Lot details Registration No: SSJ 142 Chassis No: SAJJAALP3CC335719 Mot Expiry: Oct 2019
- Factory built in 2013
- One previous keeper as a SS100
- 3,800 recorded miles, MOT'd till October 2019
Widely regarded as one of the most beautiful sports 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. Reborn and refined as the Suffolk SS100, the design remains in production to this day.
Based on a 1982 Jaguar XJ6 4.2 donor car, 'SSJ 142' was reportedly factory built by Suffolk Sportscars in 2013. Understood to have covered some 3,800 miles since its transformation, the two-seater has had just one previous keeper as a SS100 and entered the current ownership during September 2016. Finished in Green with Beige hide upholstery, it is described by the vendor as being 'excellent overall' with regards to its 4235cc engine, four-speed manual plus overdrive gearbox, electrical equipment, bodywork, paintwork and interior trim. Offered for sale with V5C Registration Document, Suffolk Jaguar Pre-Used SS100 PDI Check List and MOT certificate valid until October 2019.
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