Ride in a REAL 1954 Jaguar D Type Factory Team Race Car ? Why Not! My Car Story with Lou Costabile

Автокөліктер мен көлік құралдары

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On "My Car Story" we're in the Suburbs in Phoenix AZ on 1-17-17.
We're riding in a 1954 Jaguar D-Type that is the REAL DEAL. This car is not a replica. This car is a “Factory Team Car” in 1954 and has lots of race history.
We’re riding with the Care Taker of the car Terry Larson. Terry is a Historian, a Restorer of D-Type’s, and the Author of the Book C-Type, D-Type, and Lightweight E-Type Registry.
Being able to video and share a car like this is a real treat.
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  • @2541968joey
    @2541968joey3 жыл бұрын

    As the owner of a 2/68 E Type & AZ resident, I have met Terry & Norman & each are true gentlemen with in the Jaguar family of owners. Thanks

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi 2541968joey, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge. Say hello if you can make it to Alpios 2nd Saturday AM, as I'll be there in September, and we can see if there are some good cars to share on the Channel. Hope you see many more cars on this KZread Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZread Channel, Lou

  • @stephenscott4166
    @stephenscott41667 жыл бұрын

    As a Jag owner and lover, I thank you for this clip of a true piece of racing history. Drive on...

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Stephen Scott for your kind words. Feel free to type in "My Car Story with Lou Jaguar" and I hope you'll find some you'll enjoy, Lou

  • @talhandaq13
    @talhandaq13 Жыл бұрын

    Lucky guy Lou to drive history on wheels. Great car.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    Жыл бұрын

    HI talhandaq13, Well I was a passenger, but I feel pretty lucky to go for a ride :-) Lou

  • @sabba_dabba8649
    @sabba_dabba8649 Жыл бұрын

    it truly does not get any better than this

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    Жыл бұрын

    :-)

  • @jenniferwhitewolf3784
    @jenniferwhitewolf37846 жыл бұрын

    Lovely Jag music!!! I will always enjoy the sound of the double overhead cam 6 with Webers... What a sound! What an amazing car.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hi Jennifer WhiteWolf, "Lovely Jag music!!!" I like that :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou

  • @stevepitts7998
    @stevepitts79983 жыл бұрын

    It's so nice to see the recognition that Lou Costable gives to Norman Dewis in the development of this car and the disc brakes which gave Jaguar racing cars the edge. He was perhaps the most important part of the Jaguar racing heritage.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Steve, Thank you for viewing and sharing your thoughts. Hope you see many more cars on this KZread Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZread Channel, Lou

  • @stevepitts7998

    @stevepitts7998

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@loucostabile Hi Lou. I've enjoyed your series of films on the racing Jags and the guys who are the current custodians of them. I own an XK (X150) and it's more than interesting to learn about the DNA of its forebears. Thanks again for bringing these legends to our screens.

  • @derekantill3721
    @derekantill3721 Жыл бұрын

    A real piece of history here. Car number 12 ran in the 1954 Le Mans 24 hour race driven by Stirling Moss and Peter Walker, but retired after 11 hours with brake problems. Gonzales/Trintignant went on to win the race in a 5.0 liter Ferrari 375. I have seen all the drivers in my younger years that are mentioned on the side of the car.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Derek, Thank you for sharing your knowledge about this car. Lou

  • @derekantill3721

    @derekantill3721

    Жыл бұрын

    Pleased to add some info when I can Lou.

  • @williamjolka4351
    @williamjolka4351 Жыл бұрын

    This is a Van Gogh . Fabulous maintenance . Pure story . Wow .. tks

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi William, High praise :-) You're welcome, Lou

  • @williamjolka4351

    @williamjolka4351

    Жыл бұрын

    @@loucostabile tks à lot . Such jewell D type on the road !! unbelievable .

  • @zulumax1
    @zulumax1 Жыл бұрын

    You can tell that car wants to be on the track. Probably not to happy with low RPM mild driving, noticed the revs were kept over 3500 RPM. A ride on the street would be awesome, but my oh my, a ride along on a road course with someone who knows how do drive it would be priceless! I know Steve McQueen had a Jaguar that looked something like this and raced it on the track. What a privilege it is to ride along in a piece of history. She wants to run!

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi zulumax1, "What a privilege it is to ride along in a piece of history" I agree. "She wants to run!" I agree. Lou

  • @velocita8842
    @velocita88427 жыл бұрын

    Wow priceless and he still drives it on the road.....thank you!

