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Jaguar Story:

  • 1920s – The Birth of a Legend
  • 1930s – Wait! The “SS” is Coming
  • Wartime Production
  • 1940s Post-War – The Jaguar XK Arrives
  • 1950s – Grace, Space and Pace
  • 1960s – “The Most Beautiful Car in the World”
  • 1970s – The Crown of Glory
  • 1980s – Back on Track!
  • 1990s – The Cat is Back
  • 2000s – A New Century

Jaguar People:

  • William Lyons – Founder of Jaguar Cars
  • William Walmsley – Co-Founder of Swallow Sidecars
  • Claude Baily – Chief of Engine Development
  • Jack Beardsley – From Whitesmith to Works Director
  • Mike Beasley – From Engineer to Managing Director
  • Bob Berry – Talented Amateur Racing Driver and Jaguar Public Relations Man
  • Norman Dewis – Chief Test Driver, Development Engineer, Racing Driver
  • Lofty England – From Apprentice to Chief Executive
  • Sir John Egan – From British Leyland to Ford Ownership
  • Alice Fenton– From Office Junior to Home Sales Director
  • Fred Gardner – Sawmill Supervisor and Body Development Shop Manager
  • Walter ‘Wally’ Hassan – Chief Experimental Engineer and Engine Designer
  • William Heynes – Chief Engineer 1935 to 1989
  • Cyril Holland – Swallow’s First Coachmaker and Master Jig-Maker
  • Howard Hunt – Production Test Driver and Press Fleet Manager
  • Bob Knight – From Drawing Office to Managing Director
  • Lady Greta Lyons – The steady rock behind Sir William Lyons
  • Harry Mundy – Engine Designer for Coventry Climax and Jaguar Cars
  • Jim Randle – From Apprentice to Product Engineering Director
  • Bill Rankin – PR man credited with ‘creating the whole image of Jaguar’
  • Ole Sommer – Danish Jaguar Importer and Car Collector
  • Connie Teather – Secretary and Recorder of the Early Days
  • Harry Teather – From ‘Boy’ to Purchasing Director
  • Harry Weslake – Automotive Engineer and Expert on Engine Tuning
  • Arthur Whittaker – From Part-time Salesman to Deputy Chairman

Jaguar Drivers:

  • Bob Berry – Promising Racing Driver Driving XK120 and D-type and Jaguar PR Man
  • Ivor Bueb – Twice Winner of Le Mans 1955
  • Norman Dewis – Chief Test Driver, Development Engineer Racing Driver, Long-term Jaguar Ambassador
  • Johnny Dumfries – Jaguar Racing Driver Winner of 1988 Le Mans
  • Ecurie Ecosse Race Team – Le Mans Winners 1956 and 1957
  • Jack Fairman – Racing Driver for Jaguar Cars and Ecurie Ecosse
  • Duncan Hamilton – Jaguar Racing Driver Winner of 1953 Le Mans
  • Walt Hansgen – Jaguar Racer and Four Times SCCA Champion
  • Mike Hawthorn – First British GP Champion Jaguar Racing Driver from 1955 to 1957
  • Leslie Johnson – Jaguar Racing Driver Architect of the Montlhéry Record Breaking Runs
  • Peter Lindner – Jaguar Racing Driver Owner of 5th Lightweight E-Type
  • Peter Lumsden – Racing Driver and Co-driver of Lightweight E-Type 49 FXN, 1963 to 1964
  • Stirling Moss – Jaguar Racing Driver, Racing Team Leader Aged 21, 1950 to 1954
  • Peter Nocker – Lightweight E-Type 4868 WK 1963 & 1964
  • Tony Rolt – Jaguar Racing Driver Winner of 1953 Le Mans
  • Peter Sargent – Racing Driver and Co-driver of Lightweight E-type 49 FXN, 1963 to 1964
  • Bill Smith – Promising Young Driver Signed for Ecurie Ecosse
  • Peter Walker – Jaguar Racing Driver Winner of 1951 Le Mans
  • Ken Wharton – Jaguar Racing Driver Raced in 1954 & 1956 Le Mans Winner of 1954 Reims 12 Hour
  • Peter Whitehead – Jaguar Racing Driver Winner of 1951 Le Mans
  • Tommy Wisdom – Daily Herald Journalist, SS100 to C-type Racing and Rally Driver

Jaguar Engineering:

