2023-07-13 12:55:24 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 7/23
www.bonhams.com/auction/27997/lot/202/19621970s-c-type-by-william-guthrie-chassi ...

Auction description:
Championship-winning
1962/1970s C-Type by William Guthrie
Goodwood Festival of Speed
14 July 2023, 14:00 BST
Chichester, Goodwood
£60,000 - £80,000

Registration no. SES 830
Chassis no. P.158475DN
Engine no. 1CH3170-8
• Built by William Guthrie in the 1970s
• Known ownership history
• Present ownership since 2010
• 3.4-litre XK engine
• Close-ratio Moss gearbox
• Suitable for use on both road and track

This early C-Type facsimile has been competing very successfully in recent years in this country's premier speed event championship for historic racing cars, the Classic Speed Championship, competing at circuits and hill climbs including Goodwood, Prescott, Shelsley Walsh, Harewood, Curborough, Wiscombe, Gurston Down and others. This C-Type was the Championship's outright winner in 2014.

The car was constructed in Aberdeen in the 1970s by the Scottish motor engineer and Ecurie Ecosse enthusiast, William Guthrie, using various components supplied to him by Jim Marland, who at the time was developing his CopyCat C-Type replicas. Guthrie sourced the XK engine, gearbox and rear axle from a 3.4-litre Jaguar Mark 2 saloon. The tubular steel chassis was constructed by Jago Developments in Chichester. The front and rear bodywork is GRP and the centre section is aluminium. Guthrie sold the car to a farmer near Glasgow, which is where the renowned classic Jaguar racer and restorer Guy Broad found it languishing in a barn in 2008. Broad recommissioned the car and passed it on to another classic car specialist, who sold it to the vendor in 2010.