1939 Jaguar SS 100 DHC

Coach built by Newsome-Avon

S.H.Newsome & Co. Ltd. 1933

Some time in 1938 S.H. "Sammy" Newsome a successful SS Jaguar Distributor
who had been Very Successfully campaigning an SS 100 in Rallies & Hill climbs
ask William Lyons to build a deluxe version of the popular SS 100 sports car.
Lyons reportedly told Newsome he already had too many different models to build.
Newsome contracted with the factory for 50 bare SS 100 chassis to build his idea
for a deluxe SS 100 DHC with roll up windows & a wider body.
Early in 1939 he has Avon Coach builders of Coventry build 2 prototypes.
The first prototype "EHP 7" chassis 39109 is the car pictured in all the advertising
with a folding windshield & was shown at the 1939 Earls Court Auto Show.
Prototype # 2 "EVC 587" chassis 39115 has a fixed windshield.
WW 2 canceled any Further production


June 15,1939 Advertising flyers	June 15,1939 Advertising specs
May 16,1939	May 16,1939

May 26,1939

May 1,1948

1956 or 1957

Prototype # 2 "EVC 587" is offered for sell
color is gunmetal gray, purchased by A.Woolaston of Cheshire

1962

Ruth Brown buys EVC 587 from Woollaston in 1968
car is shipped to USA on cargo ship Coventry City

1968	1968
1968	1968
1968	1968

Ruth Brown contacts S.H.Newsome to verify identity of car

1973 Ruth Brown sells car to James J. Stickley

1973	1975
1975	Hemmings 1985

Stickley repaints car old English white & reupholsters in red leather,
Also removes top body trim & trafficators
Stickley sells car to Jack Hilton in 1985

1985	1985
1985	1988

late 1985 or early 1986 Hilton visits Dave Barber
& buys the body remains from chassis 39109
a couple of years later he decides "EVC 587" needs restoration
& he dismantles the car for restoration around 1988

1994

in 1994 Jack Hilton trades bare chassis 39115 for an SS 90 to Dave Barber
who builds another plain Jane SS 100 roadster on the chassis
1995 Hilton sells the remains of both cars to Dick Strever
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