Dunsmore Jaguar

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Dunsmore
Dunsmore Jaguar Special
Dunsmore Jaguar Special
Jaguar Special
Production period: 1984-1996
Class : Sports car
Body versions : Roadster
Engines: Petrol engine :
3.8 liters
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The Dunsmore Jaguar Special was a two-seater sports car produced by Dunsmore Motor Traction in Stretton-on-Dunsmore in England . The company produced around 14 vehicles between 1984 and 1996, some with Jaguar engines.

description

A ladder frame formed the basis. Panels made of plywood or steel were mounted on a body made of steel tubes . The open roadster body in the style of the 1930s offered space for two people. A six-cylinder engine with a displacement of 3.8 liters from Jaguar Cars powered the vehicle. The transmission had four gears plus overdrive . The 13 ″ drum brakes came from the Jaguar XK 140 .

Picture gallery

literature

  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 466. (English)
  • Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949 . Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , pp. 77 (English).

Web links

Commons : Dunsmore Jaguar  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949 . Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , pp. 77 (English).
  2. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 466. (English)