JIM VERUSCHKA and the NEW CAT

Jim Graham was privileged to conduct the first public drive of an XJ6 in August 1968. It was a factory publicity pre-production car still in camouflage and it remains in good condition fifty-two years later.

- Jim Graham

The car Jim drove was a 2.8 litre XJ6 and is the nineteenth of the first twenty Jaguar XJ6 launch vehicles. This one was seen in the brochures and frequently in magazines and newspapers.

Jim Graham, with his publicity and engineering hats on, was responsible for Jaguar road test cars from 1966-74 and completed this unique XJ6 publicity and road test project, with and without the camouflage kit, in August 1968. It is one of around 19 or 20 preproduction cars built by Ted Brittain and his team in the Assembly Development Shop, next to the paint shop. Jonathan Heynes helped with that and road testing.

THE VERY WELL REGARDED ENGLISH PHOTOGRAPHER