Chassis No. 1J 50370 BW

This fully race-prepared Jaguar C-Type recreation was built by Ten Tenths, the vintage race car company co-owned by Pink Floyd drummer and legendary sports car enthusiast, Nick Mason. Based upon a Proteus steel tube-frame chassis with an alloy envelope body, both faithful to the original C-Type design, the car was fitted with a Jaguar 3.4-litre six built by Dave Butcher of DJB Performance of Coventry with triple sidedraft Weber 45 DCOE carburetors, delivering their power through a Jaguar synchromesh four-speed overdrive gearbox and rear axle. Power disc brakes were fitted at all four corners.

As this car was intended to run in the challenging Carrera Panamericana, it was fitted with a large under-chassis skid plate, fire suppression system, modern fuel cell, and turn signals as well as Avon radial tires for the 16-inch knock-off wire wheels, with a spare in the tail section. The interior was outfitted with Willans four-point harnesses, as well as a Terratrip rally computer among the Smiths gauges, all protected by a subtle but rugged removable roll bar.

Mason drove the car with Val Lindsay in the 1991 Carrera Panamericana, after which it moved to the United States and would be acquired by Christopher Sloan, who used it for touring for over a decade. In March of 2013 it was purchased by Jim Taylor, in whose stable it remains, documented by a former British registration document in Mason's name. Mr. Taylor's enthusiast friends had often asked to accompany him on a rally in the C-Type; wary of letting them behind the wheel of his prized machine, Mr. Taylor would insist that they practice first on this 'trainer.'

Ideal for such purposes, or simply for exercising with pleasure on modern roads and highways, the Ten Tenths Proteus C-Type is also capable of once again tackling the Mexican Road Race!