In 1953, Duncan Hamilton and Tony Rolt won Le Mans in this Jaguar C Type, the last remaining one of three lightweight works cars. It raced with Ecurie Ecosse for three years from 1954, then spent much of its time in the Briggs Cunningham Museum until it was bought by Adrian Hamilton, Duncan’s son.
In 1951, Jaguar had taken their already-successful XK120 road car and developed it into the XK120C competition model, replacing the traditional ladder chassis with a space frame and changing the body in the process. This lightweight also used thinner aluminum for its body, and a fuel cell replaced the tank—just two further weight-saving modifications that made this car unique today.
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