2011-01-21 17:52:07 | Blighter writes:

To be auctioned Paris 2011

2011-02-05 21:44:12 | Blighter writes:

Car rego UK HFC 862 featured in
"Great Marques -Jaguar" Chris Harvey (1982) page 11 (credits to Joss Davenport and Mike Freeth)
"Jaguar - A Living Legend" A D Clausager (1990) pp. 30-31 (Neol Brice pic)
"Dream Machines - Jaguar" Paul Skilleter (1990) p27 (credits to National Motor Museum, Neil Bruce)

Artcurial lot information Feb 2011:
"Having created a sidecar factory in 1920, William Lyons, a self-taught stylist, turned his hand to car bodywork by creating original bodies on the chassis of different brands in the second half of the 1920s.
In 1931, SS (Swallow Sidecar and Coachbuilding Company) created its own model of car, the SS1, on the basis of a rolling chassis built exclusively by Standard according to the specifications of SS. Equipped with low, streamlined with a very good-looking design, the SS1s sold at well researched prices had great success despite the crash and William Lyons created a new company, SS Cars Ltd, dedicated to car construction, while coach building activity waned. Now with a technical research office, Lyons developed Standard engines to create a line of performance sports cars to support the brand and a range of sports-type saloons and cabriolets from 1.5 to 3.5 litres, whose price, luxury and quality performance assured their success. The Jaguar SS name was used for the first time in September 1935 to designate exclusively the six-cylinder overhead valve 2.5 litre Saloon. Lyons was able to make the move in time and adopted, not without initial problems, construction entirely in steel. The Jaguar SS 2.5 litre was, like the other touring types, produced as a very elegant two-door four-seater cabriolet (drophead coupé), but its construction still required the use of some wooden parts. Equipped with a lined hood with fabric stretched over a complex and robust folding structure with three positions, the Jaguar SS cabriolet offers the comfort of a saloon when closed. Its equipment and finishing touches equal more luxurious models customised by independent coachbuilders.

Launched on the market on 4 June 1939, this Jaguar SS cabriolet 2.5 has a "suede" green body with an interior in green leather, green carpets and a beige hood, all in good condition. The varnished wood trims typical of a Jaguar finish are in excellent condition.
This extremely seductive car was entirely restored in 1984 (photos of the body rebuilding and invoices are available in the file). It appears on page 11 in the book by Chris Harvey "Great Marques: Jaguar", Gründ publishing house, Paris 1982.
It comes with its English user manual and an original brochure, as well as a booklet in English tracing the history of different models of this kind and its full toolkit, stored in the boot. Comes with its Swiss vehicle registration document. The import duties and taxes have to be settled by the buyer in the country of destination"

2011-03-25 07:56:27 | blighter writes:

Original owner was Philip Aislabie Landon MA MC, Fellow in Law at Trinity College Cambridge, 1920 to 1956, Bursar from 1939 to 1948. Descended from William the Conqueror. Wrote a number of legal texts, and of barristers in WW1.

2012-07-28 10:38:33 | pauls writes:

URL for 2011 auction:
www.artcurial.com/en/asp/fullCatalogue.asp

2013-06-08 15:16:34 | blighter writes:

1. 46030 participated in JDHT Swallow to Jaguar 90th anniversary tour in UK in 2012
2. 46030 attended Croatian Crawl with countrylanetours in 2013, driving in UK, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and return.