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Jaguar black & white car prints complete with your own personalised registration taken from the original hand drawn illustrations of the British automobile artist Paul Bennett GMA.

£19.00 + £2.00 p&p.(UK)  Hand coloured prints £10.00 extra.  Click on 'Pricing' if you wish to buy!

Every print comes set in a 12"x10" bevel edged presentation card mount ready for framing.
XK120  -  XK-E  -  MkII  -  240/340  -  XJ6/12
*All Classic Memories illustrations are copyright
 
XK120 Roadster (dark shading) 1948-'54
The classic of post war classics and the fastest production car in the world when it appeared in 1948.
With typical British pessimism Jaguar thought they'd only sell 200 and these were to have aluminium bodies whilst unprecedented demand dictated they put the car into mass production and that meant steel bodies for future sales.
Strictly a 2 seater with the then all new straight six XK engine of 3442cc.
 
XK120 Roadster with rear spats (light shading)
  The car was the sensation of the 1948 Motor Show, and it could have been all yours for the then princely sum of £1263.... but expect to pay a tad more for one today!  Even with it's steel body the XK could reach a top speed of 120mph... alas it's itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny drum brakes made extremely heavy weather of bringing you to a halt!
Eventual production of the roadster reached a staggering 7631
 
XK120 Coupe (dark shading)  1953-'54  
Available with rear spats
The stunningly beautiful drop-head coupe was only available for one year and an extremely rare animal to track down
as only 1769 passed through the Jaguar factory gates. Most went straight to the US to earn some dollars for the then bankrupt British economy... some things never change do they!
 
XK120 FHC with rear spats 1951-'54 (light shading)
To broaden the XK market Jaguar developed the roadster into one of the prettiest fixed head coupes ever seen.
It made for a fast, stylish and sophisticated XK that was ideal for long distance continental touring.
 
XK120 FHC (dark shading)
William Lyons knew the value of publicity and he was a master of the craft.
He 'lent' six of the top British drivers of the day with special factory prepared FHC's for racing and rallying across Europe and in the US. Neither them nor the cars let him down and the Jaguar name was forever writ large in the motoring hall of fame!
Straight Six XK twin overhead camshaft 3442cc. 160bhp. 0-60 in 9.9 secs. 120mph.
  Total FHC production reached 2678
 
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XK-E  Series 1 Roadster (E type)
Successor to the old XK series.... the XK-E or 'E' type.
The true uncluttered shape... and an instant classic!
A wonderful exercise in pure aerodynamic theory and utter showmanship.
140mph made it the fastest British production car and undercutting the Aston-Martin by a third.
It became the must have accessory for all pop stars, racing drivers, footballers & royalty.
The gearbox and brakes alas were not up to job of handling all that raw power.
Probably the most beautiful sportscar of the 60's... perhaps even of the 20th Century!
3.8 litre 1961-1964  +  4.2 litre 1964-1968
 
 

 E type Series 1 FHC

Again, is this possibly the most beautiful sports coupe ever built?
Based on the Type D racing cars, 7,670 luck owners were able to savour exactly what it all meant to be behind the wheel of a sports car with a true racing pedigree.
Personally I prefer the look of the coupe to the roadster... but it's the roadsters that command the higher prices.
 

 E type Series 1 2+2 FHC  1966-1968 (dark shading)
A growing family and still want the thrills of an E Type!
'No problem' said Jaguar; 'we'll simply add 9 inches to the length, higher that roofline and slip in two extremely small seats where the luggage used to go and never mind the looks!'
 

 E type Series 1 2+2 FHC  1966-1968  (light shading)
And did it all work? Well they shifted 5,600 of them - but they are not the collector's favourite E Type today.
 
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 E type Series 2 Roadster (light shading)
1968, and middle age beckons. We can thank America for those fussy open headlights as its safety demands tarnished that purity of line and its emission controls strangulate all that power turning the E Type into a mere shadow of its youthfully vigourous former self.
But let's not beat about the bush... it still looked a cracking motor! 
 

E type Series 2 Roadster

 E type Series 2 FHC
 
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 E type Series 3 V12 2+2 FHC
By 1971 the old girl had put on so much weight she was not the fastest kid on the block by some margin.
 Enter the first V12 engine produced since the Lincoln of 1948.
This was a glorious 5.3 litre monster that cranked out 272bhp and restored the Jaguar's performance back to where it was in those heady days of 1961.   Fuel consumption... well lets just say it was poor!
 

 E type Series 3 V12 Roadster
Thus ended the E Type story.
 The final 50 that rolled off the Coventry production line in 1973 were all painted black with commemerorative dashboard plaques and became collectors items from the word go.
The world will never see the likes of such a car again.
Production   Coupe 7,300    Roadster  7,990
 
 

 Mk2 Saloon  '59-'67  (dark shading)
Oddly enough there was a Mk1 (1955-59) but it was the Mk2 that somehow captured the imagination of the public.
It personified the 60's sports saloon like no other. Available in 2.4, 3.4 and 3.8 litres, it was all things to all men.
It was a classy businessman's express, a fine track day racing saloon, a wickedly fast lawman's machine and was beloved by lawbreakers the length and breadth of the country.
 

 Mk2 Saloon  '59-'67  (light shading)
Designed with typical flourish by William Lyons the founder of Jaguar.
The 2.4 could gasp it's way towards 100, the 3.4 was good for 120, whilst the 3.8 could top 125....
and for a 1960's saloon, that was good going.
New Dunlop disc brakes could  bring it to a stop too whilst the interior was a traditional setting of leather and wood.
Regrettably rust has decimated the ranks and a well sorted restored example will cost you dear!
Production  83,7100
 

240/340 '67-'69
A cut price Mk2 from good old British Motor Holdings. (forerunners of British Leyland)
 Slim-line bumpers, standard steel wheels and plastic trim. The fog lights are extra too now.
Having said that... it still looks the business, and it's a lot rarer!
Production 6,840
 
 

 XJ6  Series 1  '68-'73
The last creation from the pen of Jaguar's founder, Sir William Lyons.
Featuring 2.8 and 4.2 power with 180 and 245bhp from the faithful old XK engine, it was good for 117 and 124mph.
Voted 'Car of the Year' for 1968, it set a whole new standard in luxury sporting motoring
yet was unparalleled value for money at only £1,797.00
Production for the Series 1 reached 78,400
 

 XJ6/XJ12  Series 2  '73-'79
The XJ series 2 of 1973 saw the introduction of the mighty V12 from the E Type with 5343cc, 285bhp
and capable of  an eye watering 147mph.
Even the basic XJ6 had a huge 4235cc lump that propelled it to 0-60 in 10.5 secs and on to 124 in complete silence.
Production of the XJ6 was 77,501 with the XJ12 selling an impressive 16,060
 

 XJ6/XJ12  Series 3  '79-'86
An impressive motor to look at even by today's standards,
 this was the third and final update of William Lyons last creation, the evergreen XJ saloon of 1968.
Available as either a 3.4, 4.2 or 5.3 
The 5.3 was a truly Grand Touring 5 seater saloon in every sense. 147mph. 0-60 in 7.4 seconds with accommodation and handling to match cars three times its price... a wonderful piece of British engineering.
Were there any drawbacks to this amazing bit of kit?  Alas....12mpg with that V12!
 
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