Jaguar SS 2 ½ Litre DHC 1938 for sale

Impressive Jaguar SS in perfect condition! Right-hand drive. Belgian documents. Very extensive history file. Restoration photos. Maintenance booklet and manual. Drophead Coupe The SS Jaguar 100 is a British 2-seater sports car built between 1936 and 1941 by SS Cars Ltd in Coventry. The manufacturer name 'SS Cars' used from 1934 maintained a link to the previous owner, Swallow Sidecar, founded in 1922 by Walmsley and Lyons to build sidecars for motorcycles. In March 1945, the shareholders of S. S. Cars agreed to change the name to Jaguar Cars Ltd. In common with many products of the thirties, the adoption of an animal name was deemed appropriate and the Jaguar model name was given to a new SS saloon in 1935, and then to all new SS models. The '100' was for the theoretical top speed of 100 mph of the vehicle. See the XK 120 (120 mph), XK 140 (140 mph), and XK 150 (150 mph). By mid-1936, the first version of the Jaguar mascot was described by Sir William Lyons, the company's founder, as resembling a cat shot from a fence. A subsequent advertising photograph of the new Jaguar Model 100 (registration CKV 250) parked in front of the SS Cars Ltd offices in early 1937 shows a revised Jaguar 'leaper' mounted on the radiator cap. It is this more stylized 'leaper' that became the trademark for Jaguar Cars, Ltd., remaining in use to this day. Specifications Body Length : cm (in): 452 (178) Width : cm (in): 170 (67) Height : cm (in): Wheelbase : cm (in) : 305 (120) Weight: kg (lb) : ) Engine displacement : six-cylinder inline 2664 cc (162 cu in), front-mounted Valves : 12 Fuel system : 2 SU carburetors Transmission : 4-speed manual Drive wheels : rear-wheel drive Maximum power : 103 bhp at 4500 rpm Maximum torque : Top speed : 145 km/h (90 mph) Read more