Resplendent in Ecurie Ecosse Blue 4.2 motivation breathed upon by VSE with a four speed gearbox and overdrive Build completed by Proteus themselves some twenty years ago Pleasantly mellowed giving that added air of authenticity Correctly registered stating Proteus XK120C on the V5c registration document The Jaguar C-Type's (correctly the XK120C) astonishing debut victory in the 1951 Le Mans 24-Hour Race and its follow-up win in '53, established Jaguar's first purpose-built racing sports car as one of the all-time great competition automobiles.

Jaguar built only 54 C-Types and it is worth noting that the first three Grand Prix World Champions - Guiseppe Farina, Alberto Ascari and Juan-Manuel Fangio - all bought them as road cars and it's not hard to understand why as, at the time of its introduction, the C-Type represented the state-of-the-art in racing car engineering and thus was one of the most advanced road vehicles in the world.

Those multiple Le Mans wins in the 1950s, as well ...