Mike proceeded to prepare the car to a higher standard using his engineering company's facilities, adding alloy panelling in the cockpit area. The car was purchased new by well-known Jaguar racer Mr Mike Cann of CWM Engineering Ltd, Scunthorpe. The body is of glassfibre and aluminium construction, while the car rolls on replica cast alloy peg-drive wheels (8.5' front/11' rear) complete with three-ear spinners. The car is powered by a fuel-injected 5.3-litre Jaguar V12 engine, which is coupled to an original and correct ZF-type transaxle. The XJ13 was subsequently rebuilt and survives in Jaguar's collection.Ĭonstructed in October 1992, this Jaguar XJ13 replica carrying the registration '527 ATO' has a Proteus chassis numbered '002', indicating that it is the second one they ever manufactured. That Dewis was able to walk away unhurt was ample demonstration of the inherent strength of the monocoque chassis. Driven by Jaguar's legendary test driver Norman Dewis, the XJ13 crashed heavily, the result of a wheel collapsing. The solitary XJ13 was then mothballed at the factory, re-emerging in 1971 to take part in a filming session at MIRA promoting the new Series III E-Type.

The prototype was extensively tested that year at the MIRA proving ground, lapping at 161.6mph, an impressive achievement that earned an entry in the Guinness Book of Records as the highest speed recorded for a lap of an enclosed British circuit. Please note the correct chassis number is 15B1415Ĭonstructed in 1965/66, the original XJ13 sports prototype had been intended to spearhead Jaguar's return to Le Mans where the Coventry firm had triumphed on five occasions in the 1950s, but development was protracted and by the time it ran for the first time in March 1967, the car was already outclassed. Please note the correct chassis number is 15B1415.*Driven at Goodwood by the late Norman Dewis Footnotes *Professionally built evocation of Jaguar's legendary one-off sports prototype

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