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.

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

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 ...

Until Jaguar came along with their iconic C-Type ... certainly was - the C-type was actually based on the existing Jaguar XK120, a car that had been in production since 1948.

However, just a few years after the end of World War II, Jaguar introduced their iconic XK120, a two-door model that would not only fundamentally shape the modern sports car as we know it ...