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Most of this cars racing history is lost. The logbook that I have begins with a HMSA race at Laguna Seca on 5/19/84. The car was raced 13 – week ends at Laguna Seca and at Sears Point by Kathy Fox and later as Kathy Fox –Downs. Races included the Monterey Historics in 1984, 1985,… Continue reading Bill Angeloni: 1955 MGTF 1500

This 1952 XK120 OTS produced February 18, 1952 is the 1907th example delivered in LHD. Original color was birch grey with light and dark blue interior. As was the case with many of the early XK120s, this car was occasionally used for club races such as at the 1952 Janesville Airport Race (photo included.) In… Continue reading Luca Maciucescu: 1952 Jaguar XK120

Delivered in Beverly Hills, California this 1951 Allard has had several lives.  The name of the original purchaser is unknown, but after a few years of ownership the car was sold to a new owner who drag raced the car in California.  Ordered to accommodate a Desoto Firedome Hemi V8, the dealer instead installed a… Continue reading Doug Klink: 1951 Allard K2

Owner Jean-Pierre Molerus writes “Murray Nichols was commissioned by Bill Devin to make another car to go with the C model already in production . The car was named the S model for sport use. The story of this first car has been published in the  January 1955 issue of Road And Track. This first… Continue reading Jean Pierre Molerus: 1954 Nichols Panhard

I bought in the US as a battered old race car & imported it to the UK where I lived at the time , although it hadn’t come with any history and was in a pretty sorry state.  A good friend… actually my Navigator Keith Webster … bet me 50 Quid {pounds UK} that I couldn’t… Continue reading George Holt: 1954 Jaguar XK120

GONE… we’re so sad. Don sold the Aardvark to a buyer in France so we are unlikely to see the car again unless the new owner brings it stateside. Don endeared huimself to us by bringing several spare engines and popping a new one in during his tea break. Don also drove the 1952 Streets… Continue reading Don Racine: 1952 Aardvark H-Mod

Peter Darnall, the fine motorsport writer and photographer, wrote a superb piece on the Jaguar XK120 the first year it raced. What follows is that article.   I’ll admit to partiality when it comes to XK120 Jaguars. Naturally I was drawn to Tim Barnes’ beautiful 1951 roadster in the covered area of the paddock. The… Continue reading Tim Barnes: 1951 Jaguar XK120

Robert Davis writes “In 2003, Mark Gessler invited me to co-drive his 1938 BMW 328, in the Colorado Grand and the Mille Miglia. I was hooked. the next year, he sold me his Siata 208S; it had been accepted at the Concorso Villa d’Este , but I just wanted to race and rally the car.… Continue reading Robert Davis: 1953 Siata 208S

The Del Monte Trophy Race Group REGISTER records eligible cars … front-engined, drum-brake Sports Cars which would have raced at Pebble Beach 1950-1956. Read the details at https://dmtrg.com/the-definition/. Jim Alder is one of the most original and characterful drivers in the Del Monte Trophy Race Group, not only because he drives the Jaguar on the… Continue reading James Alder: 1952 Jaguar XK120