Jaguar Land Rover: 7 brilliant photos of Jaguars at Gaydon convention

Here are some photos of the Jaguars which were on show at the previous two conventions

The British Motor Museum will host the ‘Jaguars at Gaydon’ convention once again this year to celebrate its milestone centenary.

The show, now in its third year, is a joint show between the British Motor Museum and the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust (JDHT) in conjunction with the Jaguar Breakfast Club.

The founders of Jaguar Land Rover ,William Walmsley and William Lyons, moved to Coventry where they developed Jaguar, and the company’s global headquarters is still based in the city today.

The West Midlands has a proud automotive history. In the 1960s, Longbridge in Birmingham was the centre of the British automotive industry, employing 25,000 workers at the Longbridge plant. At the site they built famous cars, and was home to the Austin, the original Mini and more recently, MG Rover.

The Jaguars at Gaydon event will take place on Saturday 3 September. The convention is a great day out for any Jaguar fan, owner, or enthusiast to see these exciting and powerful cars. Visitors can discover the evolution from Swallow Sidecars in 1922 through to SS Cars and the Jaguar as we know it today. A second motorbike and Swallow Sidecar will be joining JDHT’s own Brough and Sidecar, and the first race winning E-type, ‘ECD 400’ driven by Graham Hill in 1961, will join JDHT’s first E-type roadster ‘77 RW’.

The Swallow Register will also have a superb display including Austin Seven Swallows and a Wolseley Hornet Special. Bob Beecham, well-known for his extensive Jaguar knowledge, will be commentating throughout the day in the show arena.

The JDHT will also be displaying some of their own rare cars plus visitors can see other Jaguars from their collection in the Collections Centre and the dedicated Jaguar Zone.

Ahead of the event, we’ve put together pictures from the previous two Jaguars at Gaydon events.

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