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RESTORING A LEGEND

1953 Le Mans-winning C-Type restored by CKL wins at Amelia Island Concours D’Elegance.

When XKC051 came to us, we were tasked by its new owner with putting it back to its most original form and presenting it in its 1953 Le Mans 24 Hour specification. This sounds simple, but the restoration and preservation of racing cars rarely is…

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HOW TO KEEP CALM

By 1951, famous cartoonist Carl Giles was arguably the Daily Express Newspaper’s greatest asset, and regular readers would often make a bee line for the Giles cartoon. He received a salary two or three times that of the Editor, and in September 1951, the newspaper’s owner, Lord Beaverbrook, gifted him a brand new right-hand-drive Jaguar XK-120, registered MBJ 298…

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CLASSIC ADVENTURER

This Jaguar Mark IV Drophead had been owned by only two families - its first owner was a member of the Guérin family, owners of the Maison D’Orsay perfumie.

Once Jeff had acquired the car, he sent it to CKL for a full restoration, with the intention to enter it in both concours and touring events.

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