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1948 Talbot Lago T 26 Record Graber (02)
Image by GS1311
The Anglo-French STD (Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq) combine collapsed in 1935. The French Talbot company was reorganised by Anthony Lago (1893-1960) and after that, the Talbot-Lago name was used but on the home market the cars bore a Talbot badge.
After the World War II, for the model Grand Sport 26CV (1947-1954), a 4483 cc six cylinder engine was developed. Another model, named Lago Sport (1954-1957) used a Maserati engine.
One of the immediate post-war cars that received notoriety for its speed was the T26 Grand Sport (GS). It was built for either racing or luxury and benefited directly from Talbot’s successful T26C Grand Prix car. As such it was expensive, rare and helped Louis Rosier win the LeMans 24 Hour race. The GS replaced the Lago-Record chassis which was named for its remarkable top speed. Having a 4.5 liter inline-6 aluminum cylinder head and triple carburetor fuel feed from the T26 the Grand Prix cars, the GS was one of the world’s most powerful production cars. It produced 190 bhp (140 kW) which was good for around 125 mph (201 km/h) depending on the body that was fitted. Chassis details were similar to the Grand Prix cars, but it was longer and wider. It came it two wheelbase lengths -104 and 110 inches (2,800 mm). Later Lago America models (1957-1959) used 2.6 or 2,7 litre BMW engines or Simca engines.
Postwar government taxation policies savagely discouraged the sale in France of passenger cars with engine sizes above two litres: despite its high quality cars, Talbot-Lago struggled for survival along with other pre-war marques such as Hotchkiss and Delahaye, and production ceased when Simca took over during 1959. (Simca was subsequently taken over by Chrysler, who gained a controlling share in 1963, and rebranded the business as Chrysler France in 1970).
Talbot-Lagos have become a top-prized car at various auctions, fetching as much as .685 million at the 2005 Pebble Beach Auction for a 1938 T150-C Lago Speciale Teardrop Coupe. The same year, the top bidder at a Christie’s auction was awarded a 1937 Talbot-Lago T150 C-SS Teardrop Coupe with coachwork by Figoni and Falaschi for his .535 million-dollar bid.
(Wikipedia)
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Als 1935 die Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq-Gruppe zahlungsunfähig wurde, übernahm der ehemalige Produktionsleiter Antonio Lago die französische Niederlassung in Suresnes. Den englischen Firmenteil übernahm die Rootes-Gruppe.
1935 leitete der Italiener Antonio Lago mit der Übernahme des Talbot-Werks in Suresnes eine neue Ära ein. Unter Lagos Leitung und dem neuen Firmennamen Talbot Lago wurden bis 1937 zwei völlig neue Automodelle mit Sechszylindermotoren (2,7 und 3 Liter Hubraum) entwickelt. In den folgenden Jahren entstanden in Kooperationen mit den namhaftesten Karosseuren Europas einige der aufregendsten Fahrzeuge der Vorkriegsgeschichte. Zu diesen Karosseriebauern gehörten: Figoni Falaschi (T 150 SS Coupé von 1937 und das weltberühmte Teardrop Coupé von 1939), Chausson, Saoutchik, Partout und Henri Chapron. Es wurde sogar ein Cabriolet von Graber und eines von Ghia gefertigt. (Im Januar 2006 wechselte bei Gooding & Company in den USA eines der spektakulären Teardrop-Coupés für 3.905.000 USD seinen Eigentümer.)
In der Rennsaison 1939 wurden in Suresnes zwei Grand-Prix-Fahrzeuge für den GP 1939 entwickelt. Bedingt durch die politische Situation dieser Zeit kamen die Wagen jedoch nicht zum Einsatz. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg stellte Lago den Talbot Lago Record und den Grand Sport mit einem 4,5-l-Motor und einem Wilson-Vorwählgetriebe vor und konnte damit sportliche Erfolge wie zum Beispiel den Le-Mans-Sieg 1950 mit Louis Rosier am Steuer erzielen. Ebenfalls 1950 erschien ein neues Modell namens Baby (Vierzylindermotor mit 2690 cm³ Hubraum). 400 Automobile wurden im Jahre 1950 produziert. Im darauf folgenden Jahr waren es weniger als 100 Automobile. Eine bedeutende Änderung in den Jahren ab 1953 bestand darin, dass anstelle des Wilson-Vorwählgetriebes ein konventionelles Getriebe mit 4-Gang-Schaltung von Pont-a-Mousson eingebaut wurde. Das Fahrgestell des Talbot Lago Babys konnte auch ohne Aufbau erworben werden. Diese Fahrgestelle kamen bis zum Produktionsende im Jahre 1955 bei den Grand-Sport-Coupés mit einem 4,5-Liter-Sechszylinder-Motor zum Einsatz.
