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JD Classics Breakfasts 2012
March-October 2012
Upcoming JD Breakfast dates for 2012...
Algarve Historic Festival, Portimao 2011
20th-23rd October 2011
The 2011 Algarve Historic Festival proved to be a spectacular weekend of racing with JD Classics taking home an amazing six trophies…
Competitive on one of the world’s most challenging circuits
23rd-25th September 2011
What does it take to be successful racing three majestic race cars on one of the world's fastest and most demanding race circuits? JD Classics had the distinct privilege of finding out first-hand…
JD Classics make history at Goodwood Revival
16th-19th September 2011
JD Classics hit new landmarks at the incomparable Revival – one of Britain's most spectacular automotive festivals
Uniques Special Ones 2011
2nd-4th September 2011
The concept behind the Uniques International Car Concours is exclusivity. And JD Classics was invited to present four remarkable vehicles that fitted the bill perfectly…
The Gold Cup meeting, Oulton Park 2011
28th-29th August 2011
Having been kindly invited, JD Classics attended north west England's premier historic racing meet with three fantastic cars, competing in three of the weekend’s biggest races…
Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2011
18th-21st August 2011
JD Classics were again fortunate enough to be invited to take part at Pebble Beach in 2011 and took three fantastic cars – all fantastically steeped in history…
September's Breakfast at JD's cancelled
3rd August 2011
October's Breakfast is still on, but we're truly sorry to announce that September's has had to be cancelled…
Silverstone Classic 2011
22nd-24th July 2011
'The world's biggest classic racing festival', some outstanding results and some even more outstanding races. What more could a historic racing enthusiast want…?
Goodwood's FoS celebrates the E-Type
1st-3rd July 2011
180,000 enthusiasts, four stunning JD Classic cars, two Goodwood veterans, one gloriously prestigious festival rises to applaud one sixties icon.
E-Type Challenge 2011: Round one; Brands Hatch
1st-3rd July 2011
For this year only, a series of races has been launched to celebrate the E-Type's golden jubilee. And JD Classics were delighted to not only join in the celebrations, but play a part in making them happen…
JD Classics sponsors new historic race series for the E-Type’s 50th celebrations
July–September 2011
The world’s favourite sixties icon is about to enjoy a feast of summer loving in 2011! A special race series celebrates its enormous pulling power across half a century, having charmed millions with its looks, poise and performance.
JD Classics rise to the Mille Miglia challenge
11th-15th May 2011
Not looking to take perhaps the world's greatest endurance road race lightly, JD Classics had the privilege of entering not one but four classic vehicles…
Sir Stirling Moss comes for Breakfast at JD’s
6th February 2011
To launch another year of special open days, hundreds of appreciative classic car enthusiasts were treated to an exclusive morning at our extensive, purpose-built complex with one of the world’s greatest living motor racing legends.
JD Classics’ first Woodcote Trophy success
26th January 2011
Once again, JD Classics are delighted to deliver success to our clients after performing consistently well over a long, hard season of highly competitive racing, spread across four European nations in 2010.
JDC sponsors brand new touring car race series
30th April - 2nd May 2011
For the first time, JD Classics is giving its name as the main sponsor to an exciting, brand new race series, to be held at one of the UK's most authentic period race tracks.
New dates for Breakfast at JD’s in 2011
20th February - 9th October 2011
In 2011 across eight Sundays, JD Classics will again be open to classic car enthusiasts for another series of free tours around our Maldon sales and restoration complex.
Can lightning strike twice, twice?
12th-14th November 2010
A delightful XK150S we restored to concours standard back in 2007 won the Meguiar’s Champion of Champions award in that same year. This year, it was invited to enter the prestigious Jaguar Drivers’ Club Champion of Champions concours – the celebrated title we helped a client’s SS100 win in 2009. Could the XK150S pick up another Champion of Champions title? And could a JDC concours restoration possibly win it again for the second year in a row?…
Classic, class-leading performances in Portugal
15th-17th October 2010
The event: Algarve Historic Festival. The venue: Portimão’s new F1-specification circuit. The races: the Master’s World Sports Cars race and the year’s final run in the Stirling Moss Trophy series. The results? Not without one or two unforeseeable dramas…
Six of one and a Dozen of the other
17th–19th September 2010
The extraordinary Goodwood Revival celebrated its 12th anniversary this year. And JD Classics was there, having had an unprecedented six cars accepted to compete in its frozen-in-time races – recognised as the world’s only sporting event set entirely to a period theme.
