1962 JAGUAR D-TYPE BY REALM (RAM)
1962 Jaguar D-Type ‘Short Nose’ by Realm (RAM)
Of the Realm D-Type Sir Jack Brabham commented:
‘That's a damn sight better than the original!’
Richard Noble has one of his own, and Sir Stirling Moss OBE said:
‘You guys have done an excellent job here, you should be proud.’
Jaguar Quarterly magazine described the car as 'impressive' with handling 'beyond question'.
Beyond the plaudits, this is a very usable car. A short-nose example, of Jaguar's legendary Le Mans-winning D-Type Jaguar, it features steel-braced glass fibre bodywork with an aluminium passenger-carrying style tub with full-width windscreen first seen on the works cars at Le Mans in 1955. With almost exclusively Jaguar running gear, unlike some its rivals, the RAM is described as having ‘undisputed mechanical integrity.’ The car retains a 1962 Jaguar identity and was believed to have been built around 1990 for a flight engineer. It was sold via Roger Taylor Classics in 2000 and again in 2003 to Nick Godfrey, who, at the time, was managing director of Alpina and worked closely with Frank Sytner. He was responsible for several significant upgrades including Ian Nuthall suspension and a Ray Mills 4.2-litre engine fed by three Weber 45 DCOE carburettors. Since then it has passed through a number of collections, campaigned on circuits and raced at Prescott where it was described in the Bugatti Owners' Club magazine Bugantics as looking ‘very period as it heads up towards Ettore's’. With correct Dunlop style Knock-Off wheels, short registration number (63 SYA), white racing number roundels, and gentle patina, the car is frequently mistaken for an original. The engine fires up on the button and runs extremely well even at tick-over. The exhaust note is modest at idle but clearly, makes all the right noises when ‘on song'.
What a thing?… probably the most authentic looking D-Type recreation I’ve seen. Just the right level of patina, authentic proportions that you just don’t see in most D-Type recreations, and a stance that would be perfectly at home at the Park Fermé in Le Mans. It’s just right, you just know it is when you look at it.
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