1st Jaguar Sports Car EVER ! 1935 Jaguar SS 90 Prototype & Ride on My Car Story with Lou Costabile 

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Gotta be on the short list of most important Jags ever. Awesome car, awesome feature guys. 👍

A stunning flashback into history, beautiful in its BRG paint. We often say, “If cars could talk” - this Jaguar prototype speaks volumes. Wonderful photography, including with the first Spitfire!

That this was not lost to history is so cool...better yet, that it has been painstakingly restored to such a high degree of quality is such a testament to the respect Terry has for the automobile. Thanks for sharing!

A true piece of history. Thank you for that. I believe the origin of the SS badging referred to the Swallow Sidecar Company

What an amazing Jag and a great find for the channel! All the heritage begins here, and it sure looks good. Thanks, Lou!

Those brits are great..innovation and styling..it's a real head turner this 33' Jag..thnx Lou

Great Jag and automobile history. A fantastic car too. May I borrow it for a careful Sunday drive?

Gorgeous Jaguar ! Certainly an amazing and groundbreaking piece of Jaguar history ! Thanks Terri and Lou for presenting this fabulous machine !

What a fantastic piece of history Lou! Love the car and the Trunk & Treats - the book is amazing. Huge thanks to Hugh, Christian, Terry and yourself for allowing this beauty to be enjoyed and ultimately shared. Bravo!

Wow! What an amazing car! Lou hits a home run again with this find! Thanks for bringing the best automobiles possible to your channel! Kudos!

wow what an incredible car.

Lou ,you did it Again big thanks. Loved the pic with the Spitfire

You can tell by the questions asked By the commentary and the camera angle that Lou is in total love & awe of the car As I would be too To see this (in)person would be beyond words...to drive and ride even more so Rich with history one could easily make a movie on the car itself The Jags out of the late 40's into the 50's leave you breathless They alter your soul forever.......

Terry's car is just incredible! Lou....the dizzying pace at which you keep topping yourself has me hugging the wall. I need to sit down now. Thanks Lou!

BEST REGARDS. From Venezuela, WOW! WOW! FIRST CLASS JAGUAR SS90. Mr. Lou, Thank you very much for showing us this SUPERIOR SPORT CAR. Mr. Lou, Thank for taking us along for the ride. As always an EXCELLENT AUTOMOBILE VIDEO.

This car leaves me speechless! It's just beautiful! Looks great, drives great and sounds great. Thanks for the coverage Lou!

The quintessential "sports car"!!! That Jaguar is a timeless beauty and is stunning in British racing green!!! A superb machine!!!!

¡Un asombroso video, para un asombroso vehículo! ¡Este prototipo Jaguar SS90, con el clásico tono en "verde británico", es una espectacular pieza histórica! Su diseño, en general, ya era bastante parecido al legendario Jaguar SS100 de 1938. Lo digo porque tengo un modelo a escala Bburago del SS100 con el mismo color y, salvó por su parte de atrás, es casi igual. Además, estuvo excelente el paseo que nos diste a bordo de esta hermosa y elegante máquina que principió la leyenda de los autos Jaguar. ¡Saludos cordiales!

Thanks for this historical ride on the 1935 Jaguar SS 90. It moves smooth and fast and the quality restoration is amazing. Congratulations to the expert restorer and driver. The first racing Jaguar SS 90 gives us the feeling of victory forever!

That rear body design is just wonderful. Much cleaner and sportier than the SS 100.

Great example of auto history. Thank you for the video.

Hi Lou! Thank you for another great video! And this car is something special! Wow, the 1st Jaguar! I am sure the owner feels special by having this old baby Jaguar! :)

A priceless iconic highland green Jaguar, Terry certainly felt warm and contented having the 1st Jaguar Sports Car 💯! And the bw photos are classic piece of art 👍.

Beautiful car, thanks Lou. There was one prototype indeed, which this owner has, however there were 22 SS90s sold to the public. It is believed that 16 of these survive today with a complete car (but needing restoration) sold in 2015 for $215k.

What a brilliant car. Sir William Lyons knew how to design an aesthetically pleasing car. It's a shame the production SS90's and 100's had a different rear bodywork. Thank you for sharing the video.

thanks,awesome history .GOD BLESS LOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a great car. One of my Jaguar favourites

Thank you, Lou for all of your hard work chasing down these great cars!