World record price for SS100 at auction
26th August 2010
Arguably the world’s finest SS100 – restored to award-winning concours standard by JD Classics – was back at Pebble Beach in 2010. However, this time it was at the great event’s official auction house, where it was responsible for the second of six world records tumbling on the day.
California dreamy
7th-8th & 12th-15th August 2010
Could 2010’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at the famous Laguna Seca race track in California throw up a dreamy performance for JD Classics’ very first foray onto US soil for a historic race meeting?
JDC drum up a dream result at Le Mans
9th–11th July 2010
Le Mans Classic 2010 drew a staggering 96,000 enthusiastic spectators. With amazing classics wherever you looked and temperatures averaging 32ºC all weekend, pulses were racing all across France’s most legendary complex. And with a result at the end of our three races the likes of which we may never see again, our heartbeats rose off the chart, too…
One of the most seductive historic race events of the year
1st-2nd May 2010
We'd never been before. But the temptation to race some fantastic classics on perhaps the world's most prestigious circuit proved irresistible. And having tasted the experience, we left the exclusive venue completely and utterly hooked...
JD Classics’ cars shine on Autoglym MPH stand
13-15th November 2009
When our friends at Autoglym invited us onto their stand at MPH The Prestige and Performance Motor Show, we were delighted to join the tremendous display of glamorous motors. But we were even more delighted when one of our cars did especially well in one of their concours competitions that weekend.
SS100 takes on Jaguar ‘Champion of Champions’ challenge
13-15th November 2009
Having been squeezed into second place at the Jaguar Drivers’ Club 2008 Champion of Champions concours competition, could our rare and highly decorated SS100 go one better and claim the coveted title in 2009?
Surprise guest visits for breakfast
4th October 2009
It's a real treat to see so many classic and supercar enthusiasts turning up at our Breakfasts this year in their pride and joys. And it was especially thrilling to see a very special guest make an unheralded appearance.
Stunning Pebble Beach result for SS100 & JD Classics
16th August 2009
Competitors from 30 US states and 19 nations were invited to bring some of history’s most illustrious and significant showcars to California’s Monterey Peninsula. Why? For judging in 28 classes at one of the world’s most acclaimed motorcar celebrations, Pebble Beach. JD Classics were there, helping our client present an SS100 we’d restored. Although laden with prestige and glamour, would it withstand the glare of its toughest scrutiny yet?…
Biggest crowds so far attends Breakfast at JD’s
2nd August – 6th September 2009
In August, they were queuing up to see the JD Classics complex, a British motor racing legend and perhaps the world’s most photographed motor car. And with this line-up, it was – as ever – a job and a half to encourage them to take their leave by the end of the morning. Then the same thing happened in September, only the crowd was even bigger…
Another extra special guest attends Breakfast at JD’s
2nd August 2009
Not only have we got Win Percy, one of Britain’s most engaging and successful touring car racing legends with us for Breakfast at JD’s this August, but ‘the most famous car in the world’ will be with us as well…
JDC's very first one-two finish at the Silverstone Classic
25-26th July 2009
Being competitive in a prestigious Group 'C' race is one thing. But actually winning a long-sought after one-two finish in a strong, battling field is something else entirely. And like many of the other ambitions JD Classics has had the special privilege of achieving, this one feels just as sweet!
More accolades for historic SS100
12th July 2009
Perhaps the world's most important SS100 has triumphed again at this year's Jaguar Driver's Club National Day at Woburn Abbey, winning not one but two awards – for the second year running!
Breakfast at JD’s off to a great start
14th June 2009
A gorgeous Sunday in mid June greeted our first ever Breakfast at JD’s – our monthly ‘open-door’ day for classic car and modern supercar enthusiasts across the summer months. Here’s how the big day went…
Bags of charm all round
27–30th May 2009
It’s not every day that a classic car event wins acclaim from competitors, spectactors as well as locals. And it’s not every day a car takes plaudits for being both competitive as well as extremely dashing on the same trial. But our client was grateful to find three special days like few others in Wales driving his JD Classics restored XK140
"The most beautiful race in the world"
13–17th May 2009
…as defined by Enzo Ferrari, describing the legendary Mille Miglia. Our MD and Race Shop Manager had the amazing privilege of competing in it and experienced first-hand whether this event could live up to such billing.
