Equipment
RHD. 3442cc/200hp, dual SU carbs, 4-speed, painted wire wheels, Dunlop Racing tires, cloth tonneau cover.
Condition
#3 Good
Runs and drives well. Flaws not noticeable to passersby. Most common condition.
One of 53 C-Types built, and 43 sold to customers. Delivered new to the U.S. in these colors and used as a road car, only seeing the track in more recent years as a vintage racer. No on-track glory, then, but that also means it was spared the abuses of competition and retains its original, undamaged body, chassis, and drivetrain. Restored in 2018. The headlight covers show chips as well as mild cracks around the screws, which are a bit rusty. Good paint aside from some cracks at the back of the hood and a couple more on the left rear fender. Hammer marks on the wheel lobes, and light pitting on the right front one. Good interior with some paint coming off the gauge bezels. A C-Type for driving rather than showing, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
Market commentary
With two Le Mans and the first car to take the checkered flag at the French endurance classic with disc brakes, the C-Type is primarily known as a race car. But a C-Type is a C-Type and only a handful of real ones have hit the public market in recent years. This result is a sensible balance between the car's lack of history, its current condition, and its originality. Yes, $3.635M is a lot of money, but the car is eligible for basically any event you can think of, and the new owner will be able to go wheel to wheel with cars costing several times as much.