Stirling Moss winning in a Lister-Jaguar Knobbly
Lister Cars announced it will return to its Cambridge roots
to once again reinstate production of the famed Lister ‘Knobbly’ Jaguar.
After a gap of almost 25 years since the last Lister rolled
off the production line, the three Lister companies of George Lister
Engineering of Cambridge, Brian Lister Light Engineering and Lister Storm, have
been consolidated within a new business called Lister Motor Company Limited.
Lister Motor Company Limited has invested in a new facility
in Cambridge, which includes CNC machining, 3D scanning and Catia design, all
of which will enable George Lister Engineering to develop and deliver a near
identical development of the Knobbly.
Brian Lister’s original working drawings and manufacturing
jigs have all been re-commissioned, and many of the team involved in the
original 1950’s project with Lister Cars have been called back into service,
including Martin Murray, Colin ‘Chippy’ Crisp, Graham ‘Curley’ Hutton, Laurence
Pearce and even Brian Lister himself. Heading up the manufacturing project is
Mark Hallam, technical director at George Lister Engineering and Jerry Booen of
D Type Developments will also be assisting with the project. The cars will be
built to be identical to those of 1958, and will be race-ready ‘out of the box’
to race with BHL-C (C for Continuation) chassis insignia and up to FIA/HTP
Appendix K specification.
Lawrence Whittaker, CEO of Warranty Wise and the investor in
the project, said, “Anyone with a fondness for British sports car manufacturing
and with an understanding of Lister’s remarkable heritage should rightly be
excited by this news. The Lister ‘Knobbly’ was a powerful, giant-killing racing
car in its heyday, and with all the expertise we have brought together for this
project, I can promise that the new Lister will be a fabulously exciting and
desirable car. This is a passionate undertaking for us and we also have some
very exciting plans for the future.”
Jaguar D-Type-specification engines and D-Type gearboxes
will be supplied by Crosthwaite & Gardener, and all race preparation and
track commissioning will be undertaken by Chris Keith-Lucas of CKL
Developments, another specialist in historic Jaguar restoration and
preparation. Last but not least, that Knobbly body will be re-created using the
original Shapecraft body bucks by Clive Smart and Adrian Breeze.
A series of Lister sponsored historic race meetings are
planned for 2015, in time for the Lister 125th year anniversary
source: http://www.sportscardigest.com/knobbly-lister-jaguar-returns-to-production/
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