WE ARE AUTHENTIC. WE ARE WILKINSON.
“We are a family passionate about Jaguar cars. If we are not working on them, or at a race circuit; we have our heads buried in books, magazines and original technical drawings.””
As a second-generation family business, classic Jaguar cars have played an important part in our family history for many years. This culminated during the1980s in the creation of M&C Wilkinson Ltd; specialists in Jaguar restorations, servicing, parts supply and historic race preparation, at our premises based in the picturesque countryside of South Yorkshire.
Our passion lies with Jaguar cars from the golden era of the 1950s, 1960s and onwards, which all share that special type of motoring style and performance best described by their original marketing slogan 'Grace... Pace... Space...
OUR PHILOSOPHY
“Our fully commissioned ‘Sayer Cars’ are built to preserve and maintain incredible motoring icons. Our philosophy is not to change, unless necessary, the unique nature of the cars made by Jaguar.”
At M&C Wilkinson Ltd, our fully rebuilt ‘Sayer Cars’ aim to preserve that special car which was produced by the factory in period, for the pleasure and enjoyment of the owner. We are aware of the realities of today and that with the best will in the world replacement parts are required, and also improvements necessary with today’s motoring demands. We do however ensure that the unique identity of Classic Jaguar Cars is maintained.
MALCOLM SAYER: OUR TRIBUTE
Malcolm Sayer was originally an aircraft designer were he worked for the Bristol Aeroplane company during the Second World War. He later became a car designer with his “piece de resistance” being the E-Type Jaguar”. He spent the last twenty years of his life working at Jaguar and he was the first car designer to apply the principles of aerodynamics.
Sayer’s first design for a sports racing Jaguar was the immensely successful and extremely beautiful C Type that won Le Mans in 1951 and 1953. To surpass the C Type, Sayer then designed the revolutionary D Type Jaguar that was one of the most successful racing cars of all time – winning Le Mans in 1955, 1956 and 1957. On the Mulsanne straight, D type could achieve a speed of 192.4 mph.
Sayer then went on to design the Jaguar E-Type the icon of sixties motoring. Then in 1965, Sayer designed the Jaguar XJ13 a mid-engined Jaguar sports racing car that was orginally intended for competition at Le Mans. Cost constraints and a rule change at Le Mans meant the XJ-13 was never used in international competition, but it exemplified all of the classical Sayer sophistication in aerodynamics as his earlier designs and in his own right he was the Adrian Newey of his era for Jaguar sports racing cars.
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