JL50 is an SS Jaguar 100, commonly shortened to SS100.

The SS100 is widely considered one of the most aesthetically pleasing sporting cars of the 1930s.

JL50 was manufactured in February 1937 by SS Cars Ltd of Coventry, England. (In March 1945 the SS Cars shareholders agreed to change the name to Jaguar Cars Limited). It still has its original engine, gearbox and chassis. It was originally black but was repainted to its current British Racing Green in the early 1970s.

On test by the Autocar magazine in 1937 a 2½-litre SS100 was found, with the windscreen lowered, to have a maximum speed of 95 and a 0–60 mph time of 13.5 seconds.

In 1937 it cost £395.

Built using traditional methods of alloy and steel panels laid across an ash wooden framework, it has a 2½-litre straight-6 overhead valve engine producing approximately 100 BHP and 4-speed gearbox.

It is one of only 198 2½-litre and 116 3½-litre models made.

It was purchased by author James Leasor in 1964 and ownership has remained in the same family ever since. It features prominently in some of his books.

On this channel we will be showing videos of JL50 on the roads of London and the surrounding countryside to try to give a feel of what it is like to drive and ride in a 1937 classic.

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