2017-11-11 22:38:46 | XK Data writes:

The record was updated:

2017-11-04 14:31:03 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 11/17
online.handh.co.uk/m/lot-details/index/catalog/8/lot/14113/

Auction description:
The Imperial War Museum Duxford Motor Car Auction
Lot 55
1953 Jaguar XK120 Drophead Coupe

According to its vendor, this handsome matching numbers Jaguar `is in beautiful condition and in need of no work whatsoever'. A lefthand drive export model it was sold new in 1953 via the company's Los Angeles distributor Hornburg. As now, it was finished in Dove Grey complemented by Tan-coloured interior trim. Apparently it did a modest amount of racing in Arizona in the `70s, the area it spent most of its life in until being shipped to Germany in 1990, where it was stored in a container awaiting a renovation that was never completed. Fast forward to 2015 when it was acquired by a classic car company who sold it to the vendor a year later, following which he instigated a full body-off restoration, during which no corrosion was encountered. The refurbishment involved: a total bare-metal respray; full retrim, including dashboard and carpets; replacement hood; fresh chrome bumpers and grill; and new Guy Broad five-speed gearbox, wire wheels and tyres. The total of the parts alone was over £24,000. It is intended that this desirable XK will be UK registered in time for the sale and it comes complete with Heritage certