Ss Jaguar 100

The Remarkable Story of 18008

Excptional Cars serie N°11

De Chas Parker

Edition Porter Press

ISBN 9781913089603

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SS Jaguar 100 chassis No. 18008, carrying registration BWK 77, and now known as 'Old No. 8' in deference to its chassis number, is regarded as the first works Jaguar racing car, and initially came to fame in the 1936 Alpine Trial (not to be confused with the Alpine Rally), which was run in Switzerland over a distance of 1,455 miles. 

Tommy and Elsie Wisdom persuaded William Lyons to lend them the then-new BWK 77 for the event, and against initial expectations they won in the car.

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En Anglais

128 Pages