British Sports Cars 1960s

Regardless of whether you think italy germany japan usa england or even france have produced the best vintage sports cars.
British sports cars 1960s. Except for the obvious example of american owned ford and vauxhall companies such as austin morris mg triumph hillman rolls royce aston martin and lotus were still flying the flag. British sports cars features a large inventory of classic vintage and late model automobiles for sale. British sports cars specializes in the sale service repair and restoration of all makes of classic and late model british and european automobiles. Sports car club of america races from the early 1960s or late 1950s.
Mgtd british 1960s jaguar e type classic red sports car on country road burnfoot county donegal ireland the pits pre start at le mans with ford mark iv cars foreground is the winning car of aj foyt dan gurney france 11 june 1967. As of 2018 there are approximately 35 active british car manufacturers and over 500 defunct british car manufacturers. 1960 daimler sp 250 the dart first and only sports car of this marque. Aston martin db4 1958 to 1963 manufacturer aston martin production 19581963 1210 produced 1110 db4 100 db4gtzagato predecessor aston martin db mark iii successor aston martin db5 class sports car.
Quintessentially british undeniably beautiful and arguably the most desirable car of its time the jaguar e type also known as the xk e was introduced in 1961. Used a copy of the tr3 frame and hung a molded fiberglass body over it. Top 10 classic british sports cars ever made. This page lists car manufacturers that build or built cars in the uk.
Then they put in a 2548 cc v8 with the newly designed hemi heads and twin su carbs designed by their head guy ed turner. For car lovers of a certain age the phrase british sports car will instantly trigger an image of the jaguar e type in their heads. Carroll shelby combined american engineering and british chassis to make one of the most formidable sports cars of the 1970s. England undoubtedly boasts some of the best classic sports cars in.
In its first 16 months starting in april 1964 the mustang attracted nearly 691000 enthusiastic customers.