We were delighted to show our latest restoration at Hampton Court this week. Also on display at the Palace was the 1953 Le Mans winning C-Type Lightweight XKC 051 which we reunited with its original body, engine and gearbox during a forensic restoration which we completed in 2022.

CKL wins at Pebble Beach - the 1955 D-Type won the Post War Sports Racing Class.

CKL 25th Celebration

The current issue of Magneto features Ecurie Ecosse D-Type - XKD 561. The incredible photos by Sam Chick were made over a two year period, documenting the car as it was taken back to bare metal in our workshops.

Racing action at the 81st Goodwood Members’ Meeting with CKL Mustang, D-Type, C-Type and Jaguar XK-140 Gomm Special.

GLORIOUS SPRING SUNSHINE AT GOODWOOD

“We've had the busiest year of racing and event support that we've ever had.” - Mark Hews

Goodwood and Jaguar are a match made in heaven. In fact, the first-ever race winner at Goodwood in 1948 was a Pycroft-Jaguar SS100. Ever since then, the very best racing cars the manufacturer produced were put to the test around our historic circuit. That's a tradition that lives on strongly today thanks to Jaguar specialist companies such as CKL Developments. For the second episode in our Goodwood Masters series powered by Motul, we spent time with this incredible team to find out what makes them tick.

This December has seen the CKL team making the trip over to the UAE - 3 cars and an extraordinary week in Dubai for the GP Revival and Mille Miglia.

It was another star studded Revival for the CKL team this year at Goodwood. Tiff Needell raced the Lister-Jaguar 'Costin' in the Sussex Trophy. Newly acquired by our sales team, the car achieved a strong seventh place in qualifying, and ran faultlessly all weekend.

The Gomm Special and the Lister Costin will be heading to Revival, together with the E-Type Safety Car and the famous Ecurie Ecosse Transporter.

Silverstone was the race debut for two recently sold cars which we prepared for their new owners. Both the Kieft-Climax and Lister-Costin are historic examples of British sports racing cars and have been prepared very much in period correct order.

Simon Aldridge speaks with Moritz Hardieck about his Mille Miglia journey

European Racing at Spa, Mugello, Dijon and Le Mans

This spring has seen the CKL team making the trip over to Europe multiple times to support our customers racing at events with Historic Racing by Peter Auto. Next stop is Le Mans for the Centenary. We are also bringing a wonderful original D-Type, as well as an XK-140 which has competed in every Le Mans Classic, and the E-Type which won the Index of Performance last year…

1953 Le Mans-winning C-Type restored by CKL wins at Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance.

When XKC051 came to us, we were tasked by its new owner with putting it back to its most original form and presenting it in its 1953 Le Mans 24 Hour specification. This sounds simple, but the restoration and preservation of racing cars rarely is…

CKL wins the Salvadori Cup

CKL was honoured to attend the 80MM at Goodwood with the legendary 1950 XK-120 works Le Mans entry 'MGJ 15'. Guy Ziser raced his E-Type in the Moss Trophy, and CKL won the Salvadori Cup with the Lister-Jaguar 'BHL 147'…

By 1951, famous cartoonist Carl Giles was arguably the Daily Express Newspaper’s greatest asset, and regular readers would often make a bee line for the Giles cartoon. He received a salary two or three times that of the Editor, and in September 1951, the newspaper’s owner, Lord Beaverbrook, gifted him a brand new right-hand-drive Jaguar XK-120, registered MBJ 298…

CKL wins the Historic Motoring Awards Specialist of the Year

CKL were immensely honoured to be named the 2022 Specialist of the Year at the Historic Motoring Awards, in a hotly contested category that included many other leading companies. In attendance at the star-studded ceremony in London were founder Chris Keith-Lucas and Managing Directors Tim and Mark - none of whom were available for comment this morning…

This Jaguar Mark IV Drophead had been owned by only two families - its first owner was a member of the Guérin family, owners of the Maison D’Orsay perfumie.

Once Jeff had acquired the car, he sent it to CKL for a full restoration, with the intention to enter it in both concours and touring events.

CLASS WINNER, Goodwood Cartier Style et Luxe, 2021