Jaguar C Type (XK 120 C) - 1952

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Jaguar C Type (XK 120 C) - 1952 sent on June 16, 2021 (2:46) by LucianoSerra.d. 17 comments, 236 views.

at 38mm, 1/1000 f/6.3, ISO 400, hand held.

La casa automobilistica inglese Jaguar venne fondata nel 1945 dal designer ed imprenditore William Lyons (1902 – 1985) che precedentemente... nel 1921... aveva dato vita alla Swallow Sidecar Company (poi diventata Standard Swallow Cars Limited). Dopo aver attraversato diverse vicissitudini nel 2008 la Jaguar entrò a far parte dell'indiana Tata Motors. La Jaguar C Type venne costruita dal 1951 al 1953 in 48 esemplari e progettualmente era nata come evoluzione sportiva della Jaguar XK 120 dove la C aggiunta nell sigla stava per “Competition”. Descritta come una Spyder in realtà la vettura è una Barchetta in quanto non è dotata di alcun tipo di capote a protezione dell'equipaggio. Per contenere il peso la carrozzeria era in alluminio mentre sul telaio di tipo tubolare in acciaio venne montato un motore di 3442 cm3 con 6 cilindri in linea derivato da quello della Jaguar XK 120 e dove la potenza era stata portata inizialmente a 205 cavalli… ma poi crebbe ancora dopo l'adozione di carburatori a doppio corpo facendo raggiungere alla vettura una velocità massima prossima ai 232 chilometri orari. Nel 1951 condotta da Peter Walker e Peter Whithead e nel 1953 guidata da Duncan Hamilton e Tony Rolt la C Type si aggiudicò la prestigiosa 24 Ore di Le Mans ottenendo in questa 2° vittoria una media oraria di oltre 170 chilometri: ciò era molto dovuto al fatto che la vettura era la prima dotata di freni a disco… messi a punto dalla collaborazione della Jaguar con la Dunlop… e che le consentivano un miglior controllo della guida alla alte velocità. Se già nel corso degli anni passati erano state prodotte alcune repliche della C Type da aziende esterne… nel 2021 viene deciso di produrre 8 nuove C Type per il mercato collezionistico nello stabilimento Jaguar Land Rover Classic Works situato a Coventry (GB)… dove tutta le lavorazioni vengono eseguite manualmente come si faceva un tempo. Attualmente... una delle poche C Type d'epoca rimaste e se ben conservata… ha un buon valore sul mercato collezionistico: nel 2014 un'esemplare di questa Barchetta è stato battuto ad un'asta per 3 milioni e 519 mila euro.

19 persons like it: Alba75, Albieri Sergio, Alejandro Colombini, AleLore, Antonio Dell'Aquila, Carlo Alfonso, Claudio Cozzani, Ernestospaziani, Francesco_s, Franco Buffalmano, Marco Riccardi, Maryas, Mauro Gamberini, Maverok, Max010, Nonnachecca, Paola16, Silvio Maccario, Werner

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Franco Buffalmano

sent on June 16, 2021 (6:41) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Gastronomy, abandoned houses and roar of engines! What else?
No good day LucianoSerra!
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Claudio Cozzani

sent on June 16, 2021 (9:12) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Great shot and caption Luciano
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AleLore

sent on June 16, 2021 (11:05) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Stupendaaaa! She looks like she's stopping the pits in a vintage photo !!!
Tanti congratulations!
Ale

Carlo Alfonso

sent on June 16, 2021 (11:24) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

stupendous! Both the photo and the car... and also the W/B
Ciao, Carlo

Nordkapp

sent on June 16, 2021 (18:20) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Hi Luciano. In my opinion it makes a lot in B/W.... looks like a picture from the time. Then what about the description..... this is true passion. Greetings Roberto

Alba75

sent on June 16, 2021 (20:09) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Great documentation and nice photo

LucianoSerra.d

sent on June 17, 2021 (1:45) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Thank you Franco... thank you Claudio... thank you Ale... thank you Carlo... thank you Roberto... and thank you Alba75... for your welcome comments... 8-)

Philip Mok

sent on June 17, 2021 (2:38)

What a beautiful classic car! Cheers.

Maryas

sent on June 18, 2021 (0:53) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

fantastic!!!!! Super beautiful, congratulations Luciano for the great shot and the exhaustive caption.
Aeo, Mary.

Alejandro Colombini

sent on June 18, 2021 (8:14) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

I agree with Carlo's comment. Congratulations Luciano. Have a nice day

Paola16

sent on June 18, 2021 (8:32) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

All Very nice Luciano, photo, car and caption, congratulations
A dear greeting
Paola

LucianoSerra.d

sent on June 18, 2021 (12:42) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Thank you Philip... thank you Mary... thank you Alejandro... and thank you Paola... for your welcome appreciations... 8-)
Buon weekend... 8-)

Guerragaet

sent on June 18, 2021 (18:40) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Gorgeous in everything! congratulations!
Aciao Gaet.

Werner

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LucianoSerra.d

sent on June 21, 2021 (4:01) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Thank you Gaet.... and thank you Werner... for your welcome appreciations... 8-)

Ernestospaziani

sent on June 22, 2021 (7:40) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

beautiful shot and very complete history.... you are an encyclopedia last weekend the thousand miles and passed by us Viterbo on Thursday afternoon with the stop for dinner and giving many emotions to the town of Viterbo sin that has not been valued as it deserves ... greetings ernesto

LucianoSerra.d

sent on June 22, 2021 (13:24) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Thank you Ernesto prer Your welcome comment... 8-)
I followed the 1000 Miles on Friday, June 18 and Saturday, June 19, and it's going to be because of the health situation we live in... and or for other events unknown to me... that I too have noticed some shortcomings on the part of those who should protect certain manifestations that bring money to situations where people have lived for a long time ... almost counting the cents... :-(

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