In 1922, William Lyons and William Walmsley, two young motorcycle enthusiasts set up the Swallow Sidecar Company to produce sidecars for motorcycles. In 1926, the company built the small Austin Seven, a "people's car" of rather Spartan design. At this point the company changed its name to the Swallow Sidecar and Coachbuilding Co. and moved to a larger manufacturing space. The company's first car, the SS1, was based on a Standard six-cylinder engine and a modified Standard chassis.

 

In 1934, Harry Weslake, regarded as one of the industry's top engine experts, joined the company. His new cylinder head with OHV valve arrangement was quite reliable. In 1935, the name Jaguar was used for the first time and William Heynes joined the company as chief engineer.

 

After World War II, the company name SS Cars Ltd. was changed into Jaguar Cars Ltd. It was the birth of the famous and popular make of Jaguar.

 

A Jaguar offers a combination of beauty, elegance, durability and value that is quietly setting new standards within the Jaguar restoration industry. This uni_includes many items left out of so called 'major' kits offered by Jaguar's competitors, including basic essentials such as ultra high quality seat foams. Jaguar hides are vat dyed as opposed to surface dyed which means that they will not suffer from the unsightly scuffing so typical of interior surface dyed kits on the market.

 

Jaguar developed paints to assist the home restorer an exact color match for some of those difficult to restore items on your car. Jaguar continues to make new line-ups of fuel economizing cars, and it never ends there.

 

For your wide selection of Jaguar's parts, feel free to visit the internet and rest assured that you will find every single part you need.