This car was displayed by Jaguar XK specialists Guy Broad Parts on their stand in the paddock at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.
In 1953 Jaguar's test and development driver Norman Dewis in a Jaguar XK120 set a World Speed Record for production cars in a 2-way run over a flying mile of Belgium's Jabbeke motorway with an average speed of 140.789mph. Later in the year the record was beaten by a Spanish Pegaso with 150.13 mph, but Norman Dewis and the Jaguar returned to Jabbeke in October 1953 and reclaimed the record at 173.159 mph. The car pictured above is a replica of that car, constructed by Guy Broad's Broadsport company.
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