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Bigger and better?

THINGS ARE NOT what they seem. This is not a Jaguar C-type, and nor is it a C-type replica. The Ecurie Ecosse LM-C may share certain styling cues (alright, a lot of styling cues) with a C-type, but it is different in just about every respect. Not least the fact that it’s 4in wider and 8in longer.

Five examples of the LM-C are being built at the re-incarnated Ecurie Ecosse, based at the not-very-Scottish town of Henley-on-Thames. Two are finished, one is well on the way, and the remaining

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