Supercharged V8 MkII Jaguar to compete in Gumball 3000
17th April 2009
It’s not every day you get the chance to take your car out for a week’s spin across America. So when our client thought about flexing the muscles of his MkII Jaguar, supercharged with a V8 engine by JD Classics, one option leapt out…
Historic, JD Classics-restored SS100 to compete at Pebble Beach
2nd April 2009
2008: over 200 classic vehicles from 12 different nations received a privileged invitation to flutter their headlights at Pebble Beach, USA – possibly the world’s most prestigious classic car concours competition. 2009: JD Classics are excited to announce that one of our meticulously restored classics will be competing.
JD Classics launches new Vehicle Inspection Service
2nd April 2009
Whenever you’re buying or selling a classic vehicle and need an accurate assessment and valuation, JD Classics’ newly upgraded Vehicle Inspection Service can help – wherever the vehicle is worldwide.
Sunday breakfast at JD's this summer
2nd April 2009
In response to popular demand, JD Classics will be opening our premises to classic car enthusiasts for a free tour of our Maldon sales and restoration complex across four Sundays this summer.
Le Mans veterans in Donington hunt for glory
18th December 2008
Entering 2008’s Group C Donington Park Collection Meeting when both the car and its driver have experienced success at Le Mans is unfortunately no guarantee of future acclaim. So would our seasoned racers be worthy enough to have good fortune and honour bestowed on them yet again? Or would all their efforts, no matter how valiant, prove to be in vain?
World’s most technically advanced MkII unveiled
10th December 2008
It’s been in production for some time, but JD Classics has finally been able to showcase one of its most exciting restorations to date – the world’s most technically advanced Jaguar MkII. And everybody, even fearsome TV car journalists like Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson, appear to be suitably impressed.
JD Classics resurrects a major piece of history
16th July 2008
The legendary SS100 is the car that brought William Lyons to the attention of the sports car world. And thanks to the talented team at JD Classics, a very special and perhaps the world’s most important 3.5 litre SS100 is now making headlines once more.
More exciting new developments from JD Classics
10th March 2008
Exciting modifications at JD Classics’ headquarters have seen two new major developments across 25,000 sq ft of our Essex complex.
JD Classics’ hat-trick of world-first classic car innovations
10th March 2008
JD Classics engineers have successfully pioneered three groundbreaking innovations for classic marques, resolving once-and-for-all longstanding issues inherent with a number of period vehicles.
Flower of Scotland
10th January 2008
We hear stories of our cars making big impressions on a regular basis. But even we were taken aback when we heard this one…
Too busy to hibernate
10th January 2008
Thinking of entering a contest this year with competition rebuilds, cars built for road or race use, or the concours arena? Now's the time to call us…
Up against it, but coming out on top!
10-11th November 2007
16 of the best show cars of the 2007 UK national concours scene compete against each other in a showcase to find the Champion of Champions.
How do you survive a legend?
26th October – 1st November 2007
If you’re looking for a serious test of a driver and his classic car – with more fun than anyone is capable of remembering – probably nothing else comes close to La Carrera Panamericana.
JD Classics’ cars grace the Tour Britannia
4-6th September 2007
Britain’s prestigious race tour for historic cars, Tour Britannia, is a relatively new event on the British racing scene. But its unique appeal is catching on quickly. And it’s easy to see why.
One car, two concours-wins – in nine days
19th August 2007
He hadn’t finished beaming after success with his JD Classics’ complete chassis-off restored Jaguar XK150S 3.8 litre Roadster at the Jaguar Drivers' Club international weekend, Stanford Hall, Lutterworth, UK...
Yet another award-winning weekend for JD Classics!
10th August 2007
Concours-winning restorations are fast becoming a habit at JD Classics, with our third award-winning vehicle in a week! So how did we get here again so soon?
Another concours-win for JD Classics
23rd July 2007
Having seen concours-winning success with our very first Mercedes restoration, JD Classics have done it again with our second!
New custom-built coach-trimming centre
21st May 2007
JD Classics' prestige car restoration and updating business continues to ennewsh2 class=p class=newsnews/p joy signs of rapid growth, with the opening of a new, custom-built coach-trimming centre.
First-ever Mercedes wins Best Car of Show
18th May 2007
Not every classic car restorer can say that their very first foray into restoring a Mercedes produced a concours-winning result. But JD Classics can.