The XK120C or “C-Type” Jaguar is considered one of the most desirable and legendary sports racing cars of all time. In keeping with the “win on Sunday, sell on Monday” marketing strategy, it was created specifically to win the 1951 24 hours Le Mans - which it did.

However, the story does not end there. In 1953 the factory produced a refined version of the 1951 winner, including revolutionary disc brakes, and as a result, swept Le Mans with a 1st, 2nd and 4th finish. The winning car (Duncan Hamilton & Tony Rolt) averaged a record 105.85 m.p.h. for 24 hours! Of the 53 C-Types built between 1951 and 1953, eleven of them were factory team cars and the rest sold to privateers. Many of the 46 surviving C-Types are still active in historic racing – some re-bodied, re-powered and some even sporting a new space frame. An “original” is valued today in the region of £3-.5 million (and several times that with the right provenance).

We are pleased to incorporate many features in the C-type variants. The most important is the development and introduction of the Aluminium C-Type based on original factory drawings for the chassis design and dimensions along with an accurate body reproduction in hand rolled aluminium by legendary classic car coach builder Shapecraft of England .

We offer the lemans spec , with an aggressive 340hp triple 45DCOE weber Jaguar 4.2 engine with either a 4 speed jaguar gearbox or a modern 5 speed , or the earlier 3.4 or 3.8 engine with twin SU carbs car can be ordered. The cars can be left or right hand drive , the customer can choose from many options including paint color and interior trim finish .

Engine displacement began at 3.4 litres, was enlarged to 3.8 L in 1957, and reduced to 3.0 L in 1958 when Le Mans rules limited engines for sports racing cars to that maximum. D-Types won Le Mans in 1955, 1956 and 1957. After Jaguar temporarily retired from racing as a factory team, the company offered the remaining unfinished D-Types as XKSS versions whose extra road-going equipment made them eligible for production sports car races in America. In 1957 25 of these cars were in various stages of completion when a factory fire destroyed nine of them. Total production is thought to have included 18 factory team D-Types, 53 customer cars and 16 XKSS versions.

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