1976 TRAC SS100

Registration No: UBJ 984R
Chassis No: TRAC20032
MOT: Exempt

• Precursor to the Suffolk SS100 (Suffolk buying the design rights from TRAC)
• Jaguar XK DOHC 4.2 litre straight-six engine, five-speed Getrag gearbox, LSD and electronic ignition etc
• Correctly registered with the DVLA as a 'TRAC SS100'
• Correct type Lucas QK596 headlights and horns etc
• Only 26,000 miles since completion

Widely regarded as one of the most beautiful cars ever made, the Jaguar SS100 has been an object of desire for more than eighty years. Due to its rarity and value the model has inspired numerous imitations. Though, few - if any - have been as aesthetically accurate as the cars built by Terry Rowing of TRAC Engineering. By the late 1980s Rowing had established an enviable reputation for restoring genuine SS100s and learnt how to remanufacture components such as the solid brass chromed radiator surround, alloy louvered bonnet and folding windscreen etc. Deciding to create a Jaguar XJ6-based SS100 Evocation that combined the style and feel of the original with more modern road manners, he approached current Red Bull F1 designer Adrian Newey (a customer at the time) for permission to take precise GRP body moulds from the latter's superb 1938 car. Unveiled in late 1990 the resultant TRAC prototype was well received by the motoring press. The production version was predominantly supplied in 'home-build' form at the rate of four a year until 1996 when the manufacturing rights were purchased by Roger Williams of Suffolk Sportscars.

Finished in Deep Red Metallic with Black leather upholstery, chassis TRAC20032 reportedly took its previous keeper several years to assemble. A professional engineer, he incorporated such niceties as a bespoke ignition lead holder (with engraved ‘leaping cat’ motif), Getrag five-speed manual gearbox, limited slip differential and polished cam covers for the 4.2 litre straight-six engine etc. Entering the current ownership in 2008, ‘UBJ 984R’ has been correctly re-registered with the DVLA as a ‘TRAC SS100’. Showing some 26,500 miles to its odometer which is thought to represent the total covered since completion, the two-seater started readily upon inspection. Fitted with correct-type Lucas QK596 headlights, horns and ‘owl eyes’ rear lights not to mention a bank of silver-faced ‘SS’ instruments, ‘UBJ 984R’ was featured in the Jaguar Enthusiasts’ Club magazine during August 2008. Offered for sale with V5C Registration Document and history file.

For more information, please contact:
Damian Jones
damian.jones@handh.co.uk
07855 493737