Lot details Registration No: SS 2133 Chassis No: 1B3014DN Mot Expiry: July 2010
Widely regarded as one of the most beautiful sports cars ever made, the Jaguar SS100 has been an object of desire for more than seventy 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. Based around a substantial box-section chassis tailored to accept XJ6 suspension, brake, steering and drive train assemblies, 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.
Finished in red with black leather upholstery, this particular example is described by the vendor as being in "excellent" condition with regard to its 3.8 litre engine, four-speed manual gearbox, electrical equipment, interior trim, bodywork and paintwork. A qualified engineer the seller further informs us that 'SS 2213' took him over two years to build with "professionals being used for all specialist jobs". Reportedly completed some three years and 650 miles ago, the two-seater is said to have won "a prestigious award on its first outing at the Grampian Branch of the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club" and to have made "numerous other local show appearances". Beautifully detailed, its radiator grille, aluminium bonnet, windscreen, hood, headlights, spotlights and instruments would not look out of place on a genuine SS100. Powered by Jaguar running gear, 'SS 2213' boasts all-round ventilated disc brakes and a limited slip differential. Riding on wire wheels, this highly convincing SS100 Evocation is offered for sale with MOT certificate valid until July 2010.
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