1937 SS Jaguar 100

This is one of the cars I photographed during a visit to the Doune Motor Museum when on a family holiday in Scotland in August 1996.

It's a 1937 SS Jaguar 100, and a note in the Donington Collection brochure says this about the car:

'The foundation on which the Jaguar sports car tradition was based in the post-war years was the pre-war SS 100 range of cars built by William Lyons, later Sir William Lyons who ran a company called Swallow Coachbuilding. A striking production of the late thirties was the SS 100 which had some competition successes just before the war. This particular car was bought by Lord Moray in the early 1960s when he decided to take up competitive motoring, and in particular hill climbs. At present, it still has the post-war Jaguar XK140 engine that was installed some years ago, but an original SS engine has been obtained to bring the car back to its original specification. It was one of the best looking English sports cars of its time.'

The museum closed in November 1998.