This beautiful Jaguar is campaigned by Charles Evans and used for sprints and hill climbs. SVG look after the car and prepare it for Charles between events.

SVG are about to undertake a series of safety upgrades to the car to bring it up to MSA race specification. The upgrades will include updating the roll cage and fitting plumbed-in fire extinguishers. The brakes will be overhauled and will have uprated brake callipers fitted.

An upgrade to make the car easier to handle will be the fitting of n electric power steering system.
Progress and more details of the car’s upgrades will be added to the site in the coming weeks.

Charles Evans’ Mk2 Jaguar has been back to the SVG workshop for some further modifications. Completed already during this visit is the fitting of a front anti-roll bar. Although this was a product meant for this car SVG found it snagged on the suspension when under lock so it has been relocated.

The handbrake, usually located to the right of the driver’s seat, had always been a problem on this car. Constant adjustment of the rear brakes was required to keep it working but the fitment of a hydraulic handbrake has cured this problem. The handbrake is now positioned to the more usual position in the centre of the car.

A racing pedal box has also been fitted to the car. It was a fairly complicated procedure as space for the pedals is very limited. The brakes will now be fully adjustable allowing bais to be moved between the front and rear brakes. This will help the cars handling by being able to dial in or out over-steer or under-steer to suit the driver or circuit.

Modifications still to do during this visit are to extend the rear roll cage to the front, which will sadly mean cutting into the lovely wooden dashboard. The engines head is to be removed and sent off for some performance modifications.