| Stock Code: B13424B | | Publisher Code: 9781870519755 | | ISBN 13: 9781870519755 | | Published: 2008 | | Pages: 272 | | Dimensions: 175x250mm | | Illustrations: Hard Bound, b/w ill |
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Books on the Jaguar marque abound on shelves of bookstores worldwide, so why then yet another book on Jaguar?
Between September 1961 and March 1966 Peter Wilson was a member of Department 21 at Browns Lane, the Competition Department, during what was ostensibly, the 'Lightweight' E-type era.
Over the intervening years he has never failed to be amused and amazed by the number of people who claimed to have worked in the Competition Department, many of whom did indeed work for Jaguar, but in reality never set foot through the Competition Department door — and many others who didn't even know where the door was!
It is against this background that there must be room for this Jaguar book based on Peter's detailed notes and records from the time — and written by someone who very definitely was there!
By definition, it is a very personal account of life in the Browns Lane Competition Department and exactly as Peter Wilson experienced it. Time to let the cat out of the bag!
With this book is a folded print, reproduced (but to smaller scale) of something that has been in the author's possession for an incredibly long time: since 1961, in fact. What is it? Well, the rumours that Jaguar looked into Formula 1 in the 'sixties were never substantiated: whether this provides the evidence, who knows? Perhaps it was no more than a design exercise? Speculation can go on forever, but it was a very detailed, quarter scale full dimensional chassis drawing, entitled 'F1 Layout'.
At very least it is intriguing — and most definitely not a few obscure lines on the back of a 'fag' packet!
After studying the drawing countless times, the author even penned his own interpretation of how he thinks the 1960's F1 Jaguar might have looked |
