Here we offer an outstandingly useable and potentially extremely competitive example of the much-admired, immensely desirable C-Type Jaguar, the make and model which won the Le Mans 24-Hours race twice, in 1951 and 1953.

This particular example as offered here has been extensively rebuilt but unlike so many Historic sports-racing cars within this category it has impressive continuous history, has been around for some twenty years as currently assembled, and no 'entity' with competing claim to '016's specific history and identity has ever emerged.

Most significantly, '016's history is relatively straightforward.

It was despatched new from the Jaguar factory on 18 December, 1952, bound for Charles Delecroix of Paris, the marque's French distributor painted in special Blue with red trim.

Jaguar C-Type '016' was then supplied to Henri Peignaux of Lyons, himself a prominent motor trader with strong Jaguar connections, and within the document file accompanying this car is evidence that i...