2014-10-29 13:09:02 | XK Data writes:

The record was updated:

2016-01-19 17:14:09 | XK Data writes:

The record was updated:

2016-01-28 19:28:07 | XK Data writes:

The record was updated:

2005-12-26 10:56:01 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction in '99
www.practicalclassics.co.uk/auctionlot/by-id/374800416/

Auction description:
Lot 022: Jaguar XK120 (1949)
Classic Cars, Christies (29th August 1999)
Lot Details
Auction Classic Cars
Christies, Pebble Beach sales centre, Pebble Beach
Type Car
Lot Number 022
Hammer Price -
Hammer Price (inc premium) $79500
Year 1949
Condition rating 2
Registration number
Mileage -
Chassis number 670047-6
Engine number W1078-8

2011-09-20 21:51:43 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction 8/99

www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-1582318_breadcrumb=back

Auction description:

Exceptional Motor Cars and Automotive Art, Los Angeles

1950 JAGUAR XK 120 ROADSTER (ALLOY)

Price realised USD 79,500

Sale 9130

Chassis No. 670047

Engine No. W1078-8

Yellow and black with dark red leather interior

Engine: six cylinder in-line, 3,442cc, compression ratio 7.8:1, 175bhp at 5,000rpm; Gearbox: four speed manual, synchromesh on top three gears; Suspension: front, independent coil springs, wishbones, rear, semi-elliptic leaf springs, telescopic shock absorbers; Brakes: four wheel hydraulic drum. Left hand drive.

This car, chassis number 670047, is a significant and historic sports car as it was first owned and raced by Brooks Stevens, the famous industrial designer. Stevens' sphere of influence was huge and he was responsible for many important designs of everday things, such as the Steam-O-Matic iron, Allis-Chalmers tractors, Miller High Life Soft Cross logo and the sensational 1959 Scimitar All-Purpose sedan, with Reutter body.

This XK Jaguar was bought new by him and then raced in various sports car events such as the Elkhart Lake road races held in late July during the early 1950's. The SCCA magazine of September/October 1950 shows Stevens in his XK on the first lap of the Seneca Cup race, in which he was to finish 7th.

Today the Jaguar is in lovely, original condition. It has the yellow and black colour scheme that he painted all his cars, and a red leather interior. The original mileage is just 29,300 which is quite astounding. The vendor has race videos and newspaper cuttings of the car in its early days.

An alloy bodied XK is a rare and desirable sports car. That this lovely example was owned by Brooks Stevens (who also owned such other great cars as a 2.9 Alfa Romeo MM and a Talbot Lago T150SS Teardrop Coupe) makes it a very attractive proposition for a Jaguar connoisseur.

2016-01-15 14:14:57 | Newdl writes:

Car to be offered at 2016 RM Sotheby's Scottsdale Auction

www.rmsothebys.com/az16/arizona/lots/1949-jaguar-xk-120-alloy-roadster/1078582

Lot 252

1949 Jaguar XK 120 Alloy Roadster

Chassis no. 670047

Engine no. R 8099-9 (see text)

Body no. F 1060

$350,000 - $450,000

Without Reserve

To be auctioned on Friday, January 29, 2016

2016-01-15 21:43:48 | Anonymous writes:

it seems not original colour, not original 3.8 engine, so ???

2016-01-16 11:13:18 | Jeremy B writes:

"...in such superb original, unrestored order"...

Having squeezed a triple-carb lump into a 120 (670503) I know it takes quite a bit of modifying, hacking about even.

What egregious puff these auction houses write.

2016-01-16 19:02:33 | Jeremy B writes:

The distributor leads are wrongly routed.
The radiator cap is wrong.
The brake fluid reservoir is wrong.
The hubcaps are unpainted.
The exhaust tailpipes are quite wrong.
The interior mirror is wrong.
The boot handle is ninety degrees out.
Best of all - the rear bumpers are upside down.

I am not attacking the car, just the auctioneer's description - "exceptional original condition".

2016-01-21 16:11:46 | pauls writes:

Gearbox believed to be JH2568 or JH2569 but unclear, clarification welcomed.

2016-01-31 12:17:01 | Pekka T. writes:

Sold for $407,000