2016-01-03 15:47:39 | Wilde writes:

Superb C-Type replica seen at Autoworld Brussels (2015). Said to have been built by Coton Designs (???).

2026-01-10 06:50:10 | pauls writes:

Car now offered at:

www.handh.co.uk/private-sales/vehicles-for-sale/1951-Jaguar/

Seller's description:

1951 Jaguar C-Type FIA / FIVA Evocation

Registration No: KCA 617

Frame No: 660231

MOT: Exempt

£249,995

An extremely faithful tribute to the early C-Types built round an original 1950 XK120 chassis

Constructed during the 2010s with chassis and engine work performed by some of the historic racing industry’s most highly regarded specialists

Complete with a fresh F.I.A. Historic Technical Passport valid from 2025 and F.I.V.A. Provisional Certificate

Great potential to be enjoyed at events including the Le Mans Classic, Mille Miglia and Goodwood Revival

‘KCA 617’ was built to the most exacting standards round an original XK120 donor car.

A Jaguar Heritage Certificate and a buff logbook issued in 1963 confirm the origins of chassis 660231. Built on October 19th, 1950, and finished in Silver with a Red interior and Gunmetal hood, it started life as a right-hand drive XK120 Open Two-Seater and left Jaguar’s Browns Lane factory on November 15th, bound for the distributor Victors of Belfast. However, it may never have reached Belfast, as it was registered in Denbighshire in 1951. By June, 1963, it was painted blue and owned by Mr. David Anthony Iredale of Ryhill, near Wakefield. By December of that year it had gone to Mr. John Taylor in the neighbouring village of Havercroft, and in 1967 it passed to Mr. Derek Winston Hilton of Notton, another nearby village. No further history is known until 1995, when the ‘KCA 617’ was discovered in a scrapyard in very poor condition by the present owner, the highly respected Jaguar racer and restorer Mr. Trevor Groom.

A friend of the late Norman Dewis, Mr. Groom has had great experience of racing XK, C-Type and E-Type Jaguars, and Lister-Jaguars, and saw the potential for ‘KCA 617’ to be resurrected as a faithful tribute to the early, drum-braked C-Types. Involving Andy Thomas of Classic Chassis Ltd. and Clive Smart of historic racing car coachwork specialist Shapecraft, the project reached completion in the early 2010s, with the car being on the road in 2013. The engine was built by Dave Butcher and the body was formed in accordance with original factory drawings. ‘KCA 617’ is now accepted by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile as a competition-eligible C-type built to 1951 specification, making allowances for acceptable non-period installations such as a battery isolator switch, competition seatbelts, plumbed-in fire extinguisher system, roll-bar hoop, towing eye and electric cooling fan. A single deviation from standard in the bodywork was incorporated, reputedly at the behest of Sir Stirling Moss, who insisted that ventilating louvres in the doors would be very wise to avoid making the cockpit uncomfortably hot. Concerning all the most important areas, the F.I.A. report confirms that the chassis, front and rear suspension, engine (including valve sizes, ignition system, carburetters, fuel system and lubrication system), gearbox, final drive ratio, braking system, steering, wheels and lighting are correct as per period specifications.

Despite being thoroughly prepared for historic competition, we are not aware that ‘KCA 617’ has ever been driven much in anger, except for an appearance at the 2019 Malta Classic. In addition to the Jaguar Heritage Certificate and 1960s buff logbook, the Jaguar is also supplied with its freshly renewed F.I.A. Historic Technical Passport (valid from December 2025) and a F.I.V.A Provisional Certificate, which we believe are sufficient to ensure its eligibility for such prestigious events as the Le Mans Classic, Mille Miglia and Goodwood Revival, not to mention the Historic Sports Car Club’s Griffiths Haig Trophy. Beautiful to behold, thrilling to drive and accurate down to the most minute details, this exceptional tribute really is the next best thing to owning a genuine C-Type.