I noted via a twitter from the Autoblog guys that Jalopnik is featuring Steve McQueen’s Jaguar XKSS today. But they only have a couple of photos of the car itself. That just won’t do!
Given that I’ve had the distinct pleasure of being around (and in!) a few XKSS’ in my time, I figured I’d share some bounty. Given that there were only 16 built, and just over a dozen remain in their original configuration they should be savored, so here’s twice as many XKSS photos than there were XKSS’ built. Enjoy!
Update: Paul got most of them right, but here they are now captioned with their IDs…
You can read it here.
BRG just looks sooooo right on that car.
Are all XKSS’ right hand drive?
Yes. If you see an LHD XKSS then it IS a replica. Like this one:
I think I saw McQueen’s XKSS at the Peterson Museum in Los Angeles last summer (or summer before last) when they had an exhibit of his cars and motorcycles. I may have a picture, but it was indoors and not very well lit.
McQueen’s XK-SS is indeed housed at the Petersen. I hope to see it this summer!