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01/02/03 Hans-Peter Bruggeman (left) owns the unique V12 Vanden Plas XJ-C LHD chassis #2. He lives in northern Germany and sent us this photo of him with the owner of V12 LHD XJ-C #1.

The car is now in Denmark, but as seen in 02, it was in Australia from 1977 and spent most of those years in Perth.

Remarkably, the first three V12 LHD XJ-Cs survive, and the well-documented 'Pink Panther' is chassis #3. It too came to Australia in 1977 privately owned. It was owned by our editor for over ten years before being sold to Tery Hurst who completed the restoration before selling it to an XJ-C collector in the UK. It was recently debuted at a classic car show there and is being finished to pristine original condition.

04 The ex-works C-Type XKC037 was brought to Australia by Dr John Boorman of Cessnock, north of Sydney. He crashed it heavily twice, after which it was bought and repaired by Frank Gardner. This was its debut at Bathurst in 1957.

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05/06/07/09 If ever a car needs to be highlighted it is this one. The works-HWM Alta was built in 1951 for Stirling Moss - his first works car. It was sold in 1952 to Tony Gaze, still prepared by HWM, and in 1953 he passed it to Lex Davison who fitted the engine from his wrecked XK120. He won the Australian Grand Prix with it in 1954. After a number of other owners it went to John Hough in Northern NSW, and got a Centaur body which it retains. It is owned still by the Hough family.

10 It might seem garish to some, but this D-Type was painted in 1956 by legendary body man Kenneth Howard, better known as Von Dutch, an American motorcycle mechanic, artist, pin striper, metal fabricator, knifemaker and gunsmith. He was one of the fathers of Kustom Kulture.

It is XKD519 which was quite successful, but ended up with a Chevrolet V8 engine. Krause sold the car early in 1962, and in 1974 it returned to the UK where it was painted pale yellow and restored. It can still be seen there in historic racing events.

11 A rare and exceptional quality image of the engine in Sydney jeweller Jack Robinson's Jaguar special. Remarkably, he wrecked his near-new XK120 to create his Formula car.

12 Andrew Mills was a wealthy young grazier from the Riverina who purchased a new XK120 from Brysons in Melbourne for racing. It is near identical to the Cummins family XK120 which was race prepared also with Borrani wire wheels and cut-away front body. Ian Cummins did own it for a time, but since 1964 it was loved by well known devotee Bob Du Cros. This fine shot was taken at Southport on the Gold Coast when Mills contested the 1954 Australian Grand Prix. 13/14/15 More important Jaguar history obliterated in Coventry. The three shots show the same Foleshill, Coventry site William Lyons moved his business to in 1927. Now there is no trace of Jaguar or Dunlop's history.

16 Bob Jane having his first race in his new Lightweight E-Type. It was the 1963 Australian GT Championship held at Calder Raceway, and was to be the biggest win for the Lightweight. It last changed hands for just under $10m! His older red Coupé was third driven brother Bill.