Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Jaguar factory front door

In the March 1987 issue of Thoroughbred and Classic cars, there was a story about visiting the Coventry address of Jaguar. Above is the unassuming factory entrance with a fancy front door, still there even after Dunlop had owned the building for 35 years. 

 Below the same entranceway in the mid 1930s with a nice new SS sports car on display. Note the Standard Swallow badge above the door (missing in the 1987 view). The company occupied the building from 1928 till 1951.

Dunlop bought the building in the fifties and in 2001 donated the door to the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Museum. By the Google map view of the area (Swallow Road, Coventry), the building has likely now been demolished.




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