Der letzte große Entwurf von Talbot Lago wurde 1955 vorgestellt. Es war der 2500 Sport. Antonio Lago entschied sich für einen Vierzylinder-Reihenmotor, der mit 2491 cm³ genau das Rennklassement der 2,5-Liter-Klasse ohne Kompressor erfüllte. Insgesamt wurden 54 Exemplare des 2500 Sport gefertigt. Zwei Fahrzeuge verließen das Werk ohne Aufbau, um später vermutlich als offene Sportwagen vollendet zu werden. Unter diesen 52 karossierten Exemplaren wird unterscheiden zwischen den Varianten für Europa und denen, die nach Amerika geliefert wurden. Die 2500-Amerika-Modelle wurden mit einem BMW-2,5-Liter-V8-Aggregat bestückt, bekannt aus dem BMW 502, und besitzen massivere Chromapplikationen als die Europamodelle. 15 der 52 Exemplare wurden als Amerika-Versionen gebaut. Aus den Werksproduktionslisten geht hervor, dass 1956 für das 24-Stunden-Rennen in Le Mans zwei Prototypen mit einem Sechszylinder-Maserati-Motor gebaut wurden. Der Verbleib ist heute unbekannt.
1959 waren die Absatzchancen für die wertvollen Talbot Lagos derart gesunken, dass Antonio Lago seine Firma an Simca verkaufen musste.
(Wikipedia)
1948 Talbot Lago T 26 Record Graber (04)
Image by GS1311
The Anglo-French STD (Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq) combine collapsed in 1935. The French Talbot company was reorganised by Anthony Lago (1893-1960) and after that, the Talbot-Lago name was used but on the home market the cars bore a Talbot badge.
After the World War II, for the model Grand Sport 26CV (1947-1954), a 4483 cc six cylinder engine was developed. Another model, named Lago Sport (1954-1957) used a Maserati engine.
One of the immediate post-war cars that received notoriety for its speed was the T26 Grand Sport (GS). It was built for either racing or luxury and benefited directly from Talbot’s successful T26C Grand Prix car. As such it was expensive, rare and helped Louis Rosier win the LeMans 24 Hour race. The GS replaced the Lago-Record chassis which was named for its remarkable top speed. Having a 4.5 liter inline-6 aluminum cylinder head and triple carburetor fuel feed from the T26 the Grand Prix cars, the GS was one of the world’s most powerful production cars. It produced 190 bhp (140 kW) which was good for around 125 mph (201 km/h) depending on the body that was fitted. Chassis details were similar to the Grand Prix cars, but it was longer and wider. It came it two wheelbase lengths -104 and 110 inches (2,800 mm). Later Lago America models (1957-1959) used 2.6 or 2,7 litre BMW engines or Simca engines.
Postwar government taxation policies savagely discouraged the sale in France of passenger cars with engine sizes above two litres: despite its high quality cars, Talbot-Lago struggled for survival along with other pre-war marques such as Hotchkiss and Delahaye, and production ceased when Simca took over during 1959. (Simca was subsequently taken over by Chrysler, who gained a controlling share in 1963, and rebranded the business as Chrysler France in 1970).
Talbot-Lagos have become a top-prized car at various auctions, fetching as much as .685 million at the 2005 Pebble Beach Auction for a 1938 T150-C Lago Speciale Teardrop Coupe. The same year, the top bidder at a Christie’s auction was awarded a 1937 Talbot-Lago T150 C-SS Teardrop Coupe with coachwork by Figoni and Falaschi for his .535 million-dollar bid.
(Wikipedia)
- – -
Als 1935 die Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq-Gruppe zahlungsunfähig wurde, übernahm der ehemalige Produktionsleiter Antonio Lago die französische Niederlassung in Suresnes. Den englischen Firmenteil übernahm die Rootes-Gruppe.
1935 leitete der Italiener Antonio Lago mit der Übernahme des Talbot-Werks in Suresnes eine neue Ära ein. Unter Lagos Leitung und dem neuen Firmennamen Talbot Lago wurden bis 1937 zwei völlig neue Automodelle mit Sechszylindermotoren (2,7 und 3 Liter Hubraum) entwickelt. In den folgenden Jahren entstanden in Kooperationen mit den namhaftesten Karosseuren Europas einige der aufregendsten Fahrzeuge der Vorkriegsgeschichte. Zu diesen Karosseriebauern gehörten: Figoni Falaschi (T 150 SS Coupé von 1937 und das weltberühmte Teardrop Coupé von 1939), Chausson, Saoutchik, Partout und Henri Chapron. Es wurde sogar ein Cabriolet von Graber und eines von Ghia gefertigt. (Im Januar 2006 wechselte bei Gooding & Company in den USA eines der spektakulären Teardrop-Coupés für 3.905.000 USD seinen Eigentümer.)
