Past Restorations
XK120 FHC – Jaguar Works Demonstrator Car
This is another historic Jaguar which went through the CMC restoration process in 2009/2010. Used by Jaguar as a works demonstrator for some two years appearing in Autosport magazine in October 1952. In 1954 Jaguar sold the car to a very successful club racer called Berwyn Baxter who we believe raced the car for some [...]...Read more
Coombs – MK2 Saloon
Original Coombs MK2 Saloons are few and far between, this one was checked and verified by Ken Bell prior to the purchase of the donor car. We completed the restoration in April 2011. This car has been in the same ownership since the mid 1970s and stored in a barn. The owner’s intention was to [...]...Read more
9600 HP – Oldest E-Type
Quite simply the oldest and most famous E-type in existence, 9600 HP was one of Jaguar’s prototypes, was used for development, as the launch car at Geneva and then as the press car. The subject of a book by Philip Porter, The Most famous Car in the World (published by Orion), 9600 HP underwent a [...]...Read more
1VHP – First Production E-Type FHC
The very first right hand drive production Jaguar E-Type Fixed Head Coupe. Supplied by Jaguar Cars in August 1961, 1 VHP was Henly’s London E-Type demonstrator. In 2001, this very important E-Type underwent a total CMC Jaguar restoration, including rebuilding the XK engine, restoring the bodywork, retrimming and painting i...Read more
OKV 1 -1954 Works D-type
The second D-type to be built by the Jaguar Competitions Dept. OKV 1 was the first of the famous trio of D-types that debuted at Le Mans in 1954. It was driven into second place by Hamilton and Rolt, missing victory by 135 seconds after 24 hours racing in foul conditions. The D-type then finished [...]...Read more
Rixon Bucknall – 1950s Jaguar Special
The Rixon Bucknall Special was built in the late ’50s by Colonel Rixon Bucknall. Based on a Jaguar XK140 chassis, the Red Car as it was known, blended vintage styling and characteristics with the then latest high performance Jaguar engineering. Later the Colonel updated the car with an XK150 ‘S’ engine. The car...Read more
LWK 707 –’Seven Days And Seven Nights’ Car
Driven by Sir Stirling Moss, Jack Fairman, Leslie Johnson and Bert Hadley, this relatively standard XK120 Fixed Head Coupe was taken out to the banked Montlhery track near Paris in 1952, and succeeded in averaging over 100mph for seven days and seven nights, covering over 16,851 miles. The car is in lovely period condition and [...Read more
Adrian Hamilton’s 17th Birthday Present – XK150 ‘S’ Roadster
Duncan Hamilton was a legend in the Jaguar world. He drove many examples of C-type and D-type for the Jaguar factory team in the ’50s. When his son, Adrian, was 17 in 1965, Duncan gave him an Jaguar XK150 ‘S’ Roadster for his birthday. Adrian sold the car to purchase his first house and the [...]...Read more
Lukas Huni – XK150 Roadster
Lukas Huni XK150 3.4S Roadster. This car underwent a total restoration from the chassis up. The car was supplied to us from the USA and was complete and very original not having been been restored previously. However, it had suffered from the ravages of time and the structure was quite corroded. Every nut and bolt [...]...Read more
Project Car – CMC Special
We were approached in the summer of 2004 by a Jaguar enthusiast to build a car in the idiom of the golden age of sports racing cars of the 1950s/ early 1960s. This client was not interested in a high-priced replica or a pastiche of previous models but commissioned a one-off in the spirit of [...]...Read more