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"Lucky Number 13" Octane Magazine, November 2016
As the wind swells and blusters, and malevolent clouds roil overhead, the marquee before us threatens to depart for a different time-zone. The introductions are over and we’re into the preliminary...
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"The 13" - Shakedown
Results of first shakedown to follow. In the meantime, turn up your sound and revel in the sounds this car made during the run.Does it sound angry or does it sound angry? .....
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Car on track next week. Final tweaks today gave an excuse to churn up my driveway and revel in the bark of that quad-cam ...Seems loose gravel and torque just don't mix.
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Re-Creating Jaguar's Quad-Cam V12 Engine - Part 1
While we prepare our first (prototype-engined) car for its first appearance on track and work continues on our first of a (very) limited run of customer cars, I thought you might be interested to learn...
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First Public Reveal
London Classic Car ShowIn the middle of last month our first (prototype-engined) re-creation of the 1966 Le Mans Prototype was loaded up for transport to London's Docklands Excel for its first public...
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Jaguar XJ13 - Malcolm Sayer's Crowning Glory
"Sayer uniquely blended science and art to produce timeless shapes of exceptional and enduring beauty. He brought science to the art of car design; and scientifically produced works of art.”21st May...
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Car is ready for paint
Perhaps a good time to reflect back 50 years ago to early 1965 when Bob Blake had already made a start on the original's monocoque.At the time, it was believed that it was still possible to have the...
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Any differences between the rivet detail on my recreation and Jaguar's rebuilt original are completely deliberate!There are many differences between Jaguar's 1966 original car and Jaguar's rebuilt car...
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Towards the end of 1965, in Jaguar's Competition Department, construction of their XJ13 Le Mans Prototype was underway. In 2015, almost 50 years later, my painstakingly accurate recreation of this...
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Recreating the XJ13 – Old Technology meets New
Where did Jaguar source components in period? Although Jaguar were able to raid their “parts bin” for some components of their XJ13 Le Mans Prototype, most of the car’s major items were custom-made....
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Original XJ13 at Goodwood Festival of Speed - June 2015
I was thrilled to hear a mention of my project as Jaguar's one-and-only original XJ13 lined up for a run up the hill yesterday ...
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Getting there ...I go off next week to collect the car and take it to have its exhaust fabricated (pictures to follow). In the meantime, the following is an assortment of pictures taken at various...
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Gerry Beddoes of Jaguar
I was privileged recently to be in a position to facilitate the reunion of Gerry Beddoes, one of Jaguar's prime architects of Jaguar's legendary quad-cam V12 engine with former ex-Jaguar colleagues...
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"The Gathering"
50 years (almost to the month) after similar events took place in Jaguar's Competition Department, work continues apace on my exact recreation of Jaguar's 1966 XJ13 Le Mans Prototype.GT40s ..... move...
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Sand Casting XJ13 Bellhousings
Spent a very enjoyable and informative morning watching the first of my XJ13 bellhousings being sand cast. Having decided to produce a limited run of "customer cars" built using the same tools,...
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Then and Now ...
The year is now 2015 and my car is approaching its "rolling chassis" stage - mirroring events of 50 years ago in Jaguar's Competition Department. It was then 1965 and William Heynes, Jaguar's...
View ArticleEngine Startup - Full Video of the Event
50 years ago, in 1964, Mr Jim Eastick started Jaguar's No.1 "XJ13" prototype quad-cam V12 engine for the first time in the presence of the late Mr William Heynes - Jaguar's legendary Engineering...
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