In der Rennsaison 1939 wurden in Suresnes zwei Grand-Prix-Fahrzeuge für den GP 1939 entwickelt. Bedingt durch die politische Situation dieser Zeit kamen die Wagen jedoch nicht zum Einsatz. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg stellte Lago den Talbot Lago Record und den Grand Sport mit einem 4,5-l-Motor und einem Wilson-Vorwählgetriebe vor und konnte damit sportliche Erfolge wie zum Beispiel den Le-Mans-Sieg 1950 mit Louis Rosier am Steuer erzielen. Ebenfalls 1950 erschien ein neues Modell namens Baby (Vierzylindermotor mit 2690 cm³ Hubraum). 400 Automobile wurden im Jahre 1950 produziert. Im darauf folgenden Jahr waren es weniger als 100 Automobile. Eine bedeutende Änderung in den Jahren ab 1953 bestand darin, dass anstelle des Wilson-Vorwählgetriebes ein konventionelles Getriebe mit 4-Gang-Schaltung von Pont-a-Mousson eingebaut wurde. Das Fahrgestell des Talbot Lago Babys konnte auch ohne Aufbau erworben werden. Diese Fahrgestelle kamen bis zum Produktionsende im Jahre 1955 bei den Grand-Sport-Coupés mit einem 4,5-Liter-Sechszylinder-Motor zum Einsatz.
Der letzte große Entwurf von Talbot Lago wurde 1955 vorgestellt. Es war der 2500 Sport. Antonio Lago entschied sich für einen Vierzylinder-Reihenmotor, der mit 2491 cm³ genau das Rennklassement der 2,5-Liter-Klasse ohne Kompressor erfüllte. Insgesamt wurden 54 Exemplare des 2500 Sport gefertigt. Zwei Fahrzeuge verließen das Werk ohne Aufbau, um später vermutlich als offene Sportwagen vollendet zu werden. Unter diesen 52 karossierten Exemplaren wird unterscheiden zwischen den Varianten für Europa und denen, die nach Amerika geliefert wurden. Die 2500-Amerika-Modelle wurden mit einem BMW-2,5-Liter-V8-Aggregat bestückt, bekannt aus dem BMW 502, und besitzen massivere Chromapplikationen als die Europamodelle. 15 der 52 Exemplare wurden als Amerika-Versionen gebaut. Aus den Werksproduktionslisten geht hervor, dass 1956 für das 24-Stunden-Rennen in Le Mans zwei Prototypen mit einem Sechszylinder-Maserati-Motor gebaut wurden. Der Verbleib ist heute unbekannt.
1959 waren die Absatzchancen für die wertvollen Talbot Lagos derart gesunken, dass Antonio Lago seine Firma an Simca verkaufen musste.
(Wikipedia)
1957 Talbot Lago T 14 LS (04)
Image by GS1311
The Anglo-French STD (Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq) combine collapsed in 1935. The French Talbot company was reorganised by Anthony Lago (1893-1960) and after that, the Talbot-Lago name was used but on the home market the cars bore a Talbot badge.
After the World War II, for the model Grand Sport 26CV (1947-1954), a 4483 cc six cylinder engine was developed. Another model, named Lago Sport (1954-1957) used a Maserati engine.
One of the immediate post-war cars that received notoriety for its speed was the T26 Grand Sport (GS). It was built for either racing or luxury and benefited directly from Talbot’s successful T26C Grand Prix car. As such it was expensive, rare and helped Louis Rosier win the LeMans 24 Hour race. The GS replaced the Lago-Record chassis which was named for its remarkable top speed. Having a 4.5 liter inline-6 aluminum cylinder head and triple carburetor fuel feed from the T26 the Grand Prix cars, the GS was one of the world’s most powerful production cars. It produced 190 bhp (140 kW) which was good for around 125 mph (201 km/h) depending on the body that was fitted. Chassis details were similar to the Grand Prix cars, but it was longer and wider. It came it two wheelbase lengths -104 and 110 inches (2,800 mm). Later Lago America models (1957-1959) used 2.6 or 2,7 litre BMW engines or Simca engines.
Postwar government taxation policies savagely discouraged the sale in France of passenger cars with engine sizes above two litres: despite its high quality cars, Talbot-Lago struggled for survival along with other pre-war marques such as Hotchkiss and Delahaye, and production ceased when Simca took over during 1959. (Simca was subsequently taken over by Chrysler, who gained a controlling share in 1963, and rebranded the business as Chrysler France in 1970).
Talbot-Lagos have become a top-prized car at various auctions, fetching as much as .685 million at the 2005 Pebble Beach Auction for a 1938 T150-C Lago Speciale Teardrop Coupe. The same year, the top bidder at a Christie’s auction was awarded a 1937 Talbot-Lago T150 C-SS Teardrop Coupe with coachwork by Figoni and Falaschi for his .535 million-dollar bid.
(Wikipedia)
- – -
Als 1935 die Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq-Gruppe zahlungsunfähig wurde, übernahm der ehemalige Produktionsleiter Antonio Lago die französische Niederlassung in Suresnes. Den englischen Firmenteil übernahm die Rootes-Gruppe.
