A Little Bit Bernie, a Little Bit Rock ‘n’ Roll: 1956 Jaguar D-type with an Interesting History Heads to Auction

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Blog · January 1970

A Little Bit Bernie, a Little Bit Rock ‘n’ Roll: 1956 Jaguar D-type with an Interesting History Heads to Auction

Jaguar won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1951 and 1953 with its C-type, which was little more than a race-prepped riff on the roadgoing XK120. In 1954, Jag decided to shoot for the moon with the asymmetrically finned, elongated flying saucer known as the D-type, a visually distinctive little bullet that spawned the […]

by Davey G. Johnson

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