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's a real treat to video and share a car like this with the Viewers. You're welcome, Lou

  • @WHOMEWHOYOU
    @WHOMEWHOYOU5 жыл бұрын

    Glad I ran across THIS a real D-Type race car and great detail interview.... then a ride along !!! one of your Best Lou !!! THANKS, a Jag Fan.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hi WHOMEWHOYOU, High praise :-) You're welcome, Lou

  • @TobRacer
    @TobRacer Жыл бұрын

    Big thank you for sharing the experience and all the little details of XKD 504! The D-Type is such a lovely machine I was lucky to see at Le Mans classic 2 months ago. I love the airplane design, the 3.8 inline 6 sound, the interior, the overall elegance and the soul of this car... I have so little chance to drive such a car in real life but at least I can enjoy XKD 504 on my racing simulator in Gran Turismo 7. It may not be like real life but cruising at slow speed gives that sense of driving something very special and an important piece of automotive history and the feelings must be enhanced a 1000 times in real life I guess. Please take care of this treasure as long as possible. Again thank you!

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    Жыл бұрын

    HI Tob-Racer, Happy to share the experience with you :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing, and you're welcome. Hope you see many cars on this Channel you enjoy! Please Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZread Channel, Lou

  • @jasonmeehan1269
    @jasonmeehan12697 жыл бұрын

    lou you lucky 🍀 lucky man. I spoke to Norman Dewis at the E Type birthday in Silverstone about 3 years ago what a legend. he said he would hit 188 mph down the mulsane straight. not bad for a straight 6 in the mid 50s. please keep these videos coming lou. thanks very much.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hi Jason Meehan, Thank you for sharing Norman Dewis details. Agreed, I feel lucky and blessed, Lou

  • @winchuni22
    @winchuni227 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely amazing. Stirling Moss on the side too!

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hi winchuni22, Glad you're amazed :-) Me too. Hope you see many more cars on the Channel you'll enjoy, Lou

  • @jonnybeck6723
    @jonnybeck67235 жыл бұрын

    That was Brilliant! I actually caught my breath at one point... Thanx so much for posting and cheers

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hi Jonny Beck, Glad you enjoy this one :-) Hope you see many more cars on this KZread Channel you'll enjoy. You're welcome, Lou

  • @hughmainwaring9187
    @hughmainwaring9187 Жыл бұрын

    As a Big Healey owner and driver I salute you. A beast of a car.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Hugh, High praise :-) Lou

  • @Buelligan88
    @Buelligan887 жыл бұрын

    When I was a kid, I'd stare for hours at photographs of these cars trying to pick out little details. I really appreciate the efforts you take to show the stuff we'd normally never get to see, especially under the hood, er... bonnet. Subscribed.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hi Buelligan88, You're welcome. I too used to look at the photo's, so it's a treat when I see one I hope you and I like to gather all the details to share :-) Lou

  • @ROYMITCH73
    @ROYMITCH737 жыл бұрын

    So cool! I'm happy that he drives the car, and enjoys it. Thanks.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hi Roy Mitchell, Thank you for viewing and sharing a wonderful comment, Lou

  • @CarlosOliveira-cj3iz
    @CarlosOliveira-cj3iz4 жыл бұрын

    This one was really special!! I saw this jaguar in some of those events...but a ride on it would be a dream come true!

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    4 жыл бұрын

    A special moment on this ride. An AMAZING car to share with you :-)

  • @davidnelson7149
    @davidnelson7149 Жыл бұрын

    When I was a young fellow me lad back in the eighties, I drove a '67 Mark 3 Triumph Spitfire (among many other English sports-cars), which from the rear looked deliciously similar to the D Type; it even had the same light pod, though inverted at 90 degrees in the 12 o'clock - 6 o'clock position as apposed to the 9 o'clock - 3 o'clock position on the Jag.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi David, Happy to read this one brings back memories of the ride in the Triumph :-) Lou

  • @davidnelson7149

    @davidnelson7149

    Жыл бұрын

    @@loucostabile Hi Lou, Thanks for the response. When I bought the Spit, I was actually on the hunt for a Triumph GT6 (what we referred to here in England as the 'poor man's E Type). The Spit was being offered at a price I couldn't pass on, and the lines were truly gorgeous, so I got a GT6 later after having great fun with the Spit for about a year. Regards David

  • @kenmayfield3739
    @kenmayfield37392 жыл бұрын

    Just for the record, at one Le Mans race (i cant recall the year) the late Norman Dewis was clocked at a speed in excess of 190 mph, while overtaking a Mercedes . Norman said the “D” was still accelerating....

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Ken, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge. Hope you see many more cars on this KZread Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZread Channel, Lou

  • @soyounoat

    @soyounoat

    Жыл бұрын

    Taking that machine to 190 mph requires balls made of Kryptonite and the ability to stare into the eyes of death until death blinks and runs away.

