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1957 Jaguar Mk.I 3.4 (Mike Hawthorn) Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: 
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◊ 2015-06-08 04:07 |
22 January 1959 - former motor racing world champion Mike Hawthorn died in an accident in his own highly-tuned 1957 3.4 Litre, registration VDU 881, on the A3 Guildford By-Pass in Surrey http://www.guildford-dragon.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Hawthorn-crash.jpg A special order spec from the factory in October 1957, [S970806DN] was the 806th right hand drive 3.4-litre MK I built by Jaguar - Link to "www.conceptcarz.com" VDU 881 was deliberately cut up and scrapped afterwards, but various replicas have been made since including 881 VDU, and a series of up to 10 recreations - http://www.roachclassics.co.uk/mike-hawthorn-jaguar/ |
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◊ 2015-06-13 20:28 |
Wasn't this car's nickname the "Merc-Eater"? |
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◊ 2023-12-25 03:49 |
It was, at the time of the crash, it believed that Hawthorn was overtaking a Mercedes-Benz 300SL when he lost control of the vehicle and crashed. |
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