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£47,040

1982 Jaguar SS100 to Suffolk Specification (3.4 litre)

United Kingdom • 26 Nov 2016 • Lot 149

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This is a 2000 Jaguar SS100 recreation, finished in Mason's Black with a black mohair hood and black hide interior. It features a 3.4-liter Jaguar XJ engine, five-speed manual gearbox, independent suspension, and disc brakes disguised as drums.

Condition

7

While described as being built to the highest standard and presenting in excellent condition throughout, it is a recreation built in 2000, not an original SS100 from the 1930s. The listing highlights that great care was taken when the car was originally painted, and it presents in excellent condition throughout.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

SAJJAALA7CC346340

Odometer:

18,000 miles

Reg Number:

218 KKR

RHD/LHD:

RHD

The SS100 was built between 1936 and 1940 by SS Cars Ltd of Coventry, England.

The nomenclature was to reflect the theoretical 100mph maximum speed and once approved by Sir William Lyons, the name 'Jaguar' was given to a new saloon version in 1936.

Widely considered to be one of the most aesthetically pleasing Jaguar cars ever built, it is also one of the rarest with only 198 of the 2.5-litre and 116 of the 3.5-litre models being made.

Most stayed on the home market but 49 were exported.

Cars in good condition will now regularly fetch in excess of £300,000.

It is of little surprise, rather like its later stable mates, the C and D-Type, that those of us of a more impecunious persuasion looked for an alternative and a number of boutique car manufacturers then set about to feed this demand, supplying good quality recreations at a fraction of the cost of a real one.

Built in 2000, this Jaguar SS100 recreation is finished in Mason's Black with matching black mohair hood and black hide...