  • @garylewis6495
    @garylewis6495 Жыл бұрын

    There is nothing like the sound of an inline 6 Jag or Healey!

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    Жыл бұрын

    Nice !

  • @gt1man931
    @gt1man9317 жыл бұрын

    Wow, just wow. I've watched a lot of vids on here, not many have my mouth hanging open like this one did. A historical monument, is what that is. I get the warm fuzzies knowing it occasionally sees a public road and not always locked up behind the ropes at some museum.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hi GT1Man, I'm tickled to read your reaction. Glad you liked this one :-) Truly fortunate to video and share this car with you. Hope you see many more cars on the Channel you enjoy. Lou

  • @fw1421
    @fw14217 жыл бұрын

    Driving a historic racer worth I'm sure multimillion dollars on the highway. Amazing!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hi fw1421, Glad you thought this one is amazing!. Me too, Lou

  • @James-kd7dc
    @James-kd7dc Жыл бұрын

    Very beautiful piece of history. The interviewer was a little rude and annoying though. Look at me! 😂

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi James, Happy to read you enjoy this "Very beautiful piece of history" :-) Lou

  • @geraldparker7008
    @geraldparker7008 Жыл бұрын

    Very cool, very cool Awesome car!!

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Gerald, Happy to read you enjoy this "Awesome car!!" :-) Me too, Lou

  • @Insolation1
    @Insolation1 Жыл бұрын

    RM Sotheby's auctioned a Jaguar D Type in California for $21.8 million. It's no wonder he chose an empty road in the middle of nowhere for that drive.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi You F'coffee, Thanks for sharing your research. My pleasure sharing this fun ride with you :-) Lou

  • @finnblu3002
    @finnblu30027 жыл бұрын

    . THE opportunity and THE car - 12. 173 S.Moss Lou, you just checked off a box that most never will. Big thanks to Terry for his talents and willingness to provide access and share this car's unique racing pedigree / history! and for maintaining this incredible car at such a high level- .

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hi Finn Blu, When the opportunity knocked to video and share this car, I opened the door :-) Terry is more then generous. It's such a pleasure to video this car and share with Viewers. Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou

  • @paulgabolinscy2502
    @paulgabolinscy25023 жыл бұрын

    It’s not a vintage car Vintage cars were built from 1910- about 1936 It’s a CLASSIC car

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Paul, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge. Hope you see many more cars on this KZread Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZread Channel, Lou

  • @johngreenwood1972
    @johngreenwood19725 жыл бұрын

    Such a beautifully wild looking car.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi John Greenwood, Happy to read you appreciate this car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing. Lou

  • @barryphillips7098
    @barryphillips70982 ай бұрын

    Beautiful car and Fast too, with the right gearing a D type could hit 180++ mph on Mulsanne straight C & D types won Le Mans 1955 56 57, with disc front brakes they could out brake the opposition into the corners!!!!

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    2 ай бұрын

    Hi Barry, Happy to read you appreciate this car :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZread Channel, Lou

  • @TheStevemcqueen68
    @TheStevemcqueen687 жыл бұрын

    shame he did not open it up, need to take it to track, great story and film, Thanks,

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hi TheStevemcqueen68, I was so honored to be able to video for the Viewers and share a ride with Terry in this historic car. A real treat! Thank you for viewing and sharing. Lou

  • @peterbrooks8580
    @peterbrooks85807 жыл бұрын

    Thank You! Peter Brooks.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hi Peter Brooks, I share with you a bit more to the story. Terry saw the video, and shared "Lou, there was a truck in front of us most of the ride. Would you mind coming back for another ride and do it again? I said YES, LET'S DO IT AGAIN! :-) So this is actually the 2nd video shoot, and just as much fun the second time too :-) Lou

  • @andyhunt24
    @andyhunt247 жыл бұрын

    Hi, what a great car. Why does the plaque on the dashboard above the steering wheel show XKC 403 rather than XKD 403??

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hmmm, not sure. Maybe a Viewer knows and can share knowledge.

  • @MyTROLLEYBUS
    @MyTROLLEYBUS6 жыл бұрын

    Good to see a 'proper' D' Type as there are some awful glassfibre replica's about.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    4 жыл бұрын

    Happy to read you appreciate this car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing.

  • @jonoedwards4195
    @jonoedwards41957 жыл бұрын

    Lucky Yank! Great post.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hi Jono Edwards, Yes, I do feel lucky. Glad you like the post. Hope you see many more cars on the Channel you'l enjoy, Lou

  • @MyTROLLEYBUS
    @MyTROLLEYBUS6 жыл бұрын

    A PURE British car that should be in GREAT Britain not abroad.

