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…
