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Open pontoon elegance from Thun - Jaguar Mark VII Beutler Cabriolet

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Created on June 22, 2014

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Bruno von Rotz

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - Ernst Beutler zeichnete die Karosserieform

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - das Verdeck liegt eng auf

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - pontonförmige Karosserie

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Jaguar MK VII Beutler (1953) - Beutler-Cabriolet auf Jaguar-Basis - am Automobilsalon in Genf 1953

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - Beutler baute nur eine dieser Jaguar-Spezialkarosserien auf dem Mark VII Chassis

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - der heute weisse Wagen wurde ursprünglich mit granatroter Lackierung mit beigem Interieur auf dem Genfer Autosalon von 1953 ausgestellt

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - elegant geschwungener Kotflügel hinten

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - hergestellt in aufwändiger Handarbeit

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - sieht auch mit montiertem Dach elegant aus

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - bequemer Einstieg für Fahrer und Beifahrer

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - bequemer Fahrerarbeitsplatz

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - viel Platz für vier bis fünf Personen

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - gegenüber der Serienlimousine zeigen sich erhebliche Unterschiede

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - restauriertes Interieur

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - statt Walnussholz gibt es lackiertes Blech auf dem Armaturenbrett

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - die Instrumente entsprechen der Serienlimousine

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - Smith-Instrumente, Tacho und Drehzahlmesser gegenläufig

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - Sitzbeschläge nach Keiper

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - Reihen-Sechszylinder

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - Motorennummer

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - Jaguar-Emblem oberhalb des Kühlergrills

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - die Entlüftungsöffnungen erinnern an italienische Designs jener Zeit

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - aussenliegende Scharniere für die Kofferraumklappe

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - die Stahlräder der Serienversion

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - eigenständige Rückleuchten

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - Reserverad stehend im Kofferraum

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - Kennzeichenbeleuchtung mit Jaguar-Schriftzug

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Jaguar Mk VII Beutler Cabriolet (1953) - Kofferraumdeckel

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Jaguar Mk VII (1953) - klassisch ausgeprägt - am Automobilsalon in Genf 1953

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Jaguar Mark VII (1952) - grosser Kofferraum dank in die Kotlfügel verlegte Treibstofftanks

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Jaguar XK 120 (1952) - der Reihensechszylinder des XK 120 und des Mark VII mit zwei obenliegenden Nockenwellen und zwei SU-Vergasern

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Jaguar Mark VII (1953) - Abbildung im Verkaufsprospekt

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Jaguar Mark VII Saloon (1951) - Lenkrad und Armaturenbrett der Serienlimousine

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Jaguar Mark VII Beutler (1953) - Spezialkarosssserie in blauer Lackierung auf dem Genfer Automobilsalon 1953

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Summary

Jaguar built the Mark VII as a saloon from 1950 to 1954. The stable chassis was also suitable for special bodies and so there were bodies by Pinin Farina, Ghia and Beutler, among others. Fritz and Ernst Beutler's Ponton Cabriolet was exhibited at the Geneva Motor Show in 1953 and will be auctioned in Le Mans on July 5, 2014. This vehicle report describes the unique convertible with Swiss bodywork and shows it in historical and current photos.

This article contains the following chapters

Pontoon shape on a Jaguar chassis
Powerful basis
Lighter and flatter
Almost the blueprint for series production?
Ideal concours candidate
Further information

Estimated reading time: 4min

Preview (beginning of the article)

When Ernst and Fritz Beutler founded their own coachbuilding company in Thun shortly after the war in 1946, they took a considerable risk, as hardly anyone had the money to have a car built to their own taste in those years. However, the two coachbuilders went their own way and, among other things, they also bodied some of the very first Porsche sports cars. Fritz Beutler was an exceptionally talented sheet metal artist, while Ernst had a good feel for shapes and designed the bodies. At the 1953 Geneva Motor Show, a convertible based on the Jaguar Mk VII saloon (chassis number 737908 BW) was shown on the Beutler stand.

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