2005-10-24 05:45:03 | Lofty writes:

Seen on Doc's jags. Car is now in Belgium. Ad reads:

1949 XK 120 All Aluminum roadster.serial # 670048. Fantastic restoration on extrememly original Jaguar. One of the best in existance. Metalic bronze with biscuit leather and red piping. all matching numbers except gearbox. $190K

2005-10-27 06:03:51 | terry mcgrath writes:

would the owner of this like to contact me a book I am doing on alloy XK120's

2006-11-23 08:24:22 | pauls writes:

URL for Doc's site:
www.docsjags.com/sales/xks/xks_120s/100-2012/100-2012.htm

2007-10-17 20:59:17 | pauls writes:

Car now offered at:
www.classicdriver.com/uk/1000.asp

Sellers description:
Jaguar XK120 Alloy roadster
Classic Car Service
colour bronze
interior colour biscuit with red piping
drive LHD
type Cabrio / Roadster
year 1949
Chassis No. 670048
Engine No. W 1091.8
price P.O.R.
VAT No
country Belgium
JAGUAR XK 120 - ALLOY - ROADSTER - LHD - 1949 This is the opportunity to purchase A rare Alloy Jaguar Xk 120. All matching numbers. Absolutely the best money can buy. This car is restored A few years ago not only was the car restored to absolute original but also to the highest standards possible. We have full photographic documentation about this restoration. Today the car is still in perfect condition. 1949 Jaguar XK120 Alloy Roadster: colour bronze /Trim colour Biscuit with red piping/ sand colour Cloth Top & Toneau and a set of Side Screens; Chassis # 670048; Engine# W1091-8. 3442cc straight six; light alloy hemi cylinder head; twin overhead camshaft, twin SU carburetters; 160bhp at 5,400 rpm; manual 4 speed Moss gearbox; independent front torsion bar suspension; live rear axle with semi-elliptical leaf springs; Lockheed hydraulic drum brakes; knock off wire wheels; British Heritage Certificate comes with the car. The rise of Jaguar as a major manufacturer is directly linked to the great XK series engine that was conceived and designed by William Lyons and his team of engineers during the war years. In the spring of 1949, a bronze coloured XK120 had slipped quietly out of the Jaguar works to Dover and across the English Channel by ferry to Belgium to do some high speed tests on the motorway between Ostend and Brussels. The roadster achieved a speed of 126 mph with the soft top up and side screens in place. The XK120 roadster just about re-invented the modern sports car as we know it today. The roadsters were used to great effect in just about every type of sport motoring, rallying and racing and the famous XK C Type was derived directly from the XK120 to become one of the truly great race cars of all time. Jaguar had built just 57 right hand drive and 183 left hand drive roadsters before discontinuing the alloy (aluminum) body!!!