Thanks for posting. What a character.
Here's a link with plenty of pictures of the 1952 Jaguar XK120 Record Car, eg:
And this page, link, has one of Norman with the car:
So hard to believe that xj13 design is >40 years old.
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True and the interior switch gear was there to prove it.
I sold my '96 XK8 Coupe for what I thought was cheap 3 or 4 years ago, a quick look at Autotrader shows good examples going for circa £4-5k.
I'd like someone to find a better modern classic GT available for that sort of money. 4.0 V8, a bit juicy but as a weekend car it's not going to do much mileage, servicing and parts again not much more than your daily driver. It had piston issues but most will have been sorted by now. Great GT driving position, bundles of power and it's a Jag with all of that 50's and 60's DNA. I want another one now.
Gets my stamp of approval!! Daring measures when it comes to blocking the grill. XKs aren't fond of marginal cooling...
I wrote something for a website a few years back. The owner owns a D-type replica with a correct engine. My 'payment'? A trip in his D-type. So on the day of the trip I drove down to his house in the pouring rain.. We decided to leave the D-type in the garage, with his words: "I have something else you might like..." And opened an adjacent garage with in it a Bentley Arnage Red Label. A memorable morning, I can tell you.
M.