HWM is a famous name among Jaguar aficionados and one that conjures up images of blindingly fast, hairy, home made specials that, on the right day, could beat the best of the factory cars. The name HWM came from the initials of an English Jaguar Dealer Hersham & Walton Motors Ltd., who were (ironically from Tempero's point of view) situated in New Zealand Avenue, Wolton-on-Thames, in Surrey, England. The owners were George Abecassis the famous racing driver, and John Heath a talented Specials builder. HWM were building Formula-2 type racing cars using Alta motors in the early 1950s. Unfortunately the engines were rather fragile, probably because they were asked to do things the maker never imagined, so in 1952 a Jaguar XK engine was dropped into the HWM chassis for the first time. The marriage evidently worked because in 1956 HWM built a cycle-winged Special for Phil Scraggs, also powered by Jaguar. This car was surprisingly successful and remains one of the most easily recognised and charismatic of the HWM Specials. In 1988 Tempero Coach & Motor Co. was approached by New Zealander Barry Gurdlar who commissioned a reproduction of the famous Phil Scraggs car. The result can be seen from the photos on this page. Barry's car won first time out at a local 50-mile Reunion race against some really potent machinery including J2 Allard, Lycoming Special, 4CLT Maserati and an original HWM-Alta. Powered by a 3.4 liter XK engine with triple SU carburettors in a package that weighted a mere 1500 pounds, this car was true to the spirit of the original HWM-Jaguar - hair raising to drive, enormous fun to watch and very very quick! Unlike the majority of Tempero cars, this car has never left New Zealand and is now in happy retirement in a private collection in Christchurch, only three hours away from its birthplace.