1955 Jaguar D-Type

TGR Staff

Coming up at RM Sotheby’s January 2021 auction in Arizona this stunning 1955 Jaguar D-Type will be one to watch. The matching numbers and period-correct car was delivered new to Henlys of Manchester, England. Racer Peter Blond its first private owner, having purchased the car for £3,500 from Bernie Ecclestone, who had taken the car on after Henlys failed to find a buyer. The care ould go on to be owned and raced by a series of owners including Monty Mostyn of Speedwell Garage, Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant, before making the trip to America whens old to collector George Stauffer in the early 1980s.

Read the full auction listing of chassis XKD 518.

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