-page spec sheet. 8 x mono photos and 8 x colour 35mm slides. Unusually complete. Fine nr Mint.
”XKR Silverstone” – Comprehensive press pack for the 2000 launch of this XKR variant.
3-page press release. 2-page spec sheet with notes. 2-page listing of Jaguar’s successes at Silverstone 1949-1991. 7 x colour photos. 1 x CD w many more photos. Fine nr Mint.
Dealer Training Booklet – V12 HE 5.3 Engine.
40-plus pages. See photo for full list of contents. Very useful if you have that superb power-house purring away under the bonnet of your feline! Cover rubbed and creased. Internals dusty Fair.
Collectors’ Edition of Jaguar’s 2009 Calendar – Very high-grade offering.
30 x A3-sized pages. Spiral-bound. Hard-backed with hard-back slipcase in original mailing pack. Outstanding, high-definition photography throughout, showing historic moments as well as current cars. Very special indeed! Mint.
To start this group of XJR-15 Lots, this signed poster shows that superb launch line-up of the cars at Silverstone.
It was signed at the shakedown test at Silverstone before the cars were taken to Monaco for the first race in the Intercontinental Challenge series. The poster then hung in the TWR workshop canteen. A breakdown of the signatures is shown in the second photo. Sl creased o/w VG.
A very rare XJR-15 chassis plate.
This was a spare created for use in the event of a chassis being seriously damaged during the Intercontinental Challenge race series. Had it been necessary to replace the monocoque of a crashed car, this plate would have used. NOS. Fine.
XJR-15 in its 1990 launch livery.
“XJR 15 No 11 – Winner Monaco Million Dollar Challenge”.
This was Derek Warwick’s car in the Intercontinental Challenge series. 1:43 scale and by Spark. Mint, Boxed.
I was idly sorting these photos out ready to catalogue them, when I suddenly spotted that several of them showed the very rare XJR-15 LM cars with their distinctive air-intake on top.
The lead photo shows the XJ-15 LM prototype (interesting number plate!) and others show a group of the cars on a shake-down at Silverstone on 31 July 1992. One photo, dated July 1992, shows three of the the cars being converted at Broadstone Manor in Enstone, near where Tom Walkinshaw lived. Serious TWR and Jaguar history here. 16 images in all. VG and Fine.
Superb showroom poster of the XJR-15.
JaguarSport press pack for the launch of the XJR-15 and the Intercontinental Challenge race series.
Contains 2-page press release on the Intercontinental Challenge. 2-page release on the XJR-15. Plus 2-page specs. Single-page release on JaguarSport. 2 x mono photos of the XJR-15. All contained in the correct JaguarSport card folder. Folder VG, contents Fine. Not seen very often, especially with such a comprehensive set of contents.
A well-executed acrylic painting of an XJR-15 in an atmospheric seaside setting.
Lucas 494 rear fog light from the 1950s/1960s.
Waterproof fleece for one of the C-type-D-type tour in the States.
XJ220 Parts Manual.
1993. 10 x 12. Loose-leaf 4-ring binder with the standard “metallic” finish under a laminate coating. The “Jaguar XJ220” logo is at top left. All corners are protected by metal caps. 390 pages printed on high-grade coated paper. Introduction and 16 Sections covering all aspects of the car and the line drawings are an education in themselves into the complexity of the vehicle. Laminate on covers has rippled and early pages are dusty. Good.
“Le Mans 1988”.
A fine limited-edition Michael Turner print of the Lammers/Dumfries/Wallace winning car. 841/850. Signed by Andy Wallace Johnny Dumphries, car designer Tony Southgate and the artist. Edgy lower right o/w Fine.
The TWR XJS on its way to victory at Donnington, first time out in April 1984.
A limited edition print no 262/400 by Keith Woodcock. Signed by him and Chuck Nicholson. Fine.
Three road tests of the XK150S.
By John Bolster for Autosport and two from Motor. Fine.
Unpainted D-type (UKC401) at Le Mans for testing over weekend 8/9 May 1954.
Tony Rolt was the driver. The first of six rather fine photo-prints on canvas stretched on wooden frames – 40 ins x 30 ins. Probably display boards for some show or other celebrating Jaguar’s history. Just right for the garage wall to remind your sleeping beauty of the fine tradition they have inherited! Fine.
V12 E-type racer from Bob Tullius’ Group 44 team.
A reminder of the way Bob’s team kept Jaguar’s competition flag flying, in the 1970s when the black BL cloud hung over Jaguar’s European operations. Another rather fine photo-print on canvas stretched on a wooden frame 40 ins x 30 ins. Fine.
Two XJR-7 racers from Group 44 neck and neck at Daytona.
Another photo-print on canvas stretched on a wooden frame 40 ins x 30 ins. Fine.
Classic photo of Ian and Patricia Appleyard hammering through the mountains in NUB 120.
They were on their way to victory in the 1950 Alpine Rally. As above, this is a photo-print on canvas stretched on a wooded frame. 40 x 30. Fine.