Model HistoryThe Lister Jaguar became easily the most successful Jaguar-powered car after Jaguar’s own ‘D’ types became obsolete. The car sprang from Brian Lister’s interest in car design and motor racing after he persuaded his father in 1953 that the family’s engineering firm – Geo. Lister & Sons Ltd of Cambridge – should finance and build a Lister car to Brian’s designs.
The first Lister set the pattern for all the others. A 3-inch diameter tubular chassis with...
