Lynx Jaguar Models

During the Company's involvement with a number of factory Jaguar C- and D-types, Lynx's skills were applied to develop an alternative to the famous Le Mans-winning D-type. The result was the Lynx D-type, launched at the London Racing Car Show in 1974. The car was fabricated entirely in aluminum and was powered by Jaguar mechanicals. The car was an instant success and a total of 53 Lynx D-types were constructed, including 9 in XKSS form.

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The Lynx XJC conversion came about when one of their customers without success tried to get conversion specialists to do it. There were various difficulties in such a conversion because the Jaguar used fender tanks and there was no room for power struts in the fender. Lynx solved this problem by developing miniature electric motors mounted on the hood frame.

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Other models of Jaguars that benefited from the Lynx treatment included the 1975 XJS coupes, which were initially modified to a convertible in 1976, called the Lynx Spyder. In 1983, Lynx designed and built their estate version of the XJS model, the Lynx Eventer, with a total run of 67 cars. From 1980, conversions based on the Jaguar XJS formed the company's mainstay. 

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​Lynx has always been closely associated with the Jaguar E-type. Competition has always been at the heart of engineering development at Lynx and following its rebuild in 1982 of the Jaguar factory Lightweight E-type Lynx decided to hand-build 5 Lynx Lightweight E-types.