1935 leitete der Italiener Antonio Lago mit der Übernahme des Talbot-Werks in Suresnes eine neue Ära ein. Unter Lagos Leitung und dem neuen Firmennamen Talbot Lago wurden bis 1937 zwei völlig neue Automodelle mit Sechszylindermotoren (2,7 und 3 Liter Hubraum) entwickelt. In den folgenden Jahren entstanden in Kooperationen mit den namhaftesten Karosseuren Europas einige der aufregendsten Fahrzeuge der Vorkriegsgeschichte. Zu diesen Karosseriebauern gehörten: Figoni Falaschi (T 150 SS Coupé von 1937 und das weltberühmte Teardrop Coupé von 1939), Chausson, Saoutchik, Partout und Henri Chapron. Es wurde sogar ein Cabriolet von Graber und eines von Ghia gefertigt. (Im Januar 2006 wechselte bei Gooding & Company in den USA eines der spektakulären Teardrop-Coupés für 3.905.000 USD seinen Eigentümer.)
In der Rennsaison 1939 wurden in Suresnes zwei Grand-Prix-Fahrzeuge für den GP 1939 entwickelt. Bedingt durch die politische Situation dieser Zeit kamen die Wagen jedoch nicht zum Einsatz. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg stellte Lago den Talbot Lago Record und den Grand Sport mit einem 4,5-l-Motor und einem Wilson-Vorwählgetriebe vor und konnte damit sportliche Erfolge wie zum Beispiel den Le-Mans-Sieg 1950 mit Louis Rosier am Steuer erzielen. Ebenfalls 1950 erschien ein neues Modell namens Baby (Vierzylindermotor mit 2690 cm³ Hubraum). 400 Automobile wurden im Jahre 1950 produziert. Im darauf folgenden Jahr waren es weniger als 100 Automobile. Eine bedeutende Änderung in den Jahren ab 1953 bestand darin, dass anstelle des Wilson-Vorwählgetriebes ein konventionelles Getriebe mit 4-Gang-Schaltung von Pont-a-Mousson eingebaut wurde. Das Fahrgestell des Talbot Lago Babys konnte auch ohne Aufbau erworben werden. Diese Fahrgestelle kamen bis zum Produktionsende im Jahre 1955 bei den Grand-Sport-Coupés mit einem 4,5-Liter-Sechszylinder-Motor zum Einsatz.
Der letzte große Entwurf von Talbot Lago wurde 1955 vorgestellt. Es war der 2500 Sport. Antonio Lago entschied sich für einen Vierzylinder-Reihenmotor, der mit 2491 cm³ genau das Rennklassement der 2,5-Liter-Klasse ohne Kompressor erfüllte. Insgesamt wurden 54 Exemplare des 2500 Sport gefertigt. Zwei Fahrzeuge verließen das Werk ohne Aufbau, um später vermutlich als offene Sportwagen vollendet zu werden. Unter diesen 52 karossierten Exemplaren wird unterscheiden zwischen den Varianten für Europa und denen, die nach Amerika geliefert wurden. Die 2500-Amerika-Modelle wurden mit einem BMW-2,5-Liter-V8-Aggregat bestückt, bekannt aus dem BMW 502, und besitzen massivere Chromapplikationen als die Europamodelle. 15 der 52 Exemplare wurden als Amerika-Versionen gebaut. Aus den Werksproduktionslisten geht hervor, dass 1956 für das 24-Stunden-Rennen in Le Mans zwei Prototypen mit einem Sechszylinder-Maserati-Motor gebaut wurden. Der Verbleib ist heute unbekannt.
1959 waren die Absatzchancen für die wertvollen Talbot Lagos derart gesunken, dass Antonio Lago seine Firma an Simca verkaufen musste.
(Wikipedia)
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A few nice government auctions sales images I found:
Lyttelton Tugs 1859-1907
Image by Canterbury Heritage
Top Left: Mullogh 1855
Top Right (2): Titan 1866
Bottom (3): Lyttelton 1878
Getting a sailing ship into Lyttelton Harbour in the early days was often an unpredictable business. Waiting for a favourable wind could often mean tacking off the Heads for days on end.
Although the history of the restored and widely known fourth Lyttelton tug is well recorded, the stories of her predecessors have not previously been documented.
The Mullogh
In 1859 Dalgety, Buckley and Company, local agents for the Shaw, Savill Shipping Company, purchased the four year-old Belfast built steamer Mullogh in order to tow passenger vessels up to the anchorage in the vicinity of the Government Jetty and Peacock’s Wharf. With a crew of five, a length of 60 feet and a Beam of 15 feet, the Ketch rigged iron steamer was propelled by a 15 nominal horse power, single horizontal cylinder steam engine and could carry a cargo of 60 tons.
The single screw steam ship, whose bones now lie on Lyttelton’s Quail Island, served in a variety of roles, often carrying the early immigrant’s heavy luggage and kitset houses up the Heathcote to Woolston or to The Bricks wharf on the Avon (where the Barbadoes Street bridge now stands). Among her more notable cargoes was New Zealand’s first railway locomotive and the statue of John Robert Godley that now adorns Christchurch’s Cathedral Square.
Ownership of the Mullogh eventually passed to the brothers John and Peter Cameron, coastal traders with a wide variety of business interests on Lyttelton’s Norwich Quay and also at Diamond Harbour, where they had built a 140 foot wharf. The Cameron’s continued with the Mullogh in the tug service, expanding their fleet with the acquisition of the Paddle Tug Titan in 1876.
