In the course of documenting the history of Jaguar Lightweights and the build of my own car, I have been fortunate to have access to some very rare film footage. On this page, you will find links to film clips comprising some of the most interesting archives of Jaguar's 1963 racing efforts, as well as some other interesting odds and ends. The nature of the beast  is that these clips occupy a huge amount of space. It's recommended that you use the fastest possible connection to load these files...it would take just over three hours to do so at 28.8. So for those of you who have access to T1 facilities, or those with lots of patience, here is a real treat:
 

• Briggs Cunningham One of Briggs' pet projects was a radio system allowing the driver to communicate to the pits. Here he works on the device with Alfred Momo. The car in the background his his "heavyweight" E-Type. Filmed at Sebring, March 1963. (2.7MB)

• Kvale Lightweight Slow pan of the Lightweight E-Type driven by Leslie and Morril. Filmed at Sebring, March 1963 (1.3MB)

• E-Type in the Mist Shot of a Briggs Cunningham E-Type in action at Sebring. Filmed at Sebring, March 1963 (150KB)

• Sebring Start Shot from pit row as the 1963 Sebring gets underway. March 1963 (2.2MB)

•  Le Mans Report Newsreel footage of the 1963 Le Mans Race. Start, finish, shots of Bino Heinz' burned racer, Roy Salvadori's wrecked Lightweight E-Type. Filmed June, 1963(5.8MB)

• Le Mans Start Another newsreel report, covering the start of the 1963 Le Mans race. Filmed Jun, 1963 (3.5 MB)

•  Night Driving Footage of night racing at Le Mans. Shot of Hansgen's Lightweight. Filmed June, 1963 (811KB)

• Grossman's Accident The most unusual footage of all. In this clip, Bob Grossman brings his shattered Lightweight back to the pits after his accident on the Mulsanne. Filmed June, 1963 (1MB)

• Road Atlanta Fred Baker wins the Class C Sportscar Championship with an "ancient" E-Type Jaguar, prepared by Lou Fidanza. The jewel of GT Jaguar's racing heritage.Filmed October 1980 (8.6MB)

• My Motor My engine being run in on the GTJ dyno. In this sequence, full race trim producing 400HP! Filmed March 2000 (2.6MB)

• GT Jaguar Dynomometer Slow pan of the Dyno facility at GTJ. Filmed March 2000 (3.4MB)

Copyright©2000 Michael Frank. All clips reproduced with permission, copyrights of original holders apply