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Offline Autos_Editor

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Motoring Memories: Jaguar SS 100, 1936-1940
« on: August 06, 2010, 04:03:13 am »



The 1949 Jaguar XK120 and the 1961 E-Type were not the first famous Jaguar sports cars, points out auto historian Bill Vance. "The pre-war SS100 had also been an outstanding, "coming-of-age" sportster for Jaguar when it arrived as a 1936 model."

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Re: Motoring Memories: Jaguar SS 100, 1936-1940
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2010, 08:44:38 am »
I got to see one of these a few years.  What a gorgeous car
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Re: Motoring Memories: Jaguar SS 100, 1936-1940
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2010, 01:39:06 pm »
Check you history books. It is generally acknowledged 318 SS100's built NOT just under 1000.
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Re: Motoring Memories: Jaguar SS 100, 1936-1940
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2010, 11:09:40 pm »
Lovely, just lovely.
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