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background to build it using techniques borrowed from the aircraft industry. The task of building the car was entrusted by Heynes to
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at the wheel. The car was driven by Dewis at speed on a damaged tyre, against the instructions of Jaguar director
England. The resultant crash heavily damaged and nearly destroyed the car, although Dewis was unharmed. The wreck of the car was put back into storage.
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into the 7.0 litre Mk.II prototype that won Le Mans in 1966, and so the XJ13 was considered obsolete by the time the prototype was complete. In addition, Ford upgraded the chassis to the modern Mk.IV, winner of 1967 Le Mans. Together with the 4.0 litre V12
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should rebuild the car. The car was rebuilt, to a specification similar to the original, using some of the body jigs made for its original construction and at a cost of £1,000 to Jaguar. In Jaguar's own words,
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in the mid 1960s. It never raced, and only one was produced. The car has not been officially valued, but a £7 million bid for it was declined by the owners in 1996. It was more than three times the price of a
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