2022-06-15 14:55:06 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 6/22

www.bonhams.com/auction/27521/lot/353/1938-ss-100-jaguar-2-litre-roadster-chassi ...

Auction description:

Lot 353

1938 SS 100 Jaguar 2½-Litre Roadster

Registration no. DOX 996 Chassis no. 49032 Engine no. L1043E

Goodwood Festival of Speed Collector's Motor Cars and Automobilia

24 June 2022, 14:00 BST

Chichester, Goodwood

£200,000 - £300,000

• One of circa 190 2½-Litre cars

• Matching numbers

• Present family ownership since 2002 (previous family ownership 1938-2002)

• Restored since acquisition

The SS 100 we offer comes with its original old-style buff logbook revealing that it was first registered to one Reginald Duckitt of Birmingham on 30 March 1938. Swiftly reregistered to Ashmore's (Auto Engineers) Ltd (in May '38), it passed to one Alfred Simms of Birmingham that same month and would remain in the Simms family's ownership until the lady vendor's late husband purchased it from Mrs Elsie Simms on 3 February 2002. The accompanying copy of the Classic Jaguar Association's SS 100 Register lists Mrs Simms as the owner in 1989. The car was described as showing 19,600 miles only, not run for over 20 years and in restoration.

Noted Jaguar historian and authority, Paul Skilleter, first encountered 'DOX 996' in the Halesowen area of Birmingham in 1979 when it was a completely original and untouched car in the hands of long-term owner, Mrs Simms. It had lain in her garage for many years. By February 1980 Paul was visiting the car to take progress pictures of its restoration, which was being carried out by Mrs Simms' next-door neighbour, John Owen, himself the owner of an SS 100.

Unfortunately, the relationship between Mrs Simms and Mr Owen soured, and the car was still in a dismantled state when acquired by the lady vendor's late husband. 'DOX 996' was subsequently restored (see bills on file) and seems not to have been used since completion (the odometer reading is 0.5 miles). The accompanying history file also contains the original instruction book; assorted correspondence; old V5/V5C documents; and a selection of restoration photographs.

Sold strictly as viewed, this is a rare opportunity to acquire a well documented example of the model that can be said to have started the Jaguar legend, 'DOX 996' is eligible for a wide variety of the most prestigious historic motor sport events, including the Mille Miglia, Targa Florio, Le Mans Retro, Colorado Grand, Great America, California Mille and many more.

Please note on a very recent inspection by Twyford Moors to remedy a misfire, the cam cover was removed and broken and bent valves were found. The estimate has been revised to £180,000 - £240,000.

Sold for £177,100 inc. premium

2022-12-30 14:38:33 | pauls writes:

Car now offered at:

www.cms-gb.com/jaguarss100

Seller's description:

£275,000

1938 Jaguar SS100 2.5 litre.

This has to be one of the most unique SS100s to come to the market in many years, having only had two family owners from new and being last on the road in 1955. This genuine numbers matching SS100, with its original logbook and handbook clearly states that it changed hands in 2002 in a semi-restored state to the second family, who sadly never completed the work.

We have now gone through the car mechanically and sorted most of the detail work needed to bring it to life again after some 67 years. It is now running and driving correctly and I am happy to take any genuine perspective buyer for a test drive.

The car has always remained in England, never exported like so many, and quite simply has an unbelievable history which is totally documented.

I am a true enthusiast of these cars having researched SS100s for years and owning quite a few, but can honestly say I have never had one with such low ownership.

2023-12-17 13:16:26 | pauls writes:

Car now offered at:

www.classicmobilia.com/classic-car-sourcing/ss-100-25-litre-roadster/

Seller's description:

1938 SS 100 Jaguar 2½-Litre Roadster

This Very Low warranted miles and a very original matching numbers car that has not been messed about.

The car has had two family owners prior to being purchased by the current owner and has been laid up for decades resulting in the warranted low mileage of just over 20,000 from new. The car comes with assorted period paperwork including the original instruction manual etc and full paper work to back up the low miles and low ownership. Along with the paperwork is the buff log book and also an old style V5C Registration document.

The car has been fully gone though and is in excellent mechanical condition and runs beautifully. NOT one to miss.

2024-12-03 08:52:39 | pauls writes:

Car returned to auction 6/24

www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-85---1938-ss-jaguar-100-25-litre/

Auction description

19th Jun, 2024

Imperial War Museum | Duxford, Cambridgeshire

Lot 85

1938 SS Jaguar 100 2.5 Litre

A collector grade example of the first sports car to bear the Jaguar name

Sold for £225,000

Registration No: DOX 996

Chassis No: 49032

MOT: Exempt

Owned by one family from 1938 until 2002, then a second family from 2002-2022

Believed to have only covered 20,000 miles from when new in 1938

A very original example with matching numbers

Subject to recent engine overhaul and mechanical work

Reginald Duckitt of Erdington for just two months, the SS100 then passed to Ashmore’s Auto Engineers of West Bromwich who sold it to Alfred Simms. The latter retained the two-seater up until his death in 1978 when ownership transferred to his widow, Elise Simms. Conscious that the SS Jaguar had been off the road for many years (a surviving tax disc suggests Mr Simms last drove it in the mid-1950s), she contacted marque historian Paul Skilleter and engaged a neighbour and fellow SS100 custodian, John Owen, to commence restoration. Mr Skilleter was reportedly impressed with the car’s ‘untouched originality’ and began to chronicle the work. Sadly, Mrs Simms and Mr Owen fell out over the project and little progress was made after the 1989 issue of the Classic Jaguar Association’s SS100 Register recorded that ‘DOX 996’ was mid-refurbishment and displaying a mere 19,600 miles to its odometer.

Beguiled by the two-seater’s originality, Ben Hyams became its next custodian in 2002. Entrusted to Auto Welding & Spraying of Chart Sutton, Kent a few years later, it was not until 2013 that the SS Jaguar was finally a complete entity once more. Repainted in British Racing Green with re-trimmed with Green leather upholstery, the two-seater was barely driven by Mr Hyams due to ill health. Entering the current ownership in 2022, the SS100 was suffering from an engine malady which has since been sorted with the odometer being zeroed accordingly. The instrument now shows less than 300 miles and the vendor is confident - based on the car’s condition, originality and paperwork - that it has covered a mere 20,000 miles from new!

Recent health issues have convinced the seller to switch to closed cars hence his reason for putting ‘DOX 996’ back on the market. Still highly presentable, the two-seater boasts full weather equipment (renewed during its rejuvenation) and drove some twenty miles for our recent photoshoot without issue. Indeed, the vendor considers it to be 'very trustworthy' and 'ready to use'.

A rare opportunity, if you are looking for an ever-usable collector grade pre-war sports car that represents the earliest iteration of the Jaguar in sporting form, then surely 'DOX 996' is worthy of consideration.