C70 - 70 Years of the Jaguar C-Type
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Coventry, Sunday 3rd October 2021
COME AND JOIN US! Click for details - 3rd October 2021 – Run marking the 70th anniversary of the Jaguar C-Type
In celebration of the C-Type, a 25-mile road-run is being planned for 3rd October this year. Starting close to Browns Lane, spiritual home of Jaguar, the cars will begin their run following part of the route the cars took on their way to Le Mans in 1951. Other Coventry landmarks of significance to Jaguar, Malcolm Sayer and the C-Type will be passed before a final gathering south of Coventry.
Owners of C-Types are invited to join us on this celebratory run – REPLICAS WELCOME as well as original cars! Whilst priority is being given to C-Types, other classic Jaguars are also welcome to join us.
54 C-Types were eventually completed by Jaguar, with the vast majority being raced. In salute to these wonderful cars, a large number were re-created by enthusiasts over the years – supported by a strong Replica Industry. Re-creations of these cars continue to be made to this day – not only built, owned and raced by enthusiasts worldwide but also past and present employees of Jaguar. Indeed, in celebration of the C-Type 70th Anniversary, Jaguar have recently announced their own C-Type replica/continuations. The starting point for the run is the Jaguar Sports & Social Club (sadly, JLR have recently withdrawn funding for their own club but its location adjacent to Browns Lane makes for the perfect starting point). The run will end at Gaydon and will coincide with a gathering of the Jaguar Breakfast Club - taking in significant milestones on the way such as the Coventry Transport Museum and Malcolm Sayer's former home in Leamington Spa.
Click for details - 3rd October 2021 – Run marking the 70th anniversary of the Jaguar C-Type
Coventry, Sunday 3rd October 2021
COME AND JOIN US! Click for details - 3rd October 2021 – Run marking the 70th anniversary of the Jaguar C-Type
In celebration of the C-Type, a 25-mile road-run is being planned for 3rd October this year. Starting close to Browns Lane, spiritual home of Jaguar, the cars will begin their run following part of the route the cars took on their way to Le Mans in 1951. Other Coventry landmarks of significance to Jaguar, Malcolm Sayer and the C-Type will be passed before a final gathering south of Coventry.
Owners of C-Types are invited to join us on this celebratory run – REPLICAS WELCOME as well as original cars! Whilst priority is being given to C-Types, other classic Jaguars are also welcome to join us.
54 C-Types were eventually completed by Jaguar, with the vast majority being raced. In salute to these wonderful cars, a large number were re-created by enthusiasts over the years – supported by a strong Replica Industry. Re-creations of these cars continue to be made to this day – not only built, owned and raced by enthusiasts worldwide but also past and present employees of Jaguar. Indeed, in celebration of the C-Type 70th Anniversary, Jaguar have recently announced their own C-Type replica/continuations. The starting point for the run is the Jaguar Sports & Social Club (sadly, JLR have recently withdrawn funding for their own club but its location adjacent to Browns Lane makes for the perfect starting point). The run will end at Gaydon and will coincide with a gathering of the Jaguar Breakfast Club - taking in significant milestones on the way such as the Coventry Transport Museum and Malcolm Sayer's former home in Leamington Spa.
Click for details - 3rd October 2021 – Run marking the 70th anniversary of the Jaguar C-Type
Less than two weeks to go ....
Route has now been published http://c70.co.uk/directions
Browns Lane to Gaydon via Leamington Spa
Route has now been published http://c70.co.uk/directions
Browns Lane to Gaydon via Leamington Spa
Starting at the Jaguar Sports & Social Club, C-Types from as far afield as Inverness gathered to celebrate the C-Type's 70th anniversary. The view through my rear-view mirror of C-Types streaming out and along Browns Lane was a sight that will stay with me. Following the wheel-tracks of those cars 70 years earlier as they headed to the first of many victories at Le Mans. The kind of thing that makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck!!
Undeterred by the previous day's heavy rain and petrol shortages/disruption this band of enthusiasts set off from Browns Lane to their first stop-off outside the Coventry Transport Museum under the majestic swooping structure dedicated to Sir Frank Whittle - inventor of the jet engine. A fitting background to these wonderful cars.
