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after the race proved that the overheating was caused more by the revisions to the cooling system than by the altered aerodynamics: the water pump pulley was undersized, so it was spinning too fast and causing cavitation; also the header tank was in front of the passenger-side bulkhead, far from the
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style, it was devoid of road-going items such as carpets, weather equipment and exterior door handles. According to the Jaguar
Heritage Registry, the cars were produced between May 1952, starting with XKC001, and ending in August 1953 with XK054. The original alloy body was marked with the prefix K
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American auction in August 2009 for $ 2,530,000 and another C-type was sold at the Pebble Beach auction in 2012 for $ 3,725,000, Recently an unrestored C-Type that raced at Le Mans has sold for £5,715,580, during the Grand Prix Historique race meeting in Monaco. In August 2015, an
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magazine ("Slick Cat Jaguar", p. 70) the value of a "genuine, healthy" C-Type is estimated as £400,000, and the value of the 1953 Le Mans winner is about £2 million; replicas are available from a variety of sources from £40,000. A C-Type once owned and raced by
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Lightweight C-type, chassis XKC052 and the second of only three works lightweights, driven by Peter Whitehead and Ian Stewart to fourth at the 1953 Le Mans 24 Hours, fetched $ 13.2 million (£8.4 million) at auction in California.
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that would run at Le Mans, modified the C-Type's aerodynamics to increase the top speed. However, the consequent rearrangement of the cooling system made the cars vulnerable to overheating, and all three retired from the race. The Peter
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Further weight was saved by using a rubber bag fuel tank ... lighter electrical equipment and thinner gauge steel for some of the chassis tubes ... he most significant change to the cars were the triple Weber carburetors and
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cars blew head gaskets, and the
Stirling Moss-Peter Walker car, the only one not overheating having had a full-sized radiator hurriedly fitted, lost oil pressure after a mechanical breakage. Testing by
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on all four wheels. The lightweight, multi-tubular, triangulated frame was designed by Heynes. Heynes, Knight and Sayer together developed the aerodynamic body. Made of aluminium in the
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Hamilton and Tony Rolt won the race at 105.85 mph (170.35 km/h) – the first time Le Mans had been won at an average of over 100 miles per hour (161 km/h).
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engine produced between 160 and 180 bhp (134 kW). The C-Type version was originally tuned to around 205 bhp (153 kW). The early C-Types were fitted with
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1168:SS Cars Ltd
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1000:SS 2½ litre
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937:SS 1 / SS 2
688:Jaguar Cars
684:SS Cars Ltd
513:Porter 1995
487:Motor Sport
468:Porter 1995
456:Porter 1995
358:disc brakes
302:Ian Stewart
268:and triple
206:disc brakes
177:1953 C-Type
75:Competition
50:Jaguar Cars
1203:Categories
1163:Ownership
1060:Mk IX
632:1901432211
615:References
602:7 December
570:17 October
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