1939 SS Cars 100 Jaguar 3½-Litre Roadster
- Engine
- 3.5L inline-six, pre-war SS 100 replacement unit installed 1955
- Colour
- White
Chassis 39103 is a 1939 SS 100 Jaguar 3½-Litre Roadster, one of only 118 produced before the Second World War curtailed the model. Built in February 1939 and delivered via dealer Wales & Edwards of Shrewsbury, it retains its original Salop registration 'AUX 471'. After passing through several documented British owners it entered a family museum in 1977, where it has remained on static display for nearly half a century, wearing white paintwork dating from the late 1960s and a correct-type replacement engine fitted in 1955.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold £169,625 (≈ $212K)
- 1939-02-25 →Private saleMr E L H Dennispartial documentation
First retail owner, took delivery via Wales & Edwards of Shrewsbury; car registered as AUX 471 in Salop.
- → 1954-02-01Acquisition unknownJohnson's Garage, Birminghamfull documentation
Ownership recorded in the original buff logbook as of January 1954; the car had been repainted red by this point.
- 1954-02-01 → 1958Private saleFrank V Fellowsfull documentation
Purchased from Johnson's Garage; fitted a period-correct SS 100 3.5-litre replacement engine, with the logbook updated in May 1955.
- 1958 → 1969-07-01Acquisition unknownPeter M R Waltonpartial documentation
Based in Leamington Spa; had the bodywork resprayed green in 1960, then sold the car having had it restored and finished in white.
- 1969-07-01 → 1970-07-01Private salePhilip John Masterspartial documentation
Chester-based owner who arranged coverage of the car in a December 1969 Motor magazine feature, with photography taken at Stowe House.
- 1970-07-01 → 1970-09-01Private saleAlec Norman, Bedford dealerpartial documentation
Dealer who acquired the car from Masters and subsequently consigned it to auction.
- 1970-09-01 →AuctionConsignor's fatherpartial documentation
Bought the car as a gift for his wife; placed it in a family museum in 1977, where it has remained on static display for nearly five decades.
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- 1955Engine rebuild
Original engine replaced with a correct pre-war SS 100 3½-litre unit; the change was noted in the logbook on 21 May 1955.
Work carried out during Frank V Fellows' ownership; replacement engine described as the correct type.
- 1960Bodywork
Car repainted green during Peter Walton's ownership.
- —Bodywork
Car was repainted red at some point prior to January 1954, departing from its original Gunmetal finish.
Recorded in the original logbook as of January 1954.
- —Restoration
Car underwent a restoration and was repainted white in the late 1960s, prior to its sale in July 1969.
White paintwork is still present on the car at the time of cataloguing.
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