Passing close to the spot in Leamington Spa where Malcolm Sayer met his untimely end, the procession of C-Types and other classic Jaguars snaked its way past his one-time home before heading south to The British Motor Museum at Gaydon. We assembled alongside members of the Jaguar Breakfast Club - Jaguar Enthusiasts and Supporters to a man. We were blessed with sunshine for the whole of the event - no doubt watched by those great men from Jaguar's past such Dewis, Lyons, Hassan, Baily, Sayer and Heynes etc - people who I'm sure would have been disappointed by recent events.
I wish to record my thanks to those enthusiasts who came to support us as well as those who could not be with us on the day. It is people such as these who have kept Jaguar's heritage alive - now let down by a company who initially supported and encouraged the Replica Industry but who now seems intent on destroying it and possibly damaging their own reputation in the process. Indeed, it would not have been possible for Jaguar to produce their own replicas/continuations without the support of the Replica Industry.
Undeterred by the previous day's heavy rain and petrol shortages/disruption this band of enthusiasts set off from Browns Lane to their first stop-off outside the Coventry Transport Museum under the majestic swooping structure dedicated to Sir Frank Whittle - inventor of the jet engine. A fitting background to these wonderful cars.
Passing close to the spot in Leamington Spa where Malcolm Sayer met his untimely end, the procession of C-Types and other classic Jaguars snaked its way past his one-time home before heading south to The British Motor Museum at Gaydon. We assembled alongside members of the Jaguar Breakfast Club - Jaguar Enthusiasts and Supporters to a man. We were blessed with sunshine for the whole of the event - no doubt watched by those great men from Jaguar's past such Dewis, Lyons, Hassan, Baily, Sayer and Heynes etc - people who I'm sure would have been disappointed by recent events.
I wish to record my thanks to those enthusiasts who came to support us as well as those who could not be with us on the day. It is people such as these who have kept Jaguar's heritage alive - now let down by a company who initially supported and encouraged the Replica Industry but who now seems intent on destroying it and possibly damaging their own reputation in the process. Indeed, it would not have been possible for Jaguar to produce their own replicas/continuations without the support of the Replica Industry.
hot metal said:
All the originals wrapped in cotton wool or in another country then, a shame. But these look great.
It's a real pity if they are all wrapped in cotton wool, some used to be truly loved
This was XKC 030, a much loved Jaguar back in 2008 when I last saw her.
There were other Cs and Ds there that day which didn't look like they'd ever seen cotton wool in their lives. I know that some of the cars which were there at XK60 wearing their age with grace have been taken in for extreme cosmetic surgery but it would be sad if that's happened to all of them.
Somehow the world seems a poorer place, it's ironic that it should be all the money which is making so much poorer.
The fact they were all replicas and generated a huge interest, it’s still puzzles me why JLR are doing their best to eliminate these cars. What possible negative effect does this have on the company who are proposing to build “continuation “ cars, at some ridiculous price, that won’t be even be allowed on public roads. Doesn’t make any sense!
Plus8 said:
... What possible negative effect does this have on the company who are proposing to build “continuation “ cars, at some ridiculous price, that won’t be even be allowed on public roads. Doesn’t make any sense!
You won't be surprised to learn that I couldn't agree with you more. Its not just members of the Replica Industry who are aghast at JLR's short-sighted antics - that view is shared by potential Jaguar customers, high-profile collectors and many current and past employees of JLR. 99% of Jaguar employees I come across are honourable, genuine and enrhusiastic people - many feel badly let down by their own over-enthusiastic legal team. After all, there are many JLR employees with their own C and D-Type replicas. Indeed the founding Director of the current Jaguar Classic owned and raced his own C-Type replica. Also true for one of the senior managers who ran Jaguar's replica Lightweight E-Type project a few years ago.Does anyone believe Jaguar actually build their own replicas/continuations? Certainly not true for their current C-Type bodies/chassis, XK engines, components and their recent D-Type and XKSS bodies/chassis which were made by Envisage in Coventry. It is certainly true that Jaguar could not have produced their replicas/continuations without the support of an industry formerly encouraged and supported by them.
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