Central-tub architecture
The D-Type used a central tub, a front spaceframe for the engine, gearbox and front suspension, and a rear axle fixed to the rear bulkhead. The Heritage Trust attributes this structure to Heynes and Tom Jones.
People
William Heynes
Jaguar chief engineer and technical director
- Born
- Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, 1903
- Died
- 1989
- Nationality
- British
Ahheynes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The record
Jaguar chief engineer credited in the register for D-Type structural engineering and the XKSS.
William Munger Heynes joined SS Cars as Chief Engineer in 1935. His Jaguar work included the C-Type, D-Type and E-Type; he retired in 1969 as Vice-Chairman and Technical Director.
The Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust credits the D-Type's structure to Heynes and chassis engineer Tom Jones, with Malcolm Sayer designing the bodywork around it. Jaguar made the XKSS as a road-going D-Type, carrying that competition-car basis into the register's second credit.
Engineering leadership
Jaguar test-development engineer Norman Dewis worked under Heynes on the C-Type, D-Type, E-Type and production saloons, placing the racing cars within a wider engineering programme.
The house
Credited through Jaguar, Jaguar Cars.
In the register
2 files carry this name
The files above are the register's own record of this name. The people index holds everyone the register credits.