1952 Jaguar C-Type

Florida-based first owner; car was imported via Max Hoffman of New York and delivered in cream with green interior. Period photographs from the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust document Rutherford racing the car at Daytona Beach in early 1953.

Burtner undertook substantial mechanical modifications including an engine swap, gearbox replacement, revised rear axle, and upgraded brakes. He campaigned the car actively in SCCA competition during the early part of the decade. The original engine remained with the car throughout.

Connecticut-based owner who acquired the car through intermediary Terry Larson. Sold in January 2006.

Car received UK registration '2 FBG' on this date and became part of a notable European collection; one of two such collections mentioned in the final ownership phase.

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Ohio-based owner who acquired the car for $2,000 sometime in the latter part of the 1960s. Subsequent ownership and location through the 1970s and into the early 1980s is undocumented.

German owner who had the car by the mid-to-late 1980s after it had returned to Europe. In 1988 he commissioned a full restoration by specialist firms in England, with the car refinished in British Racing Green and re-registered in the UK in August 1990.

Car was on static display at The Auto Collections in Las Vegas in October 2009 while associated with this period of ownership.

California-based collection in Danville that held the car for a period before its subsequent transfer to European ownership.

Second prominent European collection in the car's final documented ownership chain prior to the auction offering.

Rutherford was timed at over 134 mph; car wore race number 11. Period photographs from the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust document the run.

Car competed in Class CM (C Modified) reflecting Burtner's performance modifications.

Held in Oklahoma; again entered in Class CM.

Event held in Stuttgart, Arkansas.

Held in Kansas; car ran with race number 78.

Car wore number 34; Dr John E. Horn served as co-driver.

Car entered as number 34; no finishing results are on record.

Original Jaguar straight-six engine replaced with a Plymouth Valiant slant-six unit; four-speed manual gearbox swapped for a Borg Warner automatic; Jaguar differential replaced by a GM Positraction rear end; factory drum brakes exchanged for Buick units. The original engine was kept with the car.

Modifications made by or under the direction of new owner David S. Burtner to prepare the car for SCCA Class CM competition.

Comprehensive restoration carried out by Peter Jaye Engineering and RS Panels; the car was refinished in British Racing Green with a green leather interior retrim. The original engine and gearbox were refitted; minor structural repairs were made to the chassis. The current cylinder head is sourced from a late XK120.

Work performed in Wooton, Bedfordshire and Nuneaton, England respectively. Jaye noted the car was essentially an original example retaining its matching engine and most factory coachwork.