Antique & Classic Cars Blog

Dave Garroway was host of NBC’s Today Show and was also a motor sports fan. He bought a Jaguar SS100, fitted an XK120 motor and went racing.

He also, being a celebrity, fitted a very unusual interior–alligator. I’d heard about this car and read about it before I ever saw it.

Classic & Sports Car photographer, James Mann, took these shots of the car for the upcoming book I’m doing on unrestored cars.

What a wild car. The custom interior’s not for everyone, but it’s an eyecatcher. And you gotta love the SS100’s lines. Several different companies made the car in kit form–the highest form of flattery? (Except for those fake Porsche 917s, which never looked or sounded very good.)

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