2008-10-30 20:25:32 | pauls writes:

Last known location Ole Summer Veteranbil Museum, Denmark.

2009-08-17 04:51:23 | Pekka T. writes:

still at the Ole Sommer collection in Nærum, Denmark. Has participated in all kinds of car events with owner and his "Equipe Ete" team. Road registred in Denmark, very nice personal plate "OS"

2009-11-03 07:44:02 | pauls writes:

The following information and undated black and white photo were provided to coventryracers.com courtesy of Sommer's Automobile Museum, 11/2/09:
www.sommersautomobilmuseum.dk/museum/

Jaguar C-Type, 1952, chassis no. 027.

Owner: Mr. Ole Sommer, Sommer's Automobile Museum, Naerum Hovedgade 3, DK-2850 Naerum, Denmark.

1952 JAGUAR C-TYPE

William Lyons, the chief of Jaguar, decided in October 1950 to build a car, which could win at the prestigious Le Mans Circuit in 1951. It was created and tested during a period of 8 months. The streamlined body was created by an aero dynamist named Malcolm Sayers, and this light alloy body covered a ladder frame of steel tubes, in which was fitted production components from the normal Jaguar sport car called XK 120. The steering and the rear suspension were, however, special, and this new car won its first Le Mans Race in 1951 against tough competition from Ferrari, Maserati, Talbot and Aston Martin.

The Jaguar C-Type won in the next years a lot of victories in Races all over the world. In 1952 it missed its second win at Le Mans due to a fault in the cooling system, but it won again in 1953, due to use of the first disc brakes ever seen on a car, a technical improvement which later was copied by all car makers.

There were built a total of 53 Jaguar C-Types during 1951 to 1953, and they were for a number of years used by private owners for all kinds of sports car competition. The result was innumerable victories in all parts of the World, even after the C-Type had become technically outdated. One reason was that the C-Type is easy to drive, easy to maintain and more robust than usual for racing cars. Many C-Types were also used for daily driving and were driven to race tracks under their own power, no matter what the distance was.

About the Museum C-Type, Chassis no. 027:

This car was in 1953 supplied through the Jaguar importer in Geneva, Marcel Fleury, to a US-Air Force Colonel, who resided in Geneva, and who drove his racing cars to many Events in Europe and North Africa.

The car had 2 more Geneva-based owners who also used it for racing until Marcel Fleury bought it back in 1962. It stayed in his hands until 1975 when it came to Sommer’s Museum, and have since then been used regularly for in numerous events, such as several Rallies in Scotland and Italy plus South Africa (1996) and for Anniversary Events at Le Mans (in 1991, 93, 2001 and 2003).

Engine:
6 cyl. in-line engine with 2 overhead camshafts
Bore and stroke ................................... 83 x 106 mm
Swept volume........................................... 3442 cm3
Output ....................................... 200 hp at 5800 rpm

Dimensions and performance:
Length.......................................................... 400 cm
Width........................................................... 144 cm
Height ......................................................... 108 cm
Weight ....................................................... 1020 kg
Acceleration 0-100 km/h .............................. 8,2 sec
Max. speed .............................................. 210 km/h

Sincerely,

OLE SOMMER