2018-05-23 11:47:26 | pauls writes:

Car offered at:
www.fenderbroad.com/cars-for-sale/jaguar-xk120.html

Sellers description:
Make: Jaguar
Model: XK120
Exterior Colour: Red
Interior Colour: Tan
Year of Manufacture:
Transmission Type: Manual 4spd
Number of Doors: 2

2019-08-26 09:30:02 | Jonathan Sheard writes:

One of my US finds

2020-03-28 11:36:25 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction in 2010

classiccars.brightwells.com/viewdetails.php

Auction description:

Lot number 76

Hammer value £63,000

Jaguar XK120 Roadster Registration 682 XUW Year 1954 Colour Red Engine size 3,442 cc Chassis No. 675846 Engine No. F3287-8

As its accompanying Heritage Certificate confirms, this particular left-hand drive roadster was manufactured in June 1954 and was supplied new to Hoffman of New York, the main USA distributor at the time. A matching numbers machine that still retains its original engine, gearbox and chassis, it was brought back to the UK in 2004 and has just emerged from a total nut-and-bolt rebuild that took some four years to complete.

Every single part of the car has been rebuilt or renewed as necessary and the car is now in outstanding condition throughout. The original colour scheme of red coachwork with a biscuit leather interior has been retained and the car is as good underneath as it is up top. The engine, gearbox and rear axle were rebuilt by marque specialists CFS Motors of Coventry and it not only sounds wonderful but is also said to drive superbly with excellent handling.

The current vendor (who has owned the car for the last five years or so) wanted to go for a period Club Racer look so the bonnet has been louvred for improved cooling and the windscreen has been replaced by twin aeroscreens with the rear-view mirror in a central binnacle. However the original screen has been retained and is available by separate negotiation if desired, as is the original hood frame. A full tonneau cover is supplied with the car.

Taxed and MOTd until April 2011, this car needs absolutely nothing and has to be seen to be fully appreciated. It comes with a large file of bills to substantiate the extent of the works carried out and is only reluctantly being sold to fund another restoration project.