The Titan
As Yard No 157, the Titan had been launched from the Clydeholm Shipyard at Whiteinch on the River Clyde in November, 1866 by Barclay Curle and Company as a speculation for James Cowan of Leith. The 97 ton vessel was immediately sailed out to Melbourne, Australia, where she was sold by auction on the 22nd of July 1867 to John & David Spence, who used the 95 foot, 6 inch steamer to tow large sailing vessels from the Port Philip Heads to Williamstown and Sandridge.
Also fitted with passenger accommodation, the clinker-built iron paddle steamer was propelled by a pair of horizontal steam engines, with single 28 inch diameter cylinders and a 50 inch length of piston shaft. Developing 55 nominal horse-power she was quite capable of being worked up to 150 horse-power. Beyond the 35 foot engine room was a dry-bottomed boiler containing 160 horizontal iron tubes. A working pressure of 25 pounds per square inch drove 14 foot 9 inch diameter paddle wheels, which were 6 feet 8 inches wide. This enabled the vessel to maintain a speed of 10 knots for up to six days from the 23 tons of coal in her bunkers.
In 1873 the Titan was purchased for £7,600 by the Westland Steam Tug and Freight Company of Hokitika. Her shallow Draft of 4 feet 6 inches made the vessel ideal for working the notorious Bars of the West Coast ports and Captain Hugh B. Macmeikan charged 2 shillings and 6 pence per registered ton to tow vessels in and out of Westport, Greymouth and Hokitika. However, business wasn’t that good and less than three years later she was seized by the Mortgagor and sold by Tender to Lyttelton’s Cameron Brothers by the Bank of New South Wales.
Under the successive commands of Captains Peter and J. S. Cameron the Titan towed sailing vessels in and out of Lyttelton Harbour from 1876. Two years later the Cameron’s tugs were in competition with the Harbour Board’s new and larger vessel. Although offered for sale, along with the Mullogh, by private tender in September, 1878, no buyer was found for the Titan and she continued in the Lyttelton service until 1882, when she was purchased the Timaru Harbour Board for £3,500.
In the command of Captain Clarkson the paddle tug was still towing ships in and out of Timaru in 1889, but her annual survey in that year indicated that although her engines were in good order, the boiler and hull were likely to require a major overhaul. By about 1893 she had been converted to a coal hulk and in 1895 the Titan was sold to the Bluff Harbour Board. Abandoned at the head of Bluff Harbour about 1901, her bones may still be visible on the beach.
The Lyttelton
Established in 1877, one of the Lyttelton Harbour Board’s first significant undertakings was to order a tug at a cost of £9,000 from the Laird Brothers of North Birkenhead (opposite Liverpool on the River Mersey). Delivered at London in July, 1878 and rigged as a Brigantine, the Lyttelton arrived, under sail, at Cooktown, in the far north of Queensland for provisions four months later. Proceeding to Brisbane for ballast Coal, the Lyttelton arrived at her home port via Wellington and Blenheim on the 21st of November, 1878.
After her arrival the paddle wheels were fitted and the gaff rigged mizzen mast removed. Equipped with a twin diagonal compound steam engine, the 193 ton vessel, with 60 pounds of steam turning her paddles at 73 revolutions per minute, achieved a speed of almost 12 knots during her trials on the 12th of December. Thus began her first career under the command of Captain J. W. Clark, with Captain James Storey Brownell as Mate, and a Mr Miller, as Engineer.
Fitted with a steam powered fire extinguishing pump, the vessel could throw a stream of water up to 200 feet (65 Metres). She was accordingly capable of doing effective work, not only in cases of fire among the shipping, but in the event of a conflagration occurring at any of the warehouses or stores situated near the wharves.
Lyttelton‘s black topped Buff funnel was a familiar sight on the harbour until her 29 years of service ended on the 22nd of August, 1907, with the inauguration of the new twin-screw Canterbury (subsequently renamed the Lyttelton). The old paddle steamer was then sold for £3,500 to the Devonport Steam Ferry Company of Auckland.
Five years later she passed to the Kauri Timber Company and saw active service towing rafts of Kauri logs between Whangaroa and the Coromandel ports. Laid up in 1941 at Auckland’s Western Viaduct, her superstructure was destroyed by fire in 1945.
On the 5th of October, 1955 the vessel was towed across the Hauraki Gulf and run ashore at Lagoon Bay on Coromandel’s Takatu Peninsula, where she was used as a shingle hopper for the Subritzky Shipping Company’s scow Jane Clifford. When that industry declined in the mid-1970s the hull was left to become slowly buried in shingle drifts.
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Jaguar E-Type 4-2
Image by Chris Devers
Quoting from Wikipedia: Jaguar E-Type:
• • • • •
The Jaguar E-Type (UK) or XK-E (US) is a British automobile manufactured by Jaguar between 1961 and 1974. Its combination of good looks, high performance, and competitive pricing established the marque as an icon of 1960s motoring. A great success for Jaguar, over seventy thousand E-Types were sold during its lifespan.
