After a lifelong obsession with the Steve McQueen Jaguar XKSS, Dan Mooney went out and built his own.
If you're looking for a car that perfectly encapsulates Jaguar's history, it's hard to look past the XKSS of the 1950s., the XKSS is the perfect combination of sublime looks, racing pedigree and raw performance.
It should come as no surprise that film star and racing aficionado Steve McQueen was a huge fan. He ended up buying one in 1958 from television presenter Bill Leyden, after which he immediately got around to customizing it. McQueen would end up holding on to the car until his death in 1980. McQueen's XKSS currently sits in the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Jay Leno was fortunate enough toIn the latest episode of “Jay Leno's Garage,” the funny man revisits the XKSS, though this time a replica built by Team CJ Works out of Austin. The company specializes in restoration of classic cars, and recently decided to build the XKSS replica as a one-off project. It's not an exact replica.
Mooney didn't say whether he's willing to build more replicas, though interestingly Jaguar itself got around to building back in 2016. These cars, nine all up, were continuation models, built using original VINs of planned XKSS cars that were destroyed by a fire at the Jaguar factory while they were still in production back in 1957.
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