  • @AD-rd2tx

    @AD-rd2tx

    6 жыл бұрын

    W Trolleybus thats like saying all vintage ferraris belong in italy which that isn't the case

  • @email4664

    @email4664

    4 жыл бұрын

    Perhaps start by sending the fine American and Canadian aircraft in your Museums home then. If this lived in Britain, nobody would ever see it. Also, take stock in the video footage, as it shows key details in the background- Cactus. Warm, dry climate is far better a climate to house this sort of machine. Not like "olde Blighty"- like trying to store things in a toilet, it rains so much

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi W Trolleybus, Happy to read you appreciate this car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZread Channel, Lou

  • @Adrian_Nel

    @Adrian_Nel

    4 жыл бұрын

    It belongs with whomever can buy it, store it where it won't rust the hell to pieces, and gets enough good weather to actually drive it - arguably not in Britain, then

  • @philhawley1219

    @philhawley1219

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Adrian_Nel I take it you have never been to the Goodwood Revival.

  • @dmdivers
    @dmdivers6 жыл бұрын

    At 5:42 you say 'this car [the D-type] put Jaguar on the map, this is the one that said we're a real race car team'! Totally wrong. The XK120C - the C-type - when it won Le Mans in 1951 put Jaguar at the top of sports car racing, and even before with the XK120 Jaguar were very seriously taken in the racing world.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hi dmdivers, Yes, the C Type 1951 put Jaguar on top. Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge, Lou

  • @TheDivineicons
    @TheDivineicons7 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    7 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad you enjoyed this car :-) Lou

  • @mikeoxleybrown
    @mikeoxleybrown3 жыл бұрын

    First went to Le Mans in 1974, amazing fun. Returned twice more including seeing Jaguar winning in 1990. I was excited to see your D type. I'd seen others before along with some of the other classics doing a couple of laps of Le Mans on race day. So Stirling Moss raced the car at 172 mph, it looks amazing and sounds even better. Why then could it only be driven at 52 mph, pathetic. I cycle down the sides of mountains faster than that. Big disappointment.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Mike oxley-brown, We'll try to get this museum piece up to speed for your liking on the next video :-) Lou

  • @alisteroliver6698
    @alisteroliver66986 жыл бұрын

    Why do people get their facts wrong in such videos or just promote false information in general? There was in fact 18 total factory team cars, 53 customer cars and 16 XKSS cars. Granted this is one of five but only for that year and not the entire production run.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hi Alister Oliver, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge, Lou

  • @alisteroliver6698

    @alisteroliver6698

    6 жыл бұрын

    Just a pet peeve of mine and the last thing the internet needs is another clueless journalist AKA Doug DeMuro.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hi Alister Oliver, I'm clearly not an Expert. I'm learning from the Care Takers on every car and loving it :-) Hope you enjoy the Channel, Lou

  • @alisteroliver6698

    @alisteroliver6698

    6 жыл бұрын

    No worries. I just watched your Donkervoort movie which is another brand lost on most folks. A long history with some very interesting important anecdotes that most people seem to miss.

  • @caribman10
    @caribman106 жыл бұрын

    Harry Heinl used one of these as a daily driver in Chicago.......and then traded up to the Maserati 450S Costin coupe...and then traded up again to a Ford Gt Mark IV.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    4 жыл бұрын

    Harry Heinl has great taste in cars :-)

  • @375GTB
    @375GTB6 жыл бұрын

    The pop up ad stopped my original comment...

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    4 жыл бұрын

    :-0

  • @cristinalulic3823
    @cristinalulic38233 жыл бұрын

    unico marcelo miguens

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Cristina, Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou

  • @QuantumBlu9x
    @QuantumBlu9x7 жыл бұрын

    number 2 for love it

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    7 жыл бұрын

    Glad you like this one :-) Hope you find many other cars on the Channel you enjoy, Lou

  • @gjmob
    @gjmob4 жыл бұрын

    The D Type says wtf, you brought me to drive on the wrong side of the road amongst the cactus's.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    4 жыл бұрын

    :-)

  • @johngadsby1526
    @johngadsby15265 жыл бұрын

    55 mph!!!!! is that all why bother!!! My Ducati has done 170 plus mph on the public Highway Various cars also at 155 plus All my life never caught!!! nor any accidents Why would you not want to give it total stick!!!!

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    5 жыл бұрын

    Is that all, I've Done 210 on my Ducati in my garage :-)

  • @2.fresh767
    @2.fresh767 Жыл бұрын

    They had some big, big bollocks, 170 mph in that, wow.

  • @loucostabile

    @loucostabile

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi 2.FRESH! 76, Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many more cars on this KZread Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this KZread Channel, Lou

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