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The miraculous story of the 23rd Jaguar C Type (XK 120 C)

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Created on May 1, 2011

Reading time 18min

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Christian J. Jenny

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Jaguar C Type (1952) - in ungewohnter Umgebung - gut sichtbar die fehlende Beifahrertüre

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Jaguar C Type (1952) - Seitenansicht des wunderschönen Wagens

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Jaguar C Type (1952) - Jack Douglas am Start in Santa_Barbara im Jahre 1953

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Jaguar C Type (1952) - Jack Douglas in Bakersfield am 1. Mai 1955

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Jaguar C Type (1952) - Jack Douglas mit Hollywood-Starlet Mitzi Gaynor im C-Type

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Jaguar C Type (1952) - Jack Douglas am Start in Kalifornien

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - Jack Douglas bei einem Rennen in Santa_Barbara

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - Jack Douglas auf dem C Type bei einem Rennen in den USA

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - mit Hillborn Fuel Injection

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Jaguar C Type (1952) - Ces Critchlow war ein begnadeter Fahrer und Mechaniker und trat unter anderem 1956 in Santa Barbara an mit XKC023

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - nach dem Überschlag - Ces Critchlow (mit Brille) beim Rennen auf dem Paramount Raceway am 18. November 1956

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - Restauration - Motorraum und Typenschild

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - Restauration - Motorraum

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - Restauration - Vorderachse

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - Restauration - Vorderrad-Aufhängung

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - Restauration - die originale Getriebeabdeckung und weitere Abdeckungen konnten gerettet werden

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - Restauration - Norman Dewis inspiziert den neuen Tank

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - Restauration - ohne Fronthaube von vorne gesehen

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - Restauration - viele Teile mussten neu angefertigt werden

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - Restauration - vorderer Teil des Wagens

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - Restauration geht dem Ende zu

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - XKC023 C-Type nach der Restauration bei winterlichen Verhältnissen fotografiert

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - die klassische Schönheit gezeigt an der Frontgestaltung

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Jaguar C Type (1952) - Chassis XKC023

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Jaguar C Type (1952) - hinterer Radausschnitt des wunderschön restaurierten C-Types

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Jaguar C Type (1952) - Teilnahme von XKC023 an der Mille Miglia 2001

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - XKC023 auf einer Reise nach Le Mans zur Feier des Dreifachsieges

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - Original-C-Type in Schweizer Besitz am GP Suisse 2006 in Bern

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - das Fahrzeug hat Strassenzulassung, wie es auch früher üblich war

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - gut sichtbar die einzige Fahrzeugtüre

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - in ursprüngicher Schönheit nach der Restauration

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Jaguar C Type (1952) - eine Türe gab es nur für den Fahrer

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Jaguar XK 120 C (1952) - der glückliche Besitzer

Summary

In their wildest dreams, every collector hopes to be able to pull a car out of a barn, rusty, dusty, but of a significance that would amaze the experts. This is exactly what happened in the fall of 1997, when Terry Larson, a well-known Jaguar expert from Mesa, Arizona, pulled a Jaguar C-Type that was thought to be lost out of a dilapidated woodshed in Oroville, Northern California. The world of Jaguar enthusiasts took notice: a prodigal son had returned. In 2000, the restoration and completion was completed, and then it went from strength to strength: participation in the 2001 Mille Miglia, FIA Heritage Certificate, presentation in Villa d'Este, trip to Le Mans, etc.

This article contains the following chapters

Successes and a young star
Two (over)roles and an ageing star
A man called Schierenbeck
Larson's discovery - kindness, perseverance and the eye of a connoisseur
Reconstruction and testing
XKC023 remains active, is honored and is finally complete again
FIA Heritage Certificate
Finally, the original cylinder head
The eventful history of the Jaguar C Type XKC 023 in brief

Estimated reading time: 18min

Preview (beginning of the article)

In their wildest dreams, every collector hopes to be able to pull a car out of a barn, rusty, dusty, but of a significance that would amaze the experts. This is exactly what happened in the fall of 1997, when Terry Larson, a well-known Jaguar expert from Mesa, Arizona, pulled a Jaguar C-Type that was thought to be lost out of a dilapidated woodshed in Oroville, Northern California. The world of Jaguar enthusiasts pricked up its ears: a prodigal son had returned. The Jaguar XK 120 C, with chassis no. XKC 023, known as C-Type no. 23 for short (where C stands for Competiton), has led quite an eventful life .

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