British Racing Green Great video Learned so much Thanks guys

Lou, Holly mollie this is one of the Holy Grail of Jaguar History! what Magnificent Jag history! Thanks for this, you as always you deliver something special!

Be still my heart!

SPECTACULAR! Wow, great car and video.

This is the original prototype, but other SS90's were made. I saw one once at a Jaguar Car Club meeting.

Amazing piece of history!

@lou - wow…. Amazing car’ - well done sir!!!!

I have seen several SS 100 Jag’s over the years, even a few Suffolk replica’s. This SS 90 I didn’t know existed. A truly unique piece of motoring history. Manufactured by Standard Motor Company for SS cars Coventry. The SS being Swallow Sidecars the company name before becoming Jaguar. After WW 2 you certainly couldn’t have the name SS on the radiator, due to its reference to officers in the German Army. The car is in true British Racing Green. You have done really well with this one Lou, many thanks for sharing.

Wow just a wonderful Car and I enjoyed the Story of it's History. Thank you Lou.

Lou, fabulous. Austin Powers would love this Shag'!

Amazing to thinking a 87 year old car is such a driver!

Beautiful!

Great looking car!

Lou this car and you are one of a kind. Do these people find you or you find them? This is what makes your stories a wonderful addition to my media time. Always learning. God bless

Another great one Lou ❗️🇺🇸

Wow wow wow that's one sleek kitty 😺 very advanced for its day that's a car one takes to pebble beach

Jolly fine automobile there old chap.

Awesome car! Thanks Lou!

wow! truely interesting ... Lou your channel should have way more subscribers, come on folks share this channel with your friends who like automotive history for Lou's sake so he can keep creating

Thanks so much for this. WOW! I know auto history really well, and never heard of this. Too bad all the SS-100s didn't have this tail end! The Riely MPH had a similar rear.

Amazing car

Oh my lord! that is a beautiful car, I can feel it from here, my azz four inches off the ground, rear tires and diff within inches and your legs beside a tiger of an engine, doing 70 on some winding mountain roads somewhere exotic, then roaring back to the shore for dinner... :P This car literally takes my breath away.

I'm afraid I would have to start with a Saloon before working up the courage to buy an old Jag two seater like that......maybe two or three Saloons.... Beautiful car, and I was surprised to see the flat head.

CORRECTION The SS90 prototype is not Jaguars First sports-car EVER. The very first 2 seater Sportscar EVER was built in March 1934 close to 1000 chassis numbers before the SS90. It is William Walmsleys personal one off special . William Walmsley was the managing director of SS cars. This car survives in fantastic condition in the USA, with indisputable history with its original body and paperwork.

Priceless. Since the car did compete in a recent heritage exhibition race, I wonder how it did and what speed it can potentially attain.

Very nice.

oh boy ...🌹

This was never a Jaguar. It was an SS90. The Jaguar name came when the overhead valve engine was introduced on the SS Jaguar range. The SS90 had a side valve engine from the earlier SS range..

Hi Lou. How do you keep finding these? AMAZING.

O. M. G. !

Looks almost like a copy of a 34 Riley Imp, in body shape.

I had a XK140 Jag I miss it...... terribly

*WOW*

I drove a Jaguar in London one year that had a manual transmission. Man, I cannot shift gears with my left hand!

£395 in 1935 is equivalent in purchasing power to about £29,932.42 today, an increase of £29,537.42 over 87 years. The pound had an average inflation rate of 5.10% per year between 1935 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 7,477.83%. This means that today's prices are 75.78 times higher than average prices since 1935, according to the Office for National Statistics composite price index. A pound today only buys 1.320% of what it could buy back then. The inflation rate in 1935 was 0.63%. The current inflation rate compared to last year is now 2.27%. If this number holds, £395 today will be equivalent in buying power to £403.95 next year.

Neato Lou

I perfer American cars, but awesome vintage piece of history here.

MR LOU

its a jag ( Jeremy clarkson voice )

wonder if he runs truegas in it. or just ethanol free with a lead substitute

Would give this 2 thumbs up if I could

noice

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