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SS Jaguar 100 - The remarkable story of 18008

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  • 9901130025
  • 9781913089603
  • Porter Press
Launched in 1935, the rakish SS100 was a landmark model for the company that had been founded by... more
SS Jaguar 100 - The remarkable story of 18008

Launched in 1935, the rakish SS100 was a landmark model for the company that had been founded by William Lyons as Swallow Sidecars and which would evolve into Jaguar. As the first true performance car to wear the Jaguar name, it soon attracted the attention of drivers who recognised its competition potential – and chassis number 18008 would become perhaps the most famous SS100 of all.

Better known by its registration number BWK 77, or simply as ‘Old Number 8’, it was sold new to Sammy Newsome before being bought back by the SS Cars factory. It went on to become the works development car before making headlines when the husband-and-wife team of Tommy and Elsie Wisdom achieved a penalty-free run on the 1936 International Alpine Trial.

After being modified into lightweight 3.5-litre form, BWK 77 raced at prestigious venues such as Brooklands and Shelsley Walsh, eventually being sold into private ownership after World War Two. Its competition history did not end there, however. Subsequent owners have continued to use this revered SS100 in the manner to which it had become accustomed and this, the 11th book in the Exceptional Cars series from Porter Press International, brings its remarkable story right up to date.  

KEY POINTS
- The full story of 18008’s career as a works car, including its penalty-free run in the 1936 International Alpine Trial in the hands of Tommy and Elsie Wisdom.
- Revealing profiles of each private owner and their competitive achievements with this unique SS100.
- Superb photography from throughout the car’s sporting history – from the 1936 Scottish Rally to the 2022 Spa Six Hours Historic Meeting.
- The evolution of BWK 77 – from factory form to lightweight racer and its restoration in the late 1960s.
- A stunning full set of studio images of ‘Old Number 8’, as photographed by John Colley.

Product Type: Book
Format: Hardback
Publisher/Manufacturer: Porter Press
Author: Chas Parker
Language: English
Number of pages: 128
Number of volumes: 1
Illustrations: 110
Slip case: without slipcase
Limited- / Numbered Edition: No limited edition
Widths: 280 mm
Height: 240 mm
Spine widths: 17 mm
Weight: 1110 g
Year of publication: 2023
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