2019-09-22 16:38:03 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 10/19

www.bonhams.com/auctions/25222/lot/327/

Auction description:

Lot 327¤

1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster

US$ 40,000 - 50,000 £ 32,000 - 40,000

To be sold without reserve

Sold for US$ 54,320 inc. premium

Collectors Motorcars and Automobilia Auction

Philadelphia Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum

7 Oct 2019, 13:00 EDT

Philadelphia, Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum

Chassis no. 671497

Engine no. W3566-8 (see text)

3,442cc DOHC Inline 6-Cylinder Engine

2 SU Carburetors

160bhp at 5,000rpm

4-Speed Manual Transmission

Front Independent Suspension – Live Rear Axle

4-Wheel Drum Brakes

*Single family ownership since 1978

*Recipient of a 2015 engine rebuild

*Nearly three decades of receipts

*Offered with Jaguar Heritage Trust Certificate

This beautiful XK120 Roadster - or Open Two-Seater as officially called in the day - first roared to life inside Jaguar's Coventry facility on September 6th, 1951. Originally finished in Silver over a Red interior and Fawn convertible top, this left-hand drive Roadster was destined for the Continental European market and was dispatched to Charles Delecrois in Paris, France on the 21st of September.

Remaining in Europe for at least a decade, it appears with a Dr. Carl Brant in the 1970s. Acquired by the family of the consignor in the 1978, it has been in the same collection for the last 41 years. Subject to a frame-up restoration in the late 1970s and completed in the early 1980s, the car has been regularly maintained since then with the most recent work of note being a 2015 engine rebuild. Receipts on file go back to the start of the 1980s, and it should be noted that the original head was found to be cracked and was subsequently replaced with an unstamped unit in August of 2001.

Documented by a large file of receipts and the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Certificate, it is now presented in white with red hides and is a lovely machine that would make a fine tour vehicle for its next lucky owner.