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11-17-2008
This one is for you Carine.
Last time I saw it was as we left the new owners establishment in Geneva Switzerland after we had delivered it to his door (from Australia). I believe that it has changed hands a couple of times since.
I hope that this paint job is OK.
This is what it is all about.
Absolutely correct.
It is a special (of course) based on a modified 1938 SS 1 1/2 Litre chassis with a 1948 MK 4, 3 1/2 Litre Jaguar engine. It was 6 inches shorter and 4 inches narrower than a SS100. Weighing under 900 kgs around 17cwt,with 140+ bhp it went very well! 90 mph in 3rd gear with a top speed of approx 105 mph (on the flat) it was a great highway car. I sold it in 1994. I did all the mechanical work and built the tube steel body frame while my friend Richard Stanley at Coachcraft did the panels and paint.