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With Help of Casting, Jaguar Unveiling Throwback Sports Cars


Jaguar is unveiling new sports cars built exactly to their 1950s specifications, which includes sand-cast carburetors. This is a 1956 version owned by Steve McQueen.


Tere’s a sleek beauty about 1950s Jaguar sports cars. Tey have graceful curves, elegant interior and, of course, lots of speed.


In that spirit, Jaguar is unveiling a line of new XKSS sports cars that are built to the exact specifications of the original.


During the design phase, Jaguar built parts that owners of classic cars can purchase. One of them, according to an article on MotorAuthority.com, is the classic sand cast Weber carburetor from the original automobile.


Before you rush out to buy one of these cars there’s a couple catches. For one, only nine were available to reserve, and all are gone. Te other catch? Tese cost $1.5 million.


56 | MODERN CASTING December 2016


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