Jaguar C-Type
The Jaguar C-Type (actually Jaguar XK 120 C , the C stood for Competition) is a two-seater sports car for racing, which was developed in 1951 around the improved engine of the Jaguar XK 120 .
Model description
The C-Type had a six-cylinder engine XK 120 with 3442 cm³ with 200 bhp. With this, these racing cars reached 232 km / h. They were fitted with girling drum brakes on all four wheels. The C-Type was first used in May 1951 to the racetrack, and the team Peter Walker / Peter Whitehead won the 24-hour race at Le Mans once the victory.
At that time, road approval was nothing unusual for such cars without weather protection, as they usually drove to the various racetracks on their own .
While the "Production" small series from 1952 corresponded to the original specification, Jaguar itself was already using an improved and more powerful variant. After Stirling Moss prompted the technicians to make hasty aerodynamic improvements because of the apparently outstandingly fast Mercedes-Benz 300 SL , these in particular proved to be a handicap in the Le Mans race: all vehicles failed due to overheating.
For 1953 Jaguar offered even better C-types, the outer lines of which corresponded to the original version, with even higher performance, some with Dunlop disc brakes.
In 1954 the C-Type was replaced by the Jaguar D-Type after 53 copies and a transition prototype "XKC 054" still based on the tubular space frame of the C-Type .
All production vehicles had bodies designed and built by the British specialist company The Abbey Panel & Sheet Metal Co.
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Jaguar C-Type from 1953, rear view
Jaguar C-Type from 1953 at the Oldtimer-Grand-Prix 2002 on the Nürburgring
Jaguar C-Type cockpit view
C-Type tubular space frame
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Web links
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- Schrader, Halwart: Jaguar type compass - passenger cars since 1931, Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart (2001), ISBN 3-613-02106-4
- Stertkamp, Heiner: Jaguar - The complete chronicle from 1922 to today, 2nd edition, Heel-Verlag (2006), ISBN 3-89880-337-6
- Oldtimer Markt magazine , August 2006 issue, ISSN 0943-7320
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of Abbey Panels on the website of the parent company Loades Plc (accessed on October 13, 2019).
| Jaguar models timeline from 1945 to 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type \ vintage | Independently | BMH | British Leyland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 0 | |
| upper middle class | 2.4 Liter / 3.4 Liter (Mark I) | Mark 2 2.4 / 3.4 / 3.8 | 240/340 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 ½ liter | S-Type (3.4 S & 3.8 S) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Upper class | 2 ½ liters | Mark V 2½ | 420 | XJ 6 (Series 1) ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 ½ liter | Mark V 3½ | Mark VII | Mark VIII | Mark IX | Mark X | 420 G | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sports car | XK 120 | XK 140 | XK 150 | E-Type 3.8 | E-Type 4.2 (Series 1) | E-Type 4.2 (Series 2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| High-performance sports car | XK-SS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| race car | C-type | D-type | E-type | XJ 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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