Showing posts with label Jaguar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jaguar. Show all posts

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Jaguars at the Muckenthaler concours, from the 1950's to the XJ220



 the above silver e type is the car that the following interior and engine photos are of. Extensive work like moving the firewall, etc etc have happened







Monday, May 14, 2012

1957 XKSS bought for hill climbs. The Brits mean racing uphill on twisty roads, not cross country without a road.



"Hillclimb" in England means racing up a curvy road to the top of a hill; the road is paved the whole way. It's not like an American hillclimb, straight up the side 
Thanks Archie! 



Monday, December 26, 2011

the only photo I've come acroiss of Steve McQueen's Stearman airplane

it was painted yellow when Steve owned it. the car is Steve's rare Jaguar SS

Celebrities and their cars

 Sir Stirling Moss and his 1961 Ferrari 250 SWB

 Charleton Heston in an E-type Jaguar
 Sean Connery and a 356 Porsche
 Clint Eastwood and a Healey
Hugh Hefner and a Cadillac
 Jack Palance and an Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider

 Peter Sellers 1965 275 GTB Ferrari
 Roy Orbison and Tony Curtis both with E-Type Jaguars
All found on a glamour, fashion, expensive luxury type website from someone who used to work at Details magazine, http://driven.urbandaddy.com/