Really nice atmospheric photo of the prototype Jaguar C Type XKC 001 in the paddock at Goodwood on Sept 29 1951 where it was raced by Stirling Moss.
The young Strling Moss raced for Jaguar in sports car events and HWM in F2 during 1950 and 1951, an era that did much to establish him as the most promising young driver of his generation.On the day this photo was taken Moss also raced in the Goodwood Trophy a race for F1 and F2 cars with is HWM, a race that was won by Farina'a Alfa Romeo 159.
Nice period touches in the photo include the attire of the people around the car and the road car parked next to it (VW Beetle) along with the total lack of any pit equipment visible anywhere!Moss of course went on to Grand Prix superstardom and raced for the Maserati, Mercedes, Aston Martin, Cooper, BRM, Lotus and OSCA teams winning 16 GPs and hundreds of other races untill his career-ending accident, also at Goodwood in 1962.
10x7 inch (254x178mm)
