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Meet Norman Dewis, 94, the living link to Jaguar's speed-record era

At 94, Norman Dewis is perhaps the last living link to the golden era of the British motor industry — those post-World War II years where Jaguar, Aston Martin and a dozen others began to rebuild themselves into champion sports-car makers. And even now, well into the 21st century, Dewis holds a unique claim as the only driver to ever set an overall world land speed record in a Jaguar — one that he engineered himself.