1955 Jaguar D-Type [XKD505]

1955 Jaguar D-Type [XKD505] in Fifth Gear, Non-fiction TV, 2002-2019 Ep. 11.02

Class: Cars, Racecar — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
coopey ◊ 2007-09-23 12:27
greybear ◊ 2007-09-23 13:56	Chassis XKD505. Winner Le Mans 1955.
Buc84 ◊ 2007-09-23 22:03	Wasn't 1955 the year the Mercedes w/the Magnesium body & chassis hit the Healey(?) & went into crowd & cought fire.....giving the Fire Dept(and the World in general) a very dramatic lesson in about what happens when you try putting out burning Magnesium with water?? (It causes a VERY LARGE Explosion!!...and bunch of those people "Didn't see the sun come up tomorrow" )....My old Science teacher in H.S. liked using it as an example when discussing "Chemical Reactions". -- Last edit: 2007-09-23 22:04:01
greybear ◊ 2007-09-23 22:45	Yes. And this is the car, Driven by Mike Hawthorn that pulled into the pits causing Macklin's Healy to move into the path of Levegh's Mercedes. The Mercedes hit the Healey - and the rest is history.
dsl ◊ 2011-06-06 23:48	See /vehicle.php?id=394431 and /vehicle.php?id=12529 .