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When Jaguar entered the North
American market after World War II it had a good
promotional program that sent their cars to sports
car hungry American. G.I.'s coming home from Europe
had discovered a new toy that was fast and fun
in the corners. Now there was more to racing than
going around in circles.
The Sports Car Club of America had been founded
in 1944 and, as air fields around America closed,
they were converted to race tracks. While "Road
& Track", "Motor Trend", "Auto
Speed & Sport" and other American magazines
recorded the exploits of Phil Hill, Briggs Cunningham,
Ken Miles and other popular drivers, "The
Autocar", "The Motor" and "MotorSport"
covered the wins of Stirling Moss, Mike Hawthorne,
Juan Manual Fangio and the numerous international
greats. Jaguars were prominent winners and, from
center stage, they rose to greatness by taking
the crown of LeMans in 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956
and 1957.
It was THE car to own with Clark Gable, Paul Whiteman
and Dave Garroway counting among the proud owners.
William Lyons accomplished his task of creating
the most desirable mass produced sports car and
its' very desirable sports sedans as its' side
kick.
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I've wanted to write an
article about Jaguars for quite some time,
but it's been difficult to do so. Our articles
are heavily photo-illustrated, and early
Jaguar brochures sell almost as quickly
as we can find them, so we don't want to
show you brochures that we do not have in
stock. We just obtained the following in
a new collection and hope you enjoy the
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