1962 Jaguar D-Type (Proteus)

Graber Sportgarage AG

Graber Sportgarage is offering this Jaguar D-Type (Proteus) for sale.

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A wonderful and near perfect replica built by Proteus

History:

After the Le Mans victories in 1951 and 1953 with the C-Type – or XK 120 C – Jaguar entered the legendary 24-hour race at the Sarthe in 1954 with the D-Type, which was futuristic by the standards of the time. For the first time, the curved body, which was as beefy as it was sleek, was self-supporting. As a result, the extremely aerodynamic and lightweight roadster was equipped with a 3.4 L six-cylinder engine with 260 hp.

This resulted in three consecutive victories in the 24H of Le Mans race (1955, 1956 and 1957). By 1957, 71 Jaguar D-Types have been produced.

This vehicle: #P774323BW

This beautiful D-Type replica “by Proteus ” with aluminum body and 3.8 Lt E-Type engine is very close to the original and has been expertly built.

The car was bought by the previous owner in 1990 and sold to the current owner in 2008 (both well-known Swiss collectors).

The car has been regularly serviced and was last inspected as a veteran in 2015.

It has been driven very little since then.

Mileage: 6’100 Km (3’800 Meilen)
Exterior Color: British Racing Green
Interior Color: Olive green
Engine: 6-cylinder in-lin, 3.8 L with 260 HP
Transmission: 4-gear manual 

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With over thirty years of experience in classic motorsport, race preparation, trackside support, restoration, engine and drive train rebuilds Graber Sportgarage caters for a select clientele of classic sports car owners from around the globe. The origins of "Carrosserie Graber" date back to 1925 when Hermann Graber started as an independent coachbuilder in Wichtrach near Berne. In 1929 a Panhard-Levassor bodied by Graber won first place at the St. Moritz concours d`elegace, wich gave Graber well deserved and valuable publicity. In the 1930`s Graber became world famous for beautiful convertible & coupés designs and creations as well as for his perfect craftmanship. Until his passing in 1970 Hermann Graber had designed and built over 800 bodies on chassis ranging from Alvis, Aston Martin, Bentley, Bugatti, Duesenberg, Lagonda, Packard, Rolls-Royce to Rover and others. With Hermann Graber`s demise the coachbuilding activity was discontinued, but the mechanical workshop and body shop were carried on by his widow until 1980. From 1980 to 1996 the Graber company was one of a few hand-picked official Ferrari dealers in Switzerland. Futhermore the company was very active in the field of complete restorations of Italian and German sports cars. In 2001 Graber Sportgarage merged with "Oldtimer Reparatur AG" the workshop of Markus Scharnhorst and moved all activities to a bigger and more suitable location in Toffen, near Berne. The main workshop, the showroom as well the head offices are still located in Toffen until today. In 2014 the company opened a second showroom located in the shopping area in Lyssach near Burgdorf in order to get greater exposure of its classic cars it has on sale. In April 2019 the company is happy to have expanded into second, more modern workshop complete with offices and showroom in nearby Münsingen. The new branch will service and repair some of our customer`s classic race cars but will mainly focus on services, repairs and sales of Ferraris of the more recent eras.