Classic Jaguar (April/May 2023)

The Spring April/May edition of Classic Jaguar includes the following feature stories:

◊ E-Type Bespoke Project: A unique personalised car, observed by Richad Holdsworth. A story about a highly distinctive E-Type Coupe owned by John Beasley and restored, upgraded and modified by JDCSA member Alan Baker.

◊ Series 2 E-Type Coupe: The tale of perfecting a car first restored four decades ago.

◊ On Track: A retrospective covering the ‘modern’ era of XK racing.

◊ Novice Racer: James Wall shares his tale of an ambition realised.

◊ Non-Running Report-V12E-Type: Peter spurns his faithful E for a photo opportunity.

◊ FRW ‘Lofty’ England: Eric Dymock competes the story of a Jaguar icon.

◊ Lynx Motors International: Tony Brown reveals the history of this famous company.

◊ Specialist- NAR: We visit a really cool company. Northampton Auto Rads.

◊ Secrets of Car Photography: Peter Simpson demonstrates just what you can achieve with your mobile ‘phone.

◊ Jaguar In America: Richard Gunn exposes the rise and fall of Max Hoffman. .

Classic Jaguar included an excellent feature story on “Selling Jaguars in the USA the Hoffman Way”. The man mostly responsible for establishing Jaguar in North America immediately post war was Max Hoffman. But the relationship between Coventry and New York soon turned sour when Hoffman began selling Jaguars and Mercedes side-by side despite William Lyons requesting that they wern’t. After Jaguar and Hoffman parted company, the far friendlier Briggs Cunnigham took over distribution