Adrian Newey's SS100

[RoyC]

Adrian Newey's 1938 SS100 3½-Litre at the London Classic Cars Show 2015



The first car Adrian bought as a collector, in 1984, during his time in the USA with MARCH. Having competed in a couple of historic rallies with a friend who had a penchant for old Jaguars, Adrian decided to find a suitable car. By chance, he happened across this Jaguar SS100 and, despite the car being in pieces, Adrian decided to buy it.

"It was a bit of a foolish thing to do, but I bought it and brought it back and thought, 'What do I do? I've got this bag of bits.' My friend Dave knew a guy (Terry Rowing) who wanted to build replicas, so he introduced me and we did a back-scratching thing where he rebuilt it for almost nothing, in exchange for having it to make his patterns from to build the replicas. So all the (Suffolk) replica SS100s you see on the road now are all off my car."

Woking Man Bitten by a Cat: http://atlasf1.autosport.com/99/ita/newey.html







Roy

[NATONEIL]

It is nice to see a little of the DNA.

[lowebird]

Roy,
Sorry I missed you, I did take my 'phone ( that in it's self was a first ) but I left it in the hotel !!!!
Wasn't it a great show, we spent all day Friday plus Saturday afternoon just drooling over the cars especially the Delahaye in the Grand Avenue.
Roger reports to have had a good show with some business done. WE also did the boat show but found it to be a pale shadow of what it used to be, wouldn't bother again.

Reg

[RoyC]

Reg,

Roger was certainly busy:


Apart from seeing the Newey SS100, my favorites were...

1933 Alfa Romeo 8C-2300



1935 Aston Martin Ulster



I remember when Ulsters were merely extremely expensive!
http://youtu.be/T04mtYeD87s

Roy

[lowebird]

Roy,
Great pictures as usual, I would gone home very very happy in the Red & Black Delahaye that was running up and down the grand avenue.
I have heard that the show is a definite for next year but may be bigger, GREAT!!!!.
I saw a wonderful S1 E-Type on the V&P stand, indeed it was so good I made an appointment to go to their premises on Sat with a view to buy it.
Unfortunate for me, although it was o.k. with the hood down, with it up I couldn't drive it! It's a real pity as I've never seen such a good one for such a price.
Back to the drawing board,
Reg

[RoyC]

...but their Petersen Bentley-ish special is still available. No roof problems with that one.





Roy

[lowebird]

Roy,
Talking about Bentleys,
The day before a Racing Green replica Bentley had just arrived, now that is a beautiful car and brand new only 300.000.00GBP.
Have a look at the web site:- www.vandp.net

Reg

[RoyC]

Hi Reg,

If you mean the Racing Green Speed Eight Replica,
http://vandpcars.smugmug.com/Cars/Bentley-Speed-8/
...that is one of their better creations and actually looks like the original (although it still seems a bit odd to see a Le Mans-style body on an 8-litre chassis). Most of these cars use the Rolls-Royce "B-series" engine, which was introduced post-war to power military trucks. Plenty of room for the shopping though!

Roy