• Hi Guest!
    If you appreciate British Car Forum and our 25 years of supporting British car enthusiasts with technical and anicdotal information, collected from our thousands of great members, please support us with a low-cost subscription. You can become a supporting member for less than the dues of most car clubs.
    There are some perks with a member upgrade!
    **Upgrade Now**
    (PS: Subscribers don't see this gawd-aweful banner
Tips
Tips

The Story of a Very Special Jaguar Racecar

Share this page

C

CurtisJ

Jedi Hopeful
Offline
In the early days of Southern California road-racing, Phil Hill's buddy/brother-in-law Don Parkinson ran this re-bodied XK-120 racecar:

TerryBuffum-Jaguar-ParkinsonSpecial-AZ.jpg

(Pebble Beach, 1952)

The Parkinson Special is still frequently and enthusiastically raced... and with great results!

TerryBuffum-Jaguar-ParkinsonSpecial-AA.jpg

(Pacific Raceways, 2011)

Here's a new article written especially for vintage Jaguar enthusiasts:

Terry Buffum and the Don Parkinson Jaguar XK-120 Special

Tell us what you think of this article. Should we publish more like it?
 
Very interesting! First glance of the top photo says: "That's an Allard!" :jester:

Loved the detail pix. Brake pedal pad is Ford, too... homage to the clutch and brake M/C's origin?

Absolutely want more like this. The roots of sportscar racing here in the States.

Thanks for posting it , CJ!
 
Curtis, that's a very informative article about an important period in U.S. motorsports racing. Nicely researched, too.

I think you should continue to publish such articles of what may be considered the golden age of amateur racing here.

Thanks for posting! :yesnod:
 
Back
Top