{"id":459608,"date":"2001-12-01T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2001-12-02T04:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=115731"},"modified":"2024-03-18T23:47:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T23:47:50","slug":"cats-cradle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/cats-cradle\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton\/Rolt Jaguar C-Type &#8211; Cat\u2019s Cradle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Hamilton\/Rolt Jaguar C-Type<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sit down with a pen and a piece of paper \u2013 write out a list of your 10 all-time favorite sports racing cars. Then do the same with road cars. After you have done that little task, pick the top three in each category and the one from each list you would have if money were no object. I would be very surprised if the C-Type Jag didn\u2019t appear at the top of many lists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For one extra task, pick the most well-known individual car from each category from the last five decades. I\u2019m willing to wager that the very car you see on these pages is on that list, because it is one of the most historically significant Jaguars of all time! The Jaguar C-Type probably did more to enhance the reputation of British sports cars than any other single model, and chassis XKC 051 did exactly what Jaguar hoped it would&#8230; win Le Mans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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