Long-term previous ownership An older restoration Acquired by the Bishop Collection in 2014 Requires re-commissioning The first significant up-grade of Jaguar's sensational E-Type sports car occurred in October 1964 with the launch of the 4.2-litre version. Along with the bigger, torquier engine came a more user-friendly gearbox with synchrome..
Delivered new to the USA Converted from left- to right-hand drive Converted from automatic to manual transmission Requires re-commissioning One consequence of the E-Type's long process of development had been a gradual increase in weight, but a good measure of the concomitant loss of performance was restored in 1971 with the arrival of what wo..
Delivered new to the Isle of Man Substantial history file Part of the Bishop Collection since November 2020 Requires re-commissioning The first significant up-grade of Jaguar's sensational E-Type sports car occurred in October 1964 with the launch of the 4.2-litre version. Along with the bigger, torquier engine came a more user-friendly gearbo..
Model unique to the UK One of the more capable family saloons of its day Acquired for the Bishop Collection in 2018 Requires re-commissioning Produced from 1947 to 1951, Ford's rugged Pilot saloon was created by pepping-up the pre-war 2.2-litre Model 62 with the larger 3.6-litre V8. The V8 engine was no novelty when Henry Ford introduced the F..
One of only 115 right-hand drive XK150 'S' 3.8-litre fixed-head coupés Overdrive transmission Only five recorded owners from new Engine (unleaded compatible) and gearbox rebuilt in 2003 Sensibly upgraded What would turn out to be the final glorious incarnation of Jaguar's fabulous 'XK' series of sports cars arrived in 1957. As its nomenclatur..
Upgraded 6.0-litre V12 with Zytek engine management Automatic transmission Showing circa 14,000 kilometres (approximately 8,700 miles) on the odometer Formerly part of the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Collection In 1984 Tom Walkinshaw won the European Touring Car Championship behind the wheel of a Jaguar XJ-S. During this time, Walkinshaw was..
Believed to be the sole survivor of an estimated eight built Formerly owned by the Rt Hon Alan Clarke, MP Restored in the 2000s The JBM sports car was the creation of Squadron Leader Jim Boothby, DFC and bar, who took the plunge into motor manufacturing in 1946 having enjoyed a distinguished career in the RAF during WW2. The marque's initials s..
1975 saw the launch of the Jaguar XJS. In the year that Margaret Thatcher was made the leader of the Conservative Party and petrol was 70p/gallon, the new grand tourer from Jaguar was introduced as the replacement for the iconic E-Type. During an astonishing build run of 21 years, 115,413 units were produced by the Coventry manufacturer at their wo..
The Jaguar XK120 was manufactured between 1948 and 1954 and was their first sports car since the SS100 which ceased production in 1940. It was launched in roadster form at the 1948 London Motor Show as a show car for the new Jaguar XK engine. It caused a sensation thus persuading Jaguar founder and design boss William Lyons to put the car into prod..
The Jaguar E-Type was ten years old and needed a new lease of life. History repeated itself and it was a huge success when Jaguar debuted its robust V12 engine in a sports car instead of the saloon for which it was designed. Despite its sportscar heritage, Jaguar depended on saloon vehicles for its survival and had developed the twelve-cylinder eng..