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The fairytale legend
In 1953 Brian Lister petitioned his father to allow him time off from working at the
George Lister factory to build a race car. Horace Lister agreed. If he hadn’t, the face
of UK motorsport might have looked very different.
The legend is reborn
The Lister Jaguar was driven by some of the most notable racing car drivers of
the 50s including: Archie Scott Brown, Stirling Moss, Ivor Beub, Bruce Halford and
Innes Ireland amongst many others.
With a shoestring budget compared to
his competitors and often working into
the early hours of the morning, Brian
and the craftsmen from George Lister
Engineering entered their first race in
1954.
Even though Brian Lister was only
active as a racing car constructor
for little more than 5 years, his
success shook the foundations of the
established racing car teams to the
very core.
1953
Between 1954 and 1959 only 50 original cars
were produced but they won, or were placed,
over two thousand times in track events
worldwide
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1954 1959
2014
ANNIVERS ARY
As in the past, the new cars are
handcrafted by the expert engineers at
the George Lister Engineering Works in
Cambridge under the watchful eye of
Colin ‘Chippy’ Crisp, who worked on the
original cars in 1958.
Fitted with the race proven Jaguar
D Type 3.8 litre 6 cylinder engine
complete with the famous wide-angle
cylinder head, dry sump lubrication
and genuine Jaguar D type gearbox.
All new Lister Jaguars will come
complete with a FIA HTP passport
for historic racing, alternatively if
you require a Lister for the road, we
can build your car to adhere to IVA
regulations for use on the UK or EU
roads. For road use specifications
outside the EU please contact us.
LISTER JAGUAR BHL101 COURTESY OF RM AUCTIONS/PATRICK ERNZEN © 2013