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FINISHING LINES

FTER ITS June victory of the 1951 Le Mans 24 Hours race, Jaguar’s new C-type had replaced the XK 120 by late summer as the one to beat on the track. The road car remained successful in rallying, though, as proven when an example won the tough Liège-Rome-Liège rally – the only time

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