News

Andrew Whyte Memorial Lecture

CMC’s Andrew Turvey and Luke Martin received a warm welcome at the Andrew Whyte Memorial Lecture, where the pairing delivered a comprehensive history of the Linder Knocker Lightweight E-Type. The car itself was…...
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Classic Motor Cars wins Restoration of the Year Award

The Linder Knocker Lightweight has received the International Historic Motoring awards: ‘Restoration of the Year’ The team involved with the rebuild, were on hand to receive the award with Peter Neumark on…...
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Lord Mayors Show

A fantastic day was had by all. Thousands of people lined the streets of London and saw the incredible craftsmanship that our team is capable of. Read more ...
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Another Unobtainable Early E-type Part Remanufactured by Classic Motor Cars

These These early windscreen cappings were only fitted up to chassis number 850087 right hand drive roadster, and 875309 left hand drive roadster. Cast in stainless steel to give additional…...
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Classic Motor Cars Launches 50th Anniversary Celebrations of the Jaguar E-Type

Classic Motor Cars started off the E-Type 50th Anniversary celebrations at London’s Design Museum on February 8th. Norman Dewis, who this year celebrates his 91st birthday and John Surtees, only…...
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CMC Technical Seminar

The latest seminar for the Jaguar E-Type club and XK club was held at CMC Ltd on Saturday 26th February. Members spent the day learning various tricks of the trade…...
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Happy New Year from CMC

2011 will be a very busy year, we are being bombarded with offers to attend events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the E-Type. We are just going to start…...
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Rallye Med – 2010

One of our clients has just completed this Rallye Med in a Jaguar MK2 Saloon supplied and prepared by us here at CMC. The Rallye Med covered some 18,000 kilometres…...
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Lindner/Nocker Low Drag Coupe

Having got the body back from the paint shop we are now building the car, slowly it is starting to take shape. CMCs reputation for world-class Jaguar restoration work has…...
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Daily Mail Competition E-type

When the E-type was only a couple of months old and it was absolutely impossible to get one in the UK, the Daily Mail newspaper ran a competition to win…...
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Lofty England’s E-type, Chassis Number 4

‘Lofty’ England was the legendary Jaguar Team Manager who masterminded Jaguar’s five Le Mans wins in the ’50s, before becoming Managing Director of Jaguar Cars. He hand-picked the first owners…...
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Coombs MK2

The original Coombs MK2 Saloon is nearly ready to go on to its wheels. Most of the mechnics have been completed. We are just fitting the rear bumper before we…...
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NEW E-type Bonnets

We have four new E-type bonnets which have just arrived from Jaguar all destined for E-type rebuilds and these are all going to be going through the CMC process. ...
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Original Equipment Parts

We now have original Triplex/Pilkington windscreens for all E-type Roadsters (Series 1,2 and 3). The Series 1 and 2 screens are made to a new pattern taken from a very…...
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CMC’s New Stylish Sport Seats

Classic Motor Cars are now able to supply stylish, leather-upholstered reclining sport seats. This is a brand new product which is currently only available for Jaguar E-type Series 1, 2…...
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CMC Expanding

The already impressive Classic Motor Cars set-up is now even more so. By taking on two more adjacent units, CMC have doubled their floor space, which has allowed considerable reorganisation.…...
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Trim Shop Expansion

CMC recently expanded their facilities and now have a larger trim facility doubling the manufacturing area to include a new sewing station and an additional member of the trimming staff.…...
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Completed After A Mere 5,500 Man Hours!

CMCs reputation for world-class Jaguar restoration work has yet again been enhanced by one of the most challenging projects ever undertaken on any car. Over five and a half thousand…...
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E-type Quick Release Steering Wheel

CMC are trialing this new quick release steering wheel for E-types. The benefits of this product we believe are fantastic: The steering wheel can be released in a matter of…...
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Perfect Timing For Winter

To many people, the E-type Roadster with a hard-top fitted is just stunningly beautiful. They are pure sculpture. With the original E-types available as just two models, the Roadster and…...
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The World’s Most Famous 120 Fixed Head Coupé

With very little time to spare, we completed the substantial repairs to the famous 7 Days and 7 Nights XK 120, which is part of the Jaguar Heritage collection, in…...
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