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Life Outside the Bubble.(Escape Roads)
Byline: GEORGE P. BLUMBERG
Some cars are valued for their provenance and are preserved in bubbles. Others, like this one-off Hansgen-Jaguar Special race car, continue to add to their provenance through vintage racing.
"I could have treated this car as a museum piece,'' says owner Bob Millstein of Briarcliff Manor, New York, "but I honor its legacy by racing it. That's how I celebrate the car and the memory of Walt Hansgen.''
Walter E. Hansgen, a sports car legend from the 1950s, campaigned a new Jaguar XK120 in 1951, and he soon realized he would need a new C-Type to compete against Allards and Ferraris. But the factory didn't make the cars available to newcomers, so Hansgen built his own racer, tearing into his year-old 120 for components.
A frame was hand-fabricated from chrome-moly tubing. To locate the Jag rear axle, Hansgen added trailing arms and replaced the rear springs with coil-overs. An MG-TD steering rack was added. The breathed-on Jaguar 3.4-liter engine, transmission and front suspension were mounted in the new frame to pickup points welded in from Hansgen's donor car.
The car's hand-hammered aluminum body is striking, with hints of C-Type, Ferrari and Healey Silverstone. Among the distinguishing features are the recessed and exposed rear spare, the faired-in headlight area and the driver's side exhaust.
Hansgen campaigned the car successfully in 1953, winning at such events as the Watkins Glen Grand Prix. The car changed hands several times, and Millstein first saw it at Mount Equinox in 1979. Millstein bought the car in 1983, then restored it.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Life Outside the Bubble.(Escape Roads)