The Jag to achieve this feat was such a groundbreaking model, it set the benchmark for sports cars going forward.

Hornburg styled these two special roadsters as XK120 “Silverstones,” a term not actually approved by Jaguar. As a publicity stunt for Jaguar’s racing efforts, the pair was a smash success.

Recently purchased by Enduro Cars, Proteus plans to restart production of its carbon copy Jaguar XK120 C -- the record ... as the Aston Martin DB3S and the racing version of the gullwing 300SL ...