Having been in with a shout of scoring an unlikely victory using an almost bog standard XK120 at the 1950 Le Mans 24 Hours, Jaguar went all-in with a purpose built machine for 1951: the XKC (better…
Read MoreChassis 029 started life as a Pastel Green C-type dispatched to Jaguar’s West Coast distributor, Charles Hornburg in Los Angeles, on November 24th 1952. It was subsequently sold to Francisco…
Read MoreFollowing a series of successful outings with semi-works XK120s in more-or-less standard trim (a programme that most notably yielded victories at the 1950 Dundrod Tourist Trophy and Alpine Rally…
Read MoreFollowing a series of impressive results with the XK120 during 1949 and ‘50, Jaguar elected to produce a more extreme iteration conceived purely for competition success. The resultant XK120-C…
Read MoreChassis XKC001 was the first of three C-types built for the 1951 season, all of which were reserved for factory use. Upon completion in early June, XKC001 was given a shake down at the Motor Industry…
Read MoreJaguar originally created the XK120 as a design exercise to showcase the firm’s advanced new 3.4-litre dual overhead camshaft straight six engine. The stunning XK120 Roadster was presented at the…
Read MoreChassis XKC 016 was built on August 20th 1952. It was dispatched to France on 18th December and delivered to the Parisian Jaguar distributor, Charles Delecroix. Delecroix in turn supplied it to Henri…
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