Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust

What a beautiful sight outside the Collections Centre, British Motor Museum today! The E-type Club came to visit us and had a tour of the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust collection.
We hope you enjoyed your afternoon!

On 26 June 1997 Jaguar produced their last AJ16 engine https://www.jaguarheritage.com/…/jaguar -en…/aj6-aj16-engine/

On 25 June 1960 American Briggs Cunningham entered the Jaguar E2A Prototype for the Le Mans 24 hour recording fastest practice lap but retired with a burnt piston after 10 hours and 89 laps

On 18 June 1908 Harry Teather, who started working for the Swallow Sidecar Company aged 14 in 1923 and rose to be Purchasing Director, working for the Company for 50 years, was born. www.jaguarheritage.com/jaguar-…/jaguar- people/harry-teather/

At the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust we are pleased to have on display the ultimate Jaguar accessory 'an illuminated growler'. The photo doesn't quite do it justice though the red section is illuminated by LEDs.

The Trust's ETCC Winning TWR XJS on show at JEC's Jagfest at Hole Park in Kent today. https://www.jaguarheritage.com/…/1984-t wr-xj-s-group-a-etc…/

As part of our continuing celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the launch of the Jaguar MarkII Compact Sports Saloon we have taken two of our cars to ClassicNostalgia at Shelsley Walsh our Jaguar Mark II and our Daimler V8 https://www.jaguarheritage.com/…/1967-j aguar-mark-ii-3-8-l…/

The Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust has added a biography of Norman Dewis to the Jaguar People section of the Trust's website as our tribute to Norman. https://www.jaguarheritage.com/…/jaguar -people/norman-dewis/

The following statement was issued by Dr Ralf Speth on Monday 10 June 2019
Dear colleagues
I wanted personally to make you aware of some extremely sad news. The great Jaguar test driver and incredible friend of ours, Norman Dewis, has passed away aged 98.
... Norman worked at Jaguar Cars from 1952 to 1985, but continued to be a fervent Jaguar global ambassador right up to his 98th year. With his infectious storytelling and unbridled enthusiasm for our cars – both modern and classic – Norman was a shining light of the Jaguar brand.
During his 33-year career with Jaguar, Norman’s development work on a huge range of Jaguars was remarkable, including:
* the multiple Le Mans-winning C- and D-type race cars: Norman himself drove a works D-type in the dramatic 1955 Le Mans 24 hr; * the pioneering XK sports cars, notably the XK120 in which he set a 172.412 mph production car speed record on a closed section of the Jabbeke highway in Belgium in 1953; * the classic Jaguar Mk saloons; * the legendary E-type (including the Lightweight E-type) and * the XJ13 mid-engined prototype, from which the fearless Norman walked away unscathed after the car rolled end-over-end during a high-speed testing run.
Each and every model developed with Norman’s help remains an icon of the automotive world to this day for its impeccable blend of comfort and handling.
One of Norman’s first automotive projects is without doubt the one that has left the greatest legacy on the automotive industry: the disc brake. This innovation contributed significantly to the C-type’s success on track and to great safety improvements in road cars ever since.
The Jaguar brand is synonymous with a number of big personalities: the founder, Sir William Lyons; the great designer, Malcolm Sayer; innovative engineer, Bill Heynes; and – of course – the great test driver, Norman Dewis. Norman’s name will quite rightly go down in Jaguar history. Without his contribution to the brand during his 33-year career, or as a global ambassador in his later years, Jaguar simply wouldn’t be the same. So, I hope you’ll all join me today in saying: thank you, Norman.
We will be announcing further details on our plans to celebrate Norman’s astonishing life and achievements in due course, but it’s important that you are among the first to hear of this sad news.
Ralf
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We are sad to hear about the death of Norman Dewis, Jaguar Chief Engineer, racing driver and long term ambassador for Jaguar. RIP Norman Dewis 1920 - 2019.

Our Long-nose D-Type 393 RW in good company at Chateau Rochefort-en-Yvelines today.

The Trust's 1956 Long-nose D-type is at Chateau Rochefort-en-Yvelines near Paris this weekend representing the trust at the 50th anniversary celebrations for the French Jaguar Drivers Club. Bon weekend!

This weekend 5 of the Trust's vehicles are at the Daimler Lanchester Owners Club (DLOC) rally at Peebles Hydro in Scotland.
1901 Lanchester 10/12 FRW 766 1955 Regency Sportsman SOE 283 1953 Daimler Conquest 213 CPH... 1986 Daimler XJS 1996 Daimler Corsica P300 COR
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On 5 June 1894 William Lyons' father, William Lyons Senior married Mary Jane Barcroft in the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Name at Chorlton-upon-Medlock about 50 miles from Blackpool https://www.genuki.org.uk/…/…/LAN/Cho rltononMedlock/HolyName

On 3 June 1965 Bob Knight issued a Project Specification for project number ZX 558/04/01 a mid-engined prototype which would become #XJ13 https://www.jaguarheritage.com/car/1966-j aguar-xj13/

At @CovMotoFest and despite James Noble having a direct line to Him upstairs He has opened the Heavens and we aren’t running our cars this lunchtime. Hopefully it will dry up in time for our final session at 5 pm.

We know that many Jaguar owners will be at Gaydon on Saturday 1st June and hope you enjoy the cars that are on display. There are however a few missing - our long nose D-Type is in France doing demonstration laps at Le Vigeant. Our short nose D-Type Prototype is still on display in the main museum. Closer to home we are taking 6 of our cars to the Coventry Ring Road for the Coventry Motofest where we will be doing demonstration laps round the Ring Road. See our What's On page for full details https://www.jaguarheritage.com/event/cove ntry-motofest-2019/