2017-12-31 11:24:14 | pauls writes:

Note: "This red car is not 18109 but was listed as so in 2017 by the auction house. Photos and description will stay to preserve them until the proper ID is discovered. We will be grateful for any identification of the red car."

Car was at auction 12/17

www.oldtimergalerie.ch/en/73/23/

Auction description:

1937 Jaguar SS 100

Offer type: Offer CLASSIC CAR AUCTION 29.12.2017 GSTAAD

Year: 1937

Estimate in CHF: 440000-480000

Location: Gstaad-Festivalzelt

Lot No.: 125

Last MOT: 2013

Body: Roadster

Body Color: red

Color inside: black

Steering: right

Gearbox: manual

Gears: 4

Cylinders: 6

Displacement: 3485cm3

HP: 102

This rare (Jaguar) SS100 was delivered on the 11th of June 1937, equipped with a 2 ½ ltr engine. After World War II the engine was replaced with a (correct) 3 ½ ltr unit. Following a number of British owners, the car was exported to Germany in 1979. Its owner, a Mr. Bartel, spent the better part of 20 years collecting rare and important original parts at fairs and from specialists in order to prepare the car for a future restoration. Before any work was started though, he sold the car to a Mr. Bunzel who commissioned the "Gross Company" in Berlin with a complete ground-up restoration. Just before its completion, a next owner, Mr. Michael Seliger acquired the near completed car in 2006 and he in turn sold the SS to Andreas Schönberg. The new owner had the steering and brakes overhauled in 2013 and the car eventually was bought and imported by a Swiss collector. In 2016 the gearbox was disassembled and inspected and the clutch replaced. At the same time the front axle, including the Hardford damper units, received yet another overhaul. With its photo-documented history, its Jaguar Heritage certificate and a Swiss (Veteran Status awarded) MOT in December 2013, this legendary sportscar is now ready to provide its new owner with the greatest of pleasures during future rallies and events.

2020-01-02 09:38:45 | pauls writes:

Some history of the car is published in the book "Collecting Jaguar" by Keith Martin.

2021-11-07 11:26:10 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction 9/21

www.bonhams.com/auctions/27000/lot/276/

Auction description:

Lot 276

1937 Jaguar SS100 2½-Litre Roadster

Registration no. AUK 634 Chassis no. 18109

Sold for £ 368,000 (US$ 495,527) inc. premium

Goodwood Revival Collectors' Motor Cars and Automobilia 18 Sep 2021, 13:00 BST Chichester, Goodwood

*One of circa 191 2½-Litre models built

*Scottish and Welsh rallies participant in 1938/1939

*Matching numbers

*Single owner from 1938 to 1994

*Professionally restored by Davenport Cars

This original 2½-litre SS100 is a matching numbers car that comes with a well documented history. Chassis number '18109' was first registered on 11th June 1937 and delivered new by Attwoods, an SS dealer based in Wolverhampton, to a Mr John Fellows. It was subsequently sold (on 6th October 1938) to John Montgomery, a Kentish hop farmer. Mr Montgomery was a rallying enthusiast who campaigned the SS in 1938/1939 in the Scottish and Welsh rallies (see photographs on file).

He kept the SS for the rest of his life, initially using it on the roads, but by the 1960s the car was used only to drive around his hop farm. The car remained totally original apart from the addition of a pair of rear lights and replacement of the horn grilles. Eventually it was put away in a barn, remaining there until after his death, and was sold at auction in 1994 as a 'barn find'.

The present owner purchased the SS in 1996 and instructed marque specialists, Davenport Cars, to carry out a complete restoration. 'AUK 634' is presented in its original factory colour scheme of black with red leather interior and has been fitted with a five-speed synchromesh gearbox (original gearbox supplied). The car is offered in excellent condition.

The SS100 was one of the fastest and best-handling sports cars of its day, as its competition record both before and after the war bears witness to. Representing a rare opportunity to acquire an example of the model that can be said to have started the Jaguar legend, '18109' is eligible for a wide variety of the most prestigious historic motor sports events.