SPRING 2024 – ON-LINE CATALOGUE
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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.
6th edition. Foreword by Prince Michael of Kent – a Jaguar owner and driver! Quiller Press. 1990.
“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.
(2,8 og 4,2 liters håndbog til drift, vedligeholdelse og service).80 pages. Ref D/152/1. Both Fine.
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.
Mark 2 and XK120 plus a second XK120 with small clock in roof. Unusual. VG to Fine.
26 x 17 x 8. Discrete leaper logo across the covering. Combination locks. Strong and roomy. Fine. Unused.
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.
The car is rare and so is this pack, especially in such excellent condition. Fine nr Mint. Unread.
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.
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.
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.
Press pack folder containing a copy of the brochure “Refined Power – the New Advanced Jaguar V8 Powertrain”. Fine.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This was Derek Warwick’s car in the Intercontinental Challenge series. 1:43 scale and by Spark. Mint, Boxed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A limited edition print no 262/400 by Keith Woodcock. Signed by him and Chuck Nicholson. Fine.
By John Bolster for Autosport and two from Motor. Fine.
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.
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.
Another photo-print on canvas stretched on a wooden frame 40 ins x 30 ins. Fine.
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.
Another of these display boards Same size at 40 ins x 30 ins. Fine.
They were – Stirling Moss, Leslie Johnson, Bert Hadley and Jack Fairman. (See two albums celebrating this run at Lots 1 and 510 above). This is the last of this fine group of large photo-prints on canvas and stretched on a wooden frame. Fine.
