9600 Hp – The Story Of The World’S Oldest E-Type Jaguar

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9600 HP is the only remaining prototype and is the oldest surviving Jaguar E-type. In 1961, it served as a press car and was driven flat-out across France to be in Geneva in time for the E-type’s official launch. Subsequently owned by the likes of racing driver Jack Fairman, 9600 HP was acquired by Philip Porter in 1977 and kept in a barn until 1999, when a deal was done that would lead to its emotional return to the road… How ‘prototype number 7’ played a central role in the development of the Jaguar E-type and the model’s 1961 Geneva launch. The full story of 9600 HP’s famous 150mph road-test by Autocar magazine. Fascinating insight into 9600 HP’s post-Jaguar life, including its ownership by film director John Paddy Carstairs and racing driver Jack Fairman. Detailed account of the car’s painstaking restoration, its triumphant return to Geneva in 2000, and its busy life since. Extensive celebration of Malcolm Sayer and his enduring legacy, using never previously published drawings, sketches and photographs from the Sayer family.