For Sale: 1955 Jaguar D-Type Toolroom Replica

Submitted by Rich Fowler on July 29, 20113 Comments

The Jaguar D type is possibly the greatest 1950’s sports racer ever built.It dominated the Le Mans 24 Heures race for three consecutive years 1955/56/57. The construction was years ahead of any other manufacture designs.

During dark years of WW2 Jaguars war work included aircraft construction using stressed aluminium riveted together. These advanced skills were applied to the task of successfully wining the worlds greatest endurance race.

The car we have is one of two that was built by Classic Autocraft in the late eighties and is a rivet for rivet facsimile built with many genuine components. All of the special D-type features are here. A stressed and riveted tub with bolted sub frame, torsion bar suspension, front and rear disc drakes with Plessey Pump as well as wheels off a very famous D-Type.

Built to exact 3.8 specs including the original 45 DC03 carburettors (which are impossible to get), correct camshafts, valves etc., this is very fast car with great balance and superb brakes. In two seater configuration with full wrap around screen. Not to be confused with lesser E-type based replicas!

It is a close to the real thing as you can get without spending $3m pounds.

A truly superb machine…

For more information please call the Classic Throttle Shop on +61 2 9922 2036 or email sales@classicthrottleshop.com

http://www.michaelwritesforyou.com Michael Schwartz

Glad they chose the name Jaguar. In 1939 the company name was SS Sidecars…

Regards

Michael.
Tim Burton

Dear Sirs,

Can you tell me the price asked for the car, and confirm construction as all aluminium?

Best wishes

Tim Burton
http://www.mcfa.co.uk/ Michael C Feltham

It was actually Swallow Sidecar, since when Bill Lyons started the company, the business centred around building motorcycle sidecars.

He later branched out into building pretty two seat tourer bodies for Austin Sevens: and later still, reached an agreement with the Standard Motor Company to purchase “Chassis- Scuttles” from Standard and build upmarket saloon (Sedan) bodies.

When Lyons built his first sports saloons, they were called “SS Jaguars”: and used the leaping jaguar motif.

The name Jaguar, for the marque was adopted immediately post World War Two.

Pre-WWII my late Dad ran SS Jag saloons: and post war ran a Mk IV Saloon (lovely car inside!) and then switched to Jaguar Mk 7 saloons and later the Mk 9.

Probably where my love of the Jags came from, eventually owning an XK150; two E types and a number of MK II saloons and 3.4 S.