Story by Axel E. Catton
It’s 8:18 a.m.
On this serene October morning, a green Jaguar enters the empty A5 motorway west of Brussels.
Quickly, the driver shifts up, chases the 3.4-liter, six-cylinder engine through its paces and climbs toward the rev limit: 5800, 6000, soon 6200…
The XK140 of 1955 incorporated many of the improvements from these time trials, including the optional C Type head. Only 10,000 XK140's were made from 1955-early 1957, and an unknown lesser amount with the C Type "MC" mods. These were amazing super cars in their day and available now at strangely reasonable prices given their provenance.
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