Jaguar and Daimler specialists

We have huge experience of working on all classic Jaguar and Daimler models – we always seem to have at least two classic saloons and E-types in our workshop at any time.

Jaguar has long held a special place in collectors’ hearts, no doubt due to the wide range of models which when new, and now, offer something for everyone’s budget. The pre and post war saloons are still fantastic looking and graceful vehicles. But it’s for sports cars that the brand is best known. The XK120 debuted in 1948 and was the car that made Jaguars reputation as a maker of great performance cars. The XK140 and XK150 followed in 1954 and 1957, delivering more speed and refinements.

Its range of saloon cars begin with the Jaguar Mk1 saloon, a compact but sporting coupe which offered style, space and speed. The Mk 1 is a wonderful mixture of 1940s design with hints of the much more modern Mk 2 that would follow. The often-overlooked S-Type offers what was impressive and modern suspension for the day.

But it is of course the Jaguar E-type or XKE as it was known overseas that Jaguar is best known for. When launched in 1961, this car startled the motoring world and was most famously was described by Enzo Ferrari as the most beautiful car ever made. It became hugely popular in the USA where the E-type had many celebrity owners such as Paul Newman and Steve McQueen.

We have rescued many badly damaged or extremely corroded E-types over the years. Expert fabrication and exacting panel fit is required to recreate the E-types flowing lines correctly, replicating the factory lead leading exactly is a must to create longevity of finishes on roadster bodies.