2008-10-30 20:08:35 | pauls writes:

Registered UFF 376. The car is mentioned in Andrew Whyte's book "The new Jaguar sports-racing car for 1954"

2015-10-12 15:00:45 | pauls writes:

Seen by Mark Neden at British Classic Car show at Morges, Switzerland on 3/10/2015

2015-10-31 16:51:02 | Axel C. Pfeil writes:

Hello, accidentily I found this forum and saw my car. Yes XKC019 is my car. I live in Switzerland close to Zürich now.
All the best,
Axel

2016-03-15 23:59:18 | Vince Howlett writes:

I live in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. I am in touch with Johannes van Dieten, Jr., who also lives here in Victoria. His dad raced XKC019 in Holland in 1954 and 1955. I am also in touch with Rob Petersen, commentator at the Zandvoort track in Holland. Petersen and van Dieten, Jr have several photos of XKC019 when van Dieten, Sr raced it. We would like to contact Mr. Pfeil.

2016-04-14 14:49:57 | Harry Schuring writes:

Found that XKC019 was raced by Rob Slotemaker in Zandvoort I would like to contact Mr Axel C Pfeil

2016-05-28 02:26:59 | Vince Howlett writes:

I commented back in March. Interesting about Rob Slotemaker racing XKC019 (1955 and 1956?) Again, we would like to contact Mr. Pfeil. My email is vincent.howlett@gmail.com

2026-04-04 15:59:43 | pauls writes:

Car now offered at:

www.carandclassic.com/car/C2014720

Seller's description:

1952 Jaguar C-Type

Right Hand Drive

Manual

1952

Green

Dealer Fiskens Historic Automobiles

United Kingdom

Fantastic European history throughout its life

Entrant of some of the period’s most important International race meetings

3rd place at the 1953 Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours

Coming from almost two decades of ownership

Eligible for Goodwood, Le Mans Classic, Monaco Historique and a calendar full of concours and rallies

This C-Type, chassis XKC 019, was sold new to one such aspiring enthusiast: Herman Roosdorp. A garage owner from Antwerp, Belgium, cars were a business as well as a hobby for Roosdorp and his enterprise enabled him to go motor racing with this top-flight sports racing car. Jaguar factory records show that XKC019 was dispatched from Coventry on 24th October 1952, as one of just six C-Types out of the 53 built to be painted silver.

Roosdorp would race the Jaguar periodically and cherrypicked some of the period’s greatest international meetings to enter. His best result was 3rd place at the 1953 Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours. He and co-drivedUlmen hoped for a repeat performance four weeks later at the Nurburgring 1000 Kms, but would retire with accident damage. Clearly not severe damage however, as the C-Type was in action just a few weeks later at the Jabbeke speed trials and recorded a top speed of 234kph (145. 4mph).

Into the late 1950s the C-Type passed through the hands of Hans Maasland, the Dutch Maserati importer, and continued racing in Holland at circuits such as Zandvoort. By the mid-1960s the car had been colour changed to white and then British Racing Green, and was photographed at that time with a distinctive full windscreen. A transatlantic voyage took XKC 019 to the USA where, in December 1967, it was for sale with New York dealer Herb Wetson.

A year later the C-Type was in Pennsylvania, owned by a Mr. Preston Smith, but returned to Europe in 1984 and passed between a small number of owners in Germany before joining the stable of British collector Hugh Taylor in 1993. Hugh Palmer became its next custodian in 1995 and registered it in the UK on the number UFF 376, before entering several editions of the Mille Miglia Storica; a tradition kept by its next two owners.

The current owner acquired XKC 019 from Fiskens in September 2007 and we are honoured to be entrusted to find her a perfect new home almost 20 years later.