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Gallery: Mille Miglia 2004 - Part 2

Matt Franey relives the glory days of the Mille Miglia endurance race in a D-Type Jaguar.
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The village of Ronciglione is just one of nearly 100 small towns visited by the race

Ronciglione : The village of Ronciglione is just one of nearly 100 small towns visited by the race

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Jaguar's C-type follows us up into the tiny Principality

The narrow streets and hills are tough on racing clutches

Incredible architecture lines the route in every town you visit

Former Jaguar chairman Bob Dover with wife Tracey in the C-type

Every town lays on a welcoming committee

Rugged hills around San Marino a spectacular back-drop for the drive

D-type fantastic on faster mountain roads where power-to-weight advanatage is crushing

From warm sun to freezing snow on the climb into the national park of Monti Sbillini

A visit to the Pope. C and D-type join a police cavalcade across St Peter's Square in the Vatican

Final day. A gullwing Mercedes 300SL awaits a time stamp in the village of Ronciglione

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The village of Ronciglione is just one of nearly 100 small towns visited by the race

The incredible run into the heart of Siena

Jaguar's Stuart Dyble presses on in the longnose D-type

Jaguar's Stuart Dyble presses on in the longnose D-type