| D-Type | Pastel Green | ||||
| Open Two Seater | |||||
| Right Hand Drive | |||||
| E2026-9 | |||||
| 1956 | Old English White | ||||
| 2009 | Green | ||||
| Nice Driver | |||||
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Record Creation: Entered on 25 October 2008.
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Car Number Prefixes and Suffixes:
- XKD indicates the model is a D-Type.
Car History
From Jaguar Sports Racing Cars
Supplied to Henlys, Manchester, UK; sold to Gillie Tyrer; 1956 Queensferry Sprint Trials, organized by Chester Motor Club, achieved 131.58mph over flying 1/4 mile; sold (according to log book) to Futura Rubber Co (Alex McMillan); raced quite successfully by McMillan in club events; Silverstone final 1955 meeting, 1st x 3 and best lap of the day; 1956 sold to Murkett Bros (Huntingdon); painted white and raced by Henry Taylor; Snetterton, 1st; 1957 Spa, 3rd; 1958 sold to Jock McBain & raced for Border Reivers team by Jim Clark; competed in 20 events with no retirements & achieved 12 wins; Team manager Ian Scott-Watson mentioned in correspondence with 'Lofty' England that they had a driver of 'extreme promise'; Clark achieved first 100mph lap on an unbanked track in the UK; also raced for Border Reivers by Jimmy & John Somervail & Jock McBain; winter 1958/59 sold to Alan Ensoll who tried to convert car into an XKSS; sold to Robert J. Duncan (Crumlin, Northern Ireland) and raced there; 1964 sold to Bryan Corser (Shrewsbury, UK); rebuilt as D-type & painted BRG; sold to Walter Hill; 1979 sold to Willie Tuckett; regularly used in historic racing; crashed in early-1980s and rebuilt by Martin Morris; driven by author [Porter] during preparation of this book; William Tuckett (Devon, UK).
Philip Porter is the author of numerous books on the Jaguar marque. In additional to writing books and magazine articles and managing several businesses, he runs the XK Club and E-Type club from Worcestershire, England. His latest books include the Jaguar Scrapbook and the Stirling Moss 1929 - 1954 Scrapbook.
© Porter & Porter
Photos of XKD517
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Exterior Photos (6)
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November 2008:
Interior Photos (1)
October 2009:
Action Photos (2)
October 2009:
Detail Photos: Engine (1)
October 2009:
Comments
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2009-04-14 17:46:46 | pauls writes:
According to "Jaguar D Type & XKSS" by Graham Robson car was dispatched Sept. 12, 1955. Registered TKF 9 to A. McMillan.
2009-06-20 04:40:49 | Gilles Lachance writes:
XKD517 is presently for sale by Duncan Hamilton & co. Ltd. Many photos are available on their web site :
www.duncanhamilton.com
This car is presently white.
Comment added on June 20th, 2009
2009-10-05 21:14:37 | pauls writes:
Now listed as sold by above vendor.
Sellers description:
Chassis Number: XKD517 and Registration Number: TKF 9 Originally finished in pastel green, XKD517 was delivered new to Henlys of Manchester. It was owned in turn by Gillie Tyrer, Alex McMillan and then the Murkett Brothers of Huntingdon, who painted it white (the colour it wears today) and campaigned it for Henry Taylor. He won at Snetterton and finished third at Spa. In 1958 it passed into the hands of Jock McBain and the Border Rivers team. Its principal driver during that year was rising star Jim Clark. In his talented hands it finished all 20 races for which it was entered and notched up 12 outright victories. An exceptionally original car, it now provides a unique opportunity to acquire an integral part of one of the most charismatic periods of British motorsport.
2009-10-17 14:33:29 | Philippe writes:
Seen at Spa-Francorchamps, September 2009. Finished 3rd in Woodcote Trophy race, driven by Pearson/Monteverde.