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The truth is, I might have missed him amongst Moss, Brabham, Trintignant, Shelby, Ward and all the other motor racing luminaries at Monterey if someone hadn\u2019t pointed him out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s Norman Dewis,\u201d my friend said, pointing to an amazingly spry white-haired man of small stature holding court with an enthralled group of enthusiasts. As it happens, Dewis had driven the very same ex-works D-Type Jaguar they were standing next to at Goodwood 45 years ago and would drive it again in the Historics that day \u2013 at the tender age of 80. But while his driving skills are better than most, it isn\u2019t driving that Norman Dewis is most known for.<\/p>\n

To anyone familiar with the history of the British marque, four important men are usually associated with the great Jaguars of the \u201950s, \u201960s, and \u201970s. Obviously, headman and founder Sir William Lyons, first and foremost. Under Lyons, three others worked closely to produce Coventry\u2019s best; chief engineer William Heynes, aerodynamicist Malcolm Sayer, who sculpted Jaguar\u2019s styling, and Norman Dewis. As chief test driver for Jaguar from 1952 through 1988, Dewis\u2019 job was to test and develop every new design, from the first prototypes to the final production version, some 25 models in 36 years.<\/p>\n

The XK120 and C-Type Jaguars had already been introduced before Dewis came on board, but one of his first important tasks was to develop a then new technology that has ultimately affected all of us who drive a modern car. Under the cloak of secrecy, Dewis developed the first disc brakes to be successfully applied to a full-size car, the C-Type Jaguar. Jaguar proved the worth of disc brakes at Le Mans in 1953 with the C-Type, and in \u201955, \u201956 and \u201957 with the D-Types, the last two, privately owned.<\/p>\n

From the very beginning, Dewis was heavily involved in the development of the D-Jaguars, Malcolm Sayers\u2019 lighter, lower, more aerodynamic – and incredibly beautiful \u2013 three-time Le Mans winners. On the Sarthe circuit\u2019s three-mile long straightaway, no one could match the wind-cheating Jags\u2019 top end or go as deep as their cherry-red glowing discs allowed at the end of the straights, but outright power was another question. New eight- and twelve-cylinder racing engines from Ferrari and Maserati had overtaken Jaguar\u2019s long-lived six. Jaguar engineers had begun drawing up their own V12 as early as 1955, but the following year, the works officially retired from racing.<\/p>\n

Norman Dewis\u2019 work never stopped. He developed the disc brakes that would go on Jaguar\u2019s line of cars in 1958 and did the development on Coventry\u2019s sensational E-Type introduced in 1961. By the mid-sixties, the V12 had become a reality and Malcolm Sayers had created yet another beauty to house it, the ill-fated mid-engine XJ13.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was me favorite,\u201d Dewis told us at Monterey. \u201cWe only built the one and the idea was to get back to Le Mans. It was drawn up enough by \u201965; by \u201966 we\u2019d produced the car. That was the first V12 engine we put into a car.\u201d<\/p>\n

The trouble was that Jaguar had become a part of the Leyland Group and a strict no-racing policy was mandated by their management.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was probably one of the biggest mistakes ever made by Sir William. I mean he never should have let that happen. So the whole thing stops. We have the most beautiful mid-engine car, cigar-shaped, beautiful shape, and we\u2019re not allowed to race, or even to start development. Sir William sent instructions down, on no account was I to drive it or take it out of the factory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dewis had no choice but to grudgingly go along with the order and \u201cthe 13,\u201d as the car was known to insiders, lay frustratingly untried day after day.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo after about three weeks, there\u2019s the car, all ready to be fired and go. And my boss (William) Heynes, he was quite a character \u2013 we got on well \u2013 he came in my office. We were talkin\u2019 about one or two things and he said, \u2018By the way, the 13, what do you think?\u2019 I said, \u2018It\u2019s a disgrace. We ought to\u2026I\u2019d love to run it.\u2019 He said, \u2018I know you would.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018Are you giving me permission?\u2019 He said, \u2018No, no, I can\u2019t. I just thought you might, uh, get a bit itchy and you might like to try it.\u2019 He said, \u2018It would be nice, wouldn\u2019t it? But as you say, we can\u2019t do it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOfficial\u201d permission or not, Heynes\u2019 message was clear. He too wanted to know what the XJ13 would do, but Dewis would be on his own.<\/p>\n

