And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That is a modified standard XK120. The C-type (C for Competition) was built to win Le Mans. It had the same basic engine as the XK120 but it shared no body panels with it. It has a flip front end with a different grille shape, widely spaced headlights and three carburetors. Only 53 were made in period (3 for the works team and 50 for customers as per Le Mans rules). Much like the Shelby Cobra many continuations and reproductions exist.
The RPM is more important than the speed, thus closer to the driver. On left hand drive cars the tach is on the left, speedo way over on the right! This car appears to have two tachs! The one on the left with the clock & the 5,500 red line is original, not so the one on the right with the tell-tails. The original tach also spins counter-clockwise since it is driven directly off the back of the left bank camshaft.
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ReplyDeleteThat is a modified standard XK120. The C-type (C for Competition) was built to win Le Mans. It had the same basic engine as the XK120 but it shared no body panels with it. It has a flip front end with a different grille shape, widely spaced headlights and three carburetors. Only 53 were made in period (3 for the works team and 50 for customers as per Le Mans rules). Much like the Shelby Cobra many continuations and reproductions exist.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.jaguarusa.com/about-jaguar/heritage/c-type-continuation.html
https://www.britishbuiltcars.co.uk/Cars/cardetail/98/Proteus/C-Type
Al_in_Ottawa
Nice, ,but the steering wheel is on the wrong side.
ReplyDeleteYou think that's bad, look at the tach!
DeleteNot a restoration, but nicely put together.
Which one is the tach ?
DeleteThe RPM is more important than the speed, thus closer to the driver. On left hand drive cars the tach is on the left, speedo way over on the right! This car appears to have two tachs! The one on the left with the clock & the 5,500 red line is original, not so the one on the right with the tell-tails. The original tach also spins counter-clockwise since it is driven directly off the back of the left bank camshaft.
ReplyDeleteOn second closer look I stand corrected. That right hand gage is the speedo. Looks like someone pasted shift points onto the lens - weird.
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