From Jaguar Sports Racing Cars

First works car to be completed; 4/5/54 registerad for road; Le Mans, Hamilton Rolt (race number 14), 2nd; Reims 12 Hours, Hamilton/Rolt, 2nd; TT, Dundrod, Hamilton/Rolt, ret'd; displayed at Paris Salon; January 1955 sold to Duncan Hamilton; road-tested by John Bolster for Autosport; Morocco GP, Agadir GP, Morocco (4.09:1 axle), ret'd; Dakar GP (2.75:1 axle, 17in wheels), 3rd; British Empire Trophy, Oulton Park, 7th; Easter Goodwood, 3rd; Coupe de Paris, Montlhery, 2nd; Djurgand Park, Helsinki, Michael Head,1st; Johnson Trophy, Goodwood, 1st; Oporto GP, 3rd; Lisbon GP, ret'd; as XKC 402 is stamped over the number XKC 405 it would appear that following one of this car's many accidents XKC 405 may have been dismantled and certain parts incorporated in XKC 402; 1956 sold to 'Jumbo' Goddard and converted to quasi-XKSS by Hamilton, before factory created this model; screen frame made and central member between cockpits removed by Parvis Bridge Eng, Byfleet; Hamilton claimed car was inspiration for XKSS but denied by factory; believed registered 3 APB for a while, then back to OKV 1 (which had been retained by Hamilton); used as road car for many years; rolled following accident with lorry, but not badly damaged; Mont Ventoux hillclimb, France; 1965/66 taken by Goddard to Australia, continued to be used as a road car; October 1968, Oxley hillclimb, Tamworth, NSW; October 1984, auctioned and sold to Robin Davidson (London, UK). Sold to Peter Newmark 2000.

Philip Porter is the author of numerous books on the Jaguar marque. In additional to writing books and magazine articles and managing several businesses, he runs the XK Club and E-Type club from Worcestershire, England. His latest books include the Jaguar Scrapbook and the Stirling Moss 1929 - 1954 Scrapbook.

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