Just the pressure of being entrusted the first and probably most original Jaguar D-type ever to drive ... off the line and cruise up the hill in OVC 501, the very first D-type ever built, and ...

Jaguar’s insatiable test driver, Norman Dewis, now in his nineties, was, in 1954, the first to drive a D-type, the prototype, OVC 501. He showed his continuing enthusiasm by taking part in the ...

The Jaguar D-Type and its aerodynamic fin, on the other hand, won it three times. The car we’ll be talking about today is chassis XKD 501. With this car, Scottish motor racing team Ecurie Ecosse ...