  • Jaguar Ingenium Engines Diesel and Petrol, 2014 – Present
  • Jaguar C-X16 Concept Car Petrol-Electric Hybrid, 2011
  • Eighth Generation XJ Saloon X351, 2009-2019
  • Preparing a Standard Diesel S-Type for the Nürburgring 24 Hour Race (BU03 XEJ), 2003
  • Seventh Generation XJ Saloon X350, 2002-2009
  • Jaguar AJ-V8 Engine, 1997 – Present
  • Jaguar X-type Compact Saloon X400, 1997 – 2009
  • Daimler Corsica Centenary Celebration Concept Car, 1996
  • Jaguar’s 6th Le Mans Win Jaguar XJR-9, 1988
  • Jaguar AJ6 AJ16 Engines, 1983 – 1996
  • Jaguar V12 Engine Twin-cam, 1971 – 1997
  • Experimental Engineering Jaguar E2A, 1960 – 1966
  • Jaguar E-Type Evolution, 1957 – 1961
  • Experimental Engineering Jaguar E1A, 1956 – 1958
  • Jaguar V8 Engine Military Specification, 1953 – 1957
  • Experimental Engineering Jaguar XP/11 C/D Prototype, 1953 – 1954
  • Experimental Engineering Jaguar XKC301 The Brontosaurus, 1953 – 1955
  • Disc Brakes Developed by Dunlop and Jaguar, 1952 – 1958
  • Jaguar C-type The race for Le Mans, 1951 – 1953
  • Jaguar XK 4 Cylinder Engine, 1948
  • Jaguar XK 6 Cylinder Engine, 1948 – 1992
  • Jaguar XK 4.2 Litre Engine Military Specification
  • SS1 ‘Walmsley Roadster’ KV 8011, 1934

Daimler History:

  • Daimler – 1890s to The Great War
  • Daimler – The Great War
  • The Inter-War Years
  • Daimler – World War II
  • Daimler – 1940s and 1950s
  • 1960 – When Jaguar Bought Daimler
  • Daimler Works – Radford – 1896 to 2000s

Daimler People:

  • Frederick Simms – Entrepreneur, Inventor and Founder of the Daimler Motor Syndicate
  • Henry Lawson – Enterpreneur Who Tried To Control The Motor Industry
  • Dudley Docker – Industrialist and Architect of the 1910 BSA Takeover of the Daimler Company
  • Sir Bernard Docker – Managing Director of BSA and Chairman of Daimler Company until ousted in 1956
  • Lady Norah Docker – Wife of Sir Bernard and ‘Designer’ of the Docker Daimlers
  • Ernest Instone – Early Daimler Employee Who Became General Manager and Partner in First Dealership
  • Undecimus Stratton – Manager of Daimler’s London Depot and Partner in First Dealership

Daimler Engineering:

  • Daimler SP252 Prototype 100005 Re-styled by William Lyons, 1961 – 1963
  • Edward Turner’s Daimler V8 Engine 2.5 & 4.5 litre, 1959 – 1969
  • Daimler (Dart) SP250 Sports Car Prototype 100002, 1959 – 1960
  • The ‘Docker Daimlers’ Motor Show Cars, 1951 – 1955
  • Daimler Fluid Flywheel and Wilson Pre-selector Self-changing Gearbox
  • Daimler Built Aircraft During World War One, 1914 – 1918
  • Daimler KPL Hybrid-Electric Bus, 1910 – 1911
  • Daimler ‘Silent Knight’ Sleeve-valve engine, 1908 – 1935
  • Daimler Trade Mark Finned / Fluted Radiator, 1902 onwards
  • Hot-tube Ignition and Other Early Daimler Engineering, 1897- 1900s

Lanchester People:

  • Frederick Lanchester – Inventor, Mathematician, Engineer Co-founder of Lanchester Engine Company

Lanchester Engineering:

  • The Last Lanchester The Sprite, 1953 – 1956
  • The Lanchester Forty Tourer and Saloon, 1919 – 1928
  • Wooden Lanchesters and Petrelect Hybrid Power, 1919 – 1930s

Coventry Climax

Guy Motors

Henry Meadows

Locations:

Blackpool, 23 King Edward Avenue – Home of William Walmsley, Originator of the Swallow Sidecar

Blackpool, 24 King Edward Avenue – Home of William Lyons, Founder of Swallow Sidecar Company

Blackpool, 5 Bloomfield Road – Swallow Sidecar’s First Factory, 1922 to 1926

Blackpool, 41 Cocker Street Swallow Sidecar’s Factory from 1926 to 1928

Blackpool – List of Swallow Sidecar Related Addresses

Daimler Works Radford, Coventry The Motor Mills and Powerhouse