Dewis assembled a few trusted staff members and told them to meet him at the factory very early on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018Don\u2019t say a word to anyone, but we\u2019re going to MIRA to test the 13.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

It was at this clandestine Sunday morning run at MIRA, the Motor Industry Research Association\u2019s test facility, where Malcolm Sayer\u2019s last ground-up racecar first turned a wheel under power. It was to prove a handful for Dewis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was very bad on handling. I mean, even the steering straight on was bad. The roll stiffness was all wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, anxious for some kind of result that might excuse his outright disobedience, at about midday, Dewis called for stopwatches and took the XJ13 out onto the outer circuit, a 2.8-mile triangle with banked turns and one flat straightaway, where he\u2019d set the lap record years before in a D-Type at 155 mph.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was behaving terribly, but I did get one fast lap. It came out to 156, just over 156. So I wrapped it up and said that was it. I said, \u2018Take the car back and don\u2019t say a word to anyone.\u2019 Of course,\u201d he shrugged, \u201cI knew what was going to happen on Monday morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

It did. Dewis was immediately summoned to \u201cthe old man\u2019s\u201d office, where Lyons angrily confronted him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere were you yesterday?\u201d demanded Sir William.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018Yesterday, oh, that was Sunday, wasn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d Lyons growled, \u201cbut where were you?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018I\u2019m trying to think.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou were at MIRA with the 13,\u201d snapped Lyons.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Oh, yes,\u2019 I said, \u2018I was. It was only just a quiet run to try it out a bit.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I instructed that it hadn\u2019t better leave the factory.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Well,\u2019 I said, \u2018that was three weeks ago. Surely, I thought you might have changed your mind.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d spit Sir William, \u201cwhen I give an order, I expect it to be carried out. You\u2019ve totally disobeyed my instructions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah,\u201d admitted Dewis, \u201cI probably have. But before you discipline me, can I just tell you about the car?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Lyons nodded yes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018It\u2019s a fast car, or it will be.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHow fast?\u201d Lyons shot back.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018Well, it\u2019s gone faster than the D-Type at MIRA, 156.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Sir William took a breath. \u201cA hundred and fifty-six on first start-up?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u201cYeah.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it looks promising?\u201d Lyons asked brusquely.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018We ought to carry on with it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, no,\u201d Lyons said resolutely. Then, after a moment, adding with just a trace of a smile, \u201cLook, I\u2019ll tell you what we\u2019ll do. You can carry on testing and developing it, but only on Sundays. Not in the week.\u201d<\/p>\n

And thus the XJ13 became what was called the Sunday test car. Norman Dewis continued to sort out the car\u2019s handling every Sunday for several months, eventually lapping the MIRA circuit at 161 mph.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the highest speed that had ever been obtained on British soil, and to do that, I got it up to 186 mph down the straightaway. So on Mulsanne straight, which was a lot longer, we probably would have seen over 200 mph. Easy. So, that was it. We proved the car was ready for Le Mans.\u201d<\/p>\n

And with 502 hp at 7600 rpm and 386 lb-ft. of torque at 6300 rpm from an essentially undeveloped racing version of Jaguar\u2019s future V12 sports car engine, a true works racing XJ13 might well have been competitive with the Ford GT40s and Ferraris of the time. No one will ever know, as the XJ13 was retired in 1967 without ever being raced.<\/p>\n

Ironically, four years later, Dewis was asked to drive the XJ13 one more time at MIRA for a film celebrating Jaguar\u2019s new Series 3 V12 E-Type. A mag wheel disintegrated at over 140 mph, and the XJ13 was virtually destroyed in the ensuing crash. Dewis, fortunately, was not badly hurt, and the car was eventually rebuilt and is today proudly displayed at the Jaguar museum when not on the road for special appearances, the most recent, at this year\u2019s Goodwood Festival of Speed.<\/p>\n

Norman Dewis, who has arguably driven more Jaguars than any man in history, remains unequivocal about his special Sunday test car. \u201cIt\u2019s a one-off. I mean, I look at that car as a Picasso painting. It\u2019s so beautiful,\u201d he says, adding with his impish smile, \u201cand I loved driving it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Norman Dewis, Jaguar\u00d5s factory test driver from 1952-1988, poses at this year\u00d5s Monterey Historics with the D-Type Jaguar that he raced at Goodwood 45 years ago.<\/p>\n

Photo: Tim Considine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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