1953 Jaguar C-Type

I took this photograph at the Northern Classic Car Show at Belle Vue, Manchester in September 1983.

It's a 1953 Jaguar C-Type with the 6-cylinder inline 3,442cc Jaguar XK engine. It is chassis XKC 053 and was a works team car in 1953 when it finished in second place in the Le Mans 24 Hour race driven by Stirling Moss and Peter Walker, the race being won by another Jaguar C-Type driven by Tony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton. Stirling Moss and Peter Walker took the car to third place in that year's RAC Tourist Trophy race while Peter Whitehead and Ian Stewart finished in third place in the Goodwood 9 Hour race with the car. At the end of that season XKC 053 was sold to the Ecurie Ecosse team.