In March 2008, the Jaguar E-Type ranked first in Daily Telegraph list of the "100 most beautiful cars" of all time.[2] In 2004, Sports Car International magazine placed the E-Type at number one on their list of Top Sports Cars of the 1960s.
Contents
• 1 Overview
• 2 Concept versions
•• 2.1 E1A (1957)
•• 2.2 E2A (1960)
• 3 Production versions
•• 3.1 Series 1 (1961-1968)
•• 3.2 Series 2 (1969-1971)
•• 3.3 Series 3 (1971-1975)
• 4 Limited edtions
•• 4.1 Low Drag Coupé (1962)
•• 4.2 Lightweight E-Type (1963-1964)
• 5 Motor Sport
• 6 See also
• 7 References
• 8 External links
Overview
The E-Type was initially designed and shown to the public as a grand tourer in two-seater coupé form (FHC or Fixed Head Coupé) and as convertible (OTS or Open Two Seater). The 2+2 version with a lengthened wheelbase was released several years later.
On its release Enzo Ferrari called it "The most beautiful car ever made".
The model was made in three distinct versions which are now generally referred to as "Series 1", "Series 2" and "Series 3". A transitional series between Series 1 and Series 2 is known unofficially as "Series 1½".
In addition, several limited-edition variants were produced:
• The "’Lightweight’ E-Type" which was apparently intended as a sort of follow-up to the D-Type. Jaguar planned to produce 18 units but ultimately only a dozen were reportedly built. Of those, one is known to have been destroyed and two others have been converted to coupé form. These are exceedingly rare and sought after by collectors.
• The "Low Drag Coupé" was a one-off technical exercise which was ultimately sold to a Jaguar racing driver. It is presently believed to be part of the private collection of the current Viscount Cowdray.
Concept versions
E1A (1957)
After their success at LeMans 24 hr through the 1950s Jaguars defunct racing department were given the brief to use D-Type style construction to build a road going sports car, replacing the XK150.
It is suspected that the first prototype (E1A) was given the code based on: (E): The proposed production name E-Type (1): First Prototype (A): Aluminium construction (Production models used steel bodies)
The car featured a monocoque design, Jaguar’s fully independent rear suspension and the well proved "XK" engine.
The car was used solely for factory testings and was never formally released to the public. The car was eventually scrapped by the factory
E2A (1960)
Jaguar’s second E-Type concept was E2A which unlike E1A was constructed from a steel chassis and used a aluminium body. This car was completed as a race car as it was thought by Jaguar at the time it would provide a better testing ground.
E2A used a 3 litre version of the XK engine with a Lucas fuel injection system.
After retiring from the LeMans 24 hr the car was shipped to America to be used for racing by Jaguar privateer Briggs Cunningham.
In 1961 the car returned to Jaguar in England to be used as a testing mule.
Ownership of E2A passed to Roger Woodley (Jaguars customer competition car manager) who took possession on the basis the car not be used for racing. E2A had been scheduled to be scrapped.
Roger’s wife Penny Griffiths owned E2A until 2008 when it was offered for sale at Bonham’s Quail Auction. Sale price was US.5 million
Production versions
Series 1 (1961-1968)
Series I
• Body style(s)
2-door coupe
2-door 2+2 coupe
2-door convertible
• Engine(s)
3.8 L XK I6
4.2 L XK I6
• Wheelbase
96.0 in (2438 mm) (FHC / OTS)
105.0 in (2667 mm) (2+2) [5]
• Length
175.3125 in (4453 mm) (FHC / OTS)
184.4375 in (4685 mm) (2+2) [5]
• Width
65.25 in (1657 mm) (all) [5]
• Height
48.125 in (1222 mm) (FHC)
50.125 in (1273 mm) (2+2)
46.5 in (1181 mm) (OTS)[5]
• Curb weight
2,900 lb (1,315 kg) (FHC)
2,770 lb (1,256 kg) (OTS)
3,090 lb (1,402 kg) (2+2) [6]
• Fuel capacity
63.64 L (16.8 US gal; 14.0 imp gal)[5]
The Series 1 was introduced, initially for export only, in March 1961. The domestic market launch came four months later in July 1961.[7] The cars at this time used the triple SU carburetted 3.8 litre 6-cylinder Jaguar XK6 engine from the XK150S. The first 500 cars built had flat floors and external hood (bonnet) latches. These cars are rare and more valuable. After that, the floors were dished to provide more leg room and the twin hood latches moved to inside the car. The 3.8 litre engine was increased to 4.2 litres in October 1964.[7]
All E-Types featured independent coil spring rear suspension with torsion bar front ends, and four wheel disc brakes, in-board at the rear, all were power-assisted. Jaguar was one of the first auto manufacturers to equip cars with disc brakes as standard from the XK150 in 1958. The Series 1 can be recognised by glass covered headlights (up to 1967), small "mouth" opening at the front, signal lights and tail-lights above bumpers and exhaust tips under the licence plate in the rear.
3.8 litre cars have leather-upholstered bucket seats, an aluminium-trimmed centre instrument panel and console (changed to vinyl and leather in 1963), and a Moss 4-speed gearbox that lacks synchromesh for 1st gear ("Moss box"). 4.2 litre cars have more comfortable seats, improved brakes and electrical systems, and an all-synchromesh 4-speed gearbox. 4.2 litre cars also have a badge on the boot proclaiming "Jaguar 4.2 Litre E-Type" (3.8 cars have a simple "Jaguar" badge). Optional extras included chrome spoked wheels and a detachable hard top for the OTS.
An original E-Type hard top is very rare, and finding one intact with all the chrome, not to mention original paint in decent condition, is rather difficult. For those who want a hardtop and aren’t fussy over whether or not it is an original from Jaguar, several third parties have recreated the hardtop to almost exact specifications. The cost ranges anywhere from double to triple the cost of a canvas/vinyl soft top.
A 2+2 version of the coupé was added in 1966. The 2+2 offered the option of an automatic transmission. The body is 9 in (229 mm) longer and the roof angles are different with a more vertical windscreen. The roadster remained a strict two-seater.
There was a transitional series of cars built in 1967-68, unofficially called "Series 1½", which are externally similar to Series 1 cars. Due to American pressure the new features were open headlights, different switches, and some de-tuning (with a downgrade of twin Zenith-Stromberg carbs from the original triple SU carbs) for US models. Some Series 1½ cars also have twin cooling fans and adjustable seat backs. Series 2 features were gradually introduced into the Series 1, creating the unofficial Series 1½ cars, but always with the Series 1 body style.
Less widely known, there was also right at the end of Series 1 production and prior to the transitional "Series 1½" referred to above, a very small number of Series 1 cars produced with open headlights.[8] These are sometimes referred to as "Series 1¼" cars.[9] Production dates on these machines vary but in right hand drive form production has been verified as late as March 1968.[10] It is thought that the low number of these cars produced relative to the other Series make them amongst the rarest of all production E Types.
An open 3.8 litre car, actually the first such production car to be completed, was tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1961 and had a top speed of 149.1 mph (240.0 km/h) and could accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 7.1 seconds. A fuel consumption of 21.3 miles per imperial gallon (13.3 L/100 km; 17.7 mpg-US) was recorded. The test car cost £2097 including taxes.[11]
Production numbers from Graham[12]:
• 15,490 3.8s
• 17,320 4.2s
• 10,930 2+2s
Production numbers from xkedata.com[13]: [omitted -- Flickr doesn't allow tables]
Series 2 (1969-1971)
Series II
• Body style(s)
2-door coupe
2-door 2+2 coupe
2-door convertible
• Curb weight
3,018 lb (1,369 kg) (FHC)
2,750 lb (1,247 kg) (OTS)
3,090 lb (1,402 kg) (2+2) [6]
Open headlights without glass covers, a wrap-around rear bumper, re-positioned and larger front indicators and taillights below the bumpers, better cooling aided by an enlarged "mouth" and twin electric fans, and uprated brakes are hallmarks of Series 2 cars. De-tuned in US, but still with triple SUs in the UK, the engine is easily identified visually by the change from smooth polished cam covers to a more industrial ‘ribbed’ appearance. Late Series 1½ cars also had ribbed cam covers. The interior and dashboard were also redesigned, with rocker switches that met U.S health and safety regulations being substituted for toggle switches. The dashboard switches also lost their symmetrical layout. New seats were fitted, which purists claim lacked the style of the originals but were certainly more comfortable. Air conditioning and power steering were available as factory options.
Production according to Graham[12] is 13,490 of all types.
Series 2 production numbers from xkedata.com[13]: [omitted -- Flickr doesn't allow tables]
Official delivery numbers by market and year are listed in Porter[3] but no summary totals are given.
Series 3 (1971-1975)
Series III
• Production
1971–1975
• Body style(s)
2-door 2+2 coupe
2-door convertible
• Wheelbase
105 in (2667 mm) (both)[6]
• Length
184.4 in (4684 mm) (2+2)
184.5 in (4686 mm) (OTS)[6]
• Width
66.0 in (1676 mm) (2+2)
66.1 in (1679 mm) (OTS)[6]
• Height
48.9 in (1242 mm) (2+2)
48.1 in (1222 mm) (OTS)[6]
• Curb weight
3,361 lb (1,525 kg) (2+2)
3,380 lb (1,533 kg) (OTS)[6]
• Fuel capacity
82 L (21.7 US gal; 18.0 imp gal)[14]
A new 5.3 L 12-cylinder Jaguar V12 engine was introduced, with uprated brakes and standard power steering. The short wheelbase FHC body style was discontinued and the V12 was available only as a convertible and 2+2 coupé. The convertible used the longer-wheelbase 2+2 floorplan. It is easily identifiable by the large cross-slatted front grille, flared wheel arches and a badge on the rear that proclaims it to be a V12. There were also a very limited number of 4.2 litre six-cylinder Series 3 E-Types built. These were featured in the initial sales literature. It is believed these are the rarest of all E-Types of any remaining.
In 2008 a British classic car enthusiast assembled what is surely the last ever E-Type from parts bought from the end-of-production surplus in 1974.[15]
Graham[12] lists production at 15,290.
Series 3 production numbers from xkedata.com[13]: [omitted -- Flickr doesn't allow tables]
Limited edtions
Two limited production E-Type variants were made as test beds, the Low Drag Coupe and Lightweight E-Type, both of which were raced:
Low Drag Coupé (1962)
Shortly after the introduction of the E-Type, Jaguar management wanted to investigate the possibility of building a car more in the spirit of the D-Type racer from which elements of the E-Type’s styling and design were derived. One car was built to test the concept designed as a coupé as its monocoque design could only be made rigid enough for racing by using the "stressed skin" principle. Previous Jaguar racers were built as open-top cars because they were based on ladder frame designs with independent chassis and bodies. Unlike the steel production E-Types the LDC used lightweight aluminium. Sayer retained the original tub with lighter outer panels riveted and glued to it. The front steel sub frame remained intact, the windshield was given a more pronounced slope and the rear hatch welded shut. Rear brake cooling ducts appeared next to the rear windows,and the interior trim was discarded, with only insulation around the transmission tunnel. With the exception of the windscreen, all cockpit glass was plexi. A tuned version of Jaguar’s 3.8 litre engine with a wide angle cylinder-head design tested on the D-Type racers was used. Air management became a major problem and, although much sexier looking and certainly faster than a production E-Type, the car was never competitive: the faster it went, the more it wanted to do what its design dictated: take off.
The one and only test bed car was completed in summer of 1962 but was sold a year later to Jaguar racing driver Dick Protheroe who raced it extensively and eventually sold it. Since then it has passed through the hands of several collectors on both sides of the Atlantic and now is believed to reside in the private collection of the current Viscount Cowdray.
Lightweight E-Type (1963-1964)
In some ways, this was an evolution of the Low Drag Coupé. It made extensive use of aluminium alloy in the body panels and other components. However, with at least one exception, it remained an open-top car in the spirit of the D-Type to which this car is a more direct successor than the production E-Type which is more of a GT than a sports car. The cars used a tuned version of the production 3.8 litre Jaguar engine with 300 bhp (224 kW) output rather than the 265 bhp (198 kW) produced by the "ordinary" version. At least one car is known to have been fitted with fuel-injection.
The cars were entered in various races but, unlike the C-Type and D-Type racing cars, they did not win at Le Mans or Sebring.
Motor Sport
Bob Jane won the 1963 Australian GT Championship at the wheel of an E-Type.
The Jaguar E-Type was very successful in SCCA Production sports car racing with Group44 and Bob Tullius taking the B-Production championship with a Series-3 V12 racer in 1975. A few years later, Gran-Turismo Jaguar from Cleveland Ohio campaigned a 4.2 L 6 cylinder FHC racer in SCCA production series and in 1980, won the National Championship in the SCCA C-Production Class defeating a fully funded factory Nissan Z-car team with Paul Newman.
See also
• Jaguar XK150 – predecessor to the E-Type
• Jaguar XJS – successor to the E-Type
• Jaguar XK8 – The E-Type’s current and spiritual successor
• Guyson E12 – a rebodied series III built by William Towns
References
• ^ Loughborough graduate and designer of E Type Jaguar honoured
• ^ 100 most beautiful cars
• ^ a b cPorter, Philip (2006). Jaguar E-type, the definitive history. p. 443. ISBN 0-85429-580-1.
• ^ a b"’69 Series 2 Jaguar E Types", Autocar, October 24, 1968
• ^ a b c d eThe Complete Official Jaguar "E". Cambridge: Robert Bentley. 1974. p. 12. ISBN 0-8376-0136-3.
• ^ a b c d e f g"Jaguar E-Type Specifications". http://www.web-cars.com/e-type/specifications.php. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
• ^ a b"Buying secondhand E-type Jaguar". Autocar 141 (nbr4042): pages 50–52. 6 April 1974.
• ^ See Jaguar Clubs of North America concourse information at: [1] and more specifically the actual Series 1½ concourse guide at [2]
• ^ Ibid.
• ^ Compare right hand drive VIN numbers given in JCNA concours guide referred to above with production dates for right hand drive cars as reflected in the XKEdata database at [3]
• ^"The Jaguar E-type". The Motor. March 22, 1961.
• ^ a b cRobson, Graham (2006). A–Z British Cars 1945–1980. Devon, UK: Herridge & Sons. ISBN 0-9541063-9-3.
• ^ a b chttp://www.xkedata.com/stats/. http://www.xkedata.com/stats/. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
• ^Daily Express Motor Show Review 1975 Cars: Page 24 (Jaguar E V12). October 1974.
• ^ jalopnik.com/5101872/british-man-cobbles-together-last-ja…
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1956 CHEVROLET BEL AIR CONVERTIBLE
Sale Price: *3,000.00
Year: 1956
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: BEL AIR
Style: CONVERTIBLE
Exterior Color: RED/WHITE
Interior Color: RED
Cylinders: 8
Engine Size: 265
Transmission: AUTOMATIC
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