(a.k.a. Red Sports Car Day at Chez la Vache!)
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More proof of the alternate LAW that not ALL RED sports cars MUST be ITALIAN, is this rare 1937 Jaguar SS100. The SS100 is a British 2-seat sports car built between 1936 and 1940 by SS Cars Ltd of Coventry, England. The last one is thought to have been delivered in 1941. In 1936 the name Jaguar was given to a new saloon car (that's sedan to all you Yanks) and from then on to all the cars SS produced. Following the Second World War, because of the connotations then attached to the initials ""SS", the company was renamed Jaguar. In the case of Jaguar, the "SS" stood for Swallow Sidecar - the company got its start building sidecars for motorcycles.
8 comments:
Terrific photo and wonderful background information, Louis!
I love that JAG! That was beauty. Alos thanks for another history lesson. I know so little about old cars and companies, I just love them and especially the ones of my youth.
Thanks for a relaxing read. I never knew of the Swallow Sidecar!
Somehow you can just tell it's British what! what!! So nice!!
Such a beautiful car, wow, I want a ride.
very cool! :)
mais oui!
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Beautiful car! And such a different design from the classic sports cars I am used to seeing.
And not all italian cars are red. Saw a purple and super low Maserati earlier today, and couldn't manage getting my camera phone out on time...
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