1955 Jaguar D Type
Apr 16, 2024 04:15:13 #
Paul Moshay
Loc: Los Angeles, CA
WOW a classic car, don't see them too often around here. Good shots. Thanks.
Apr 16, 2024 05:53:05 #
black mamba wrote:
This car was on the starting line at the 1957 Le Mans Race. Another D Type won the race. this car finished third. It is powered by a 6 cylinder in-line engine with double overhead cams, 3 dual-throat Weber carbs, and produced 270 HP at 6,000 RPM. An identically powered D Type topped out at 185 MPH when run at the Bonneville salt flats.
I love Jaguars, always have. This one looks fast for some reason. I was born in 1951 what a joy. Keep posting waiting for more!! Thanks BE SAFE!!
Tom
Apr 16, 2024 07:09:40 #
Reuss Griffiths wrote:
Great looking car, Tom. I like the lines on this car much more than Jaguar's contemporary XK140 series that most of us think of when think of a 55 Jaguar. I've never seen a D type because I am totally unfamiliar with most race-car only cars of that day. Thanks again for sharing.
Hey, Reuss.
I grew up in a " car focused " family. Both of my parents were gear heads. My mom even took her '57 Chevy to the drag races on 4 occasions...she won twice and lost twice. Then she quit...said she didn't want to hurt her " baby ". When she got a '59 Impala, she gifted me her '57. My oldest brother had a '52 MG TD, which I learned to drive on. I never had a chance. I was doomed to a car culture from the get-go.
Apr 16, 2024 07:11:15 #
Paul Moshay wrote:
WOW a classic car, don't see them too often around here. Good shots. Thanks.
Hi, Paul.
Thanks for looking in and commenting.
Tom
Apr 16, 2024 07:27:54 #
tshift wrote:
I love Jaguars, always have. This one looks fast for some reason. I was born in 1951 what a joy. Keep posting waiting for more!! Thanks BE SAFE!!
Tom
Tom
Hi, Tom.
In college, I occasionally would swap cars with a fraternity brother who had a Jaguar XK 150. It was a fun car but I wouldn't have wanted it as my only transportation....he was always having some little niggling issues with it.
Apr 16, 2024 08:16:46 #
black mamba wrote:
Hi, Tom.
In college, I occasionally would swap cars with a fraternity brother who had a Jaguar XK 150. It was a fun car but I wouldn't have wanted it as my only transportation....he was always having some little niggling issues with it.
In college, I occasionally would swap cars with a fraternity brother who had a Jaguar XK 150. It was a fun car but I wouldn't have wanted it as my only transportation....he was always having some little niggling issues with it.
Yea Jaguar!! LOl.
Apr 16, 2024 22:10:59 #
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