IT’S THE sheer newness of it that’s so beguiling. There is something intriguingly odd about sitting in an old car, a 70-year-old car, that looks entirely factory fresh, from uncreased leather seats to flawless bodywork harbouring no trace of dirt, dust or grime. Expensively restored cars can wear a look very close to this, but there’s always a flaw to reveal that this is a rebuilt car rather than a newly minted one. You’re left in no doubt here though, even if the C-type was almost certainly launched before you were born.
It was launched to glory. In fact the Jaguar XK120C, as it was officially labelled, was originally designed to win the Le Mans 24-hour race and burnish its maker’s fast-swelling reputation. Impressively, it
