It has been driven sparingly since.Garroway retired his SS100 from competition in 1952, the year "Today" was launched--no time for the role of amateur sports car racer.
Dave Garroway – a lifelong lover of all things automotive – could. Twitter: @ewingassociates and Instagram ewingassociatesMark Ewing has spent his life around specialty and sports cars, as a car magazine editor and in specialty vehicle marketing. The car returned to England in 2007 and has since changed hands several times. In-period Jaguar factory supplied XK120M engine. For a lot of us, it was a car that was already in the family and handed down to us (as was the case with the cars that got me through college and graduate school). The car has appeared or been mentioned in 70 magazine articles.Garroway's Jaguar SS100 will cross the block at Gooding's Scottsdale auction later this month. You'd have to be a stuffy old bird not to love this car. Period correct SS 100 3.5 litre engine accompanies.
Dave Garroway, the amiable, low-key television personality who served as the first host of ''Today'' on NBC-TV, was found dead of a gunshot wound yesterday at … But Scottsdale is evolving into the center for late-model supercar and hypercar sales, too, a good place to pick up a Ferrari F40 or McLaren P1. Only 118 were built before 1939. It will cross the block at … Or perhaps there’s an American expat working in the City who would enjoy it at a weekend home in the English countryside.ABOVE: Photo by Matt Howell. Mr. Garroway raced regularly into the the early 1950s. Also in 2010, the car went to DK Engineering for a sympathetic re-commission. Twitter: @ewingassociates and InstagramWhen it comes to auction with Gooding, the car will include a spare period-correct SS100 3.5-liter engine and gearbox for those who do not appreciate the car’s unique American history and the advantages of the post-war XK engine. Swallow produced motorcycle sidecars, and more stylish replacement bodies for plebeian English cars. Dave Garroway ownership for thirty years. Originally finished in gunmetal grey, Garroway repainted the car in off-white. This 1938 Jaguar SS 100 3.5 Convertible came out of a 30 year ownership with Sir Dave Garroway, the original anchor and host of The Today Show on NBC starting in the late 1940s. With the XK engine, this car fits into a great American sports car tradition, and I seriously doubt there are any vintage rally organizers who would deny it entry. Wayne resurrects a '62 Jaguar XKE SI 3.8 Flat Floor Roadster once owned by Today Show host Dave Garroway. As the first-ever host of "Today," Garroway is credited with defining the essence of the show. I’d argue this car should come home…to America where it belongs. By the mid 1930s, SS was building the SS90 sports car, which an English friend has always referred to as the perfect dirty weekend car. Scottsdale offerings trend toward pre-war classics, muscle cars and hot rods as far as the eye can see. ... (And all the years he spent constantly tinkering with his beloved Jaguar can be traced back to that little car he built with his grandfather.) In 2010 it was granted a Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Certificate. But how many of us can say our very first car was custom-made for us?Dave Garroway – a lifelong lover of all things automotive – could.A tribute to the original Master CommunicatorDave Garroway had many fascinations in life, and one of them was automobiles. Of all the cars Dave owned, none became more famous than the 1938 Jaguar SS 100 that he owned for three decades. Astonishingly voluminous history file dating back to new. SS90 evolved into the SS100, the first car to bear the Jaguar name, as William Lyons was clearly looking ahead. The new XK engine was fitted with racing camshafts, twin H8 SU sandcast carburetors and special ported and polished manifolds, which together gave the little car a top speed of 118 mph. Author Jodie Peeler Posted on May 18, 2020 Categories Archival finds, Automobiles, Dave's hobbies, Dave's life By any other name.
SS then built rakish cars based on chassis and powertrains from the Standard Motor Company; these early cars showed Lyons' flair for sexy design. In March, 1945, Lyons relaunched SS Cars Ltd. as Jaguar. Copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company.You may wonder about the name, Jaguar SS. During that time he extensively modified and personalized it, raced it, endlessly tinkered with it, and cherished it…until the day he reluctantly sold it. During that time he extensively modified and personalized it, raced it, endlessly tinkered with it, and cherished it…until the day he reluctantly sold it. It belonged to Dave Garroway, NBC's first Today Show host back in the early 1950's. Garroway was a broadcast TV pioneer, hosting a variety of early entertainment shows, including the mother of them all, NBC's "Today." Carini of course.