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2018-11-24 11:22:20 | pauls writes:

Car on Craigslist:
seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/d/jaguar-xk120-roadster-ots/6743513018.html

Seller's description:
This 1952 Jaguar (assembled in June of 1951) has been sitting in the far corner of an old horse barn for 45 years a real barn find. The car was 17 years old when her husband purchased the car in Illinois in 1969. When he moved here, in the early 70s, it was trucked out here and put in the horse barn. It was running and drivable when parked. He started to take trim pieces off to do body work and paint, but that's where he stopped. He moved on to other projects. The parts he took off were wrapped in Seattle Times Newspapers of 1974.

He told me that when he got around to restoring it some day, he wanted to put an overdrive transmission in it, one that was used on later models and in sedans. He said that the synchros on one of the gears was gone and sometimes would grind getting into that gear. He said he had the replacement gears, but had decided to swap the whole gearbox rather than get into changing the gears. I think I found the gears he acquired, but I'm not sure.

This is the OTS which stands for Open Two-Seater. It has a soft top, that comes up from behind the seats (in surprising good shape too), but the top is made to keep rain out, and was not meant to be driven fast with the top up. It is a true roadster, not like the XK120 Drop Head Coupes (DHC) which are convertibles. And unlike the drop-heads, the OTS windshield was made to be taken off for racing.

The car has the badge that says that this car is an exact factory replica of the record breaking race car that did 132.6 MPH in Belgium in May of 1949. What that means is that it has the same 8:1 compression race car engine that the race car had. A number of early year Jaguar XK120s had this engine and plaque, but many did not. This car has the racing leather strap holding down the hood or bonnet as they call it. This was a backup to the normal hood latch. Not too many were made with this strap.

This is a numbers matching car. The engine number was found on the head and is pictured. It's the W3165-8 that the car came with. The dash 8 indicates that it is the 8:1 compression engine. The original color was "Birch Gray" with "Biscuit and Red" interior. It left the factory on June 29th 1951 and was shipped to the distributor in Vancouver, Canada. The Jaguar Heritage Trust Certificate will go with the car. The odometer reads 57,033 miles.

THIS IS NOT A RUST BUCKET. The frame is solid, appears to have been lightly undercoated, which in the years that following was covered with engine oil and dust--not washed clean with rain water. The only thing rusted-through underneath are the exhaust pipes. The floor is solid, as are the trunk floors. The trunk has the spare tire in it and the jack. It still has two old 6 volt batteries in their holders behind the seats.

The body panels are solid, many are aluminum, but this is a steel-framed car, not the aluminum and wood car. The seats have deteriorated, (rats ate the leather and made a mess), but you'll see in the pictures that the seat frame, seat side panels, wood pieces and foam are there for patterns. The dash and gauges are good. The steering wheel is missing the center hub emblem insert.

The right front bumper is badly bent and the front fender on that side is slightly dented low down in that location--not a major repair to fix. All new chromed bumpers are available for both front and rear for very reasonable prices--I was surprised. The windshield posts are there, but the chrome has flaked off the aluminum. Chrome in Britain in the 50s was in short supply and was very thinly plated on parts. Some people polish the aluminum posts, but new chromed posts are available and are not expensive. The taillights are there, as are the headlight frames, marker lights, and grill. The grill can be restored, but new grills, and better used ones, are available. The metal framing for the flat glass windshield is all there, but I could not find the glass. Also missing (not yet found) are the rear fender skirts or spats as they are called. Years ago, he and I talked about the skirts, but I don't remember whether he said he had them or he didn't have them. I know we talked about wire wheels too, and he said that skirts didn't come with the wire wheels. I think he wanted to switch to wire.

The engine and engine compartment looks like it is complete and unmolested, but I was surprised to find that he had taken out the radiator. I have not found the radiator. I found a core, but not the upper and lower pieces to be soldered onto the core.

When I was looking under the car to try to get pictures, I noticed that the steel wheels were chromed. This is odd because the steel wheels on these cars came painted the body color. It appears that when the chrome started to rust, someone sprayed the wheels black. All the hubcaps are attached.

There is a box that contains all the bolts and fasteners for the parts he took off the body. There is also a brand new heater for the car, including outlet brackets. Originally these cars did not come with heaters, but sometime in 1952 they started putting heaters in as standard equipment.

The pictures show the car's condition. I've done nothing to the car except put air in the tires (still holding), and vacuum it out. I was very careful in undoing the leather strap to open the hood. To me old cars that are mechanically good, that have been workably restored and are clean, and have some original patina parts that show some use and age are more attractive. To me the original leather strap is one of those items.

I don't think this car would take much to get back to driving condition. With the small interior restored, and new paint and trim, the new owner will have a valuable, and sleek-looking, part of automotive history--certainly less complicated than the 70s and 80s cars I've worked on.

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