JAGUAR SPORTS RACERS - XKC404 - Jaguar C-Type, D-Type, XKSS and Lightweight information, articles, photos and register


	D-Type		British Racing Green
	Open Two Seater
	Right Hand Drive

	XKC404
	E2006-9




	1954		British Racing Green
	2008
	Rest: Concours

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Record Creation: Entered on 20 October 2008.

Heritage Notes

Registered OKV 3

Car Number Prefixes and Suffixes:

XKC indicates the model is a C-Type or early D-Type.

Car History

From Jaguar Sports Racing Cars

Third 1954 works car; Le Mans, Whitehead/Wharton (race number 15), ret'd; Reims 12 Hours, Whitehead/ Wharton, 1st; Brighton Speed Trials, Dewis; Prescott Hillolimb, Walker; used for Guild of Motoring Writers test day, Goodwood; displayed at Brussels Motor Show; 1955 Silverstone, Hawthorn, ret'd, but set new lap record; Goodwood Nine Hours, car lent to Hamilton/Rolt, ret'd; February 1957 sold to John Coombs (his great friend John Young states that he owned OKV 3, bought it for about £3000, "you couldn't sell them!"); 1959 sold to Dickens & Cartwright; sold to Chipstead Motors; sold to John Love (South Africa); Luanda GP, Rhodesia, 1st; 1960 South African GP (Libre race), 7th (2nd sports car); sold to Neville Austin; Bulawayo, two races, 1st and 2nd; Salisbury, 6th; 1961 Border 100, East London, 6th; Laurenco Marques, 1st; Kyalami Nine Hours, crashed; December 1961 sold to Rondalia Touring Club, who began restoration; 1966 sold to Paul Hawkins, who shipped car to UK; rebuild completed by Temple Panels, London; 1967 sold to John Melville-Smith (Malvern, UK); crashed at Prescott and rebuilt at works; completed May 1968; 1969-70 raced for owner by Martin Morris; 1971 crashed at Snetterton; crashed car sold to Morris and rebuilt; then raced extensively and very successfully during 1970s and 1980s; also used for touring in Europe, America and New Zealand; raced in 1990s by David Morris; still owned by Martin Morris (Exeter, UK).

Philip Porter is the author of numerous books on the Jaguar marque. In additional to writing books and magazine articles and managing several businesses, he runs the XK Club and E-Type club from Worcestershire, England. His latest books include the Jaguar Scrapbook and the Stirling Moss 1929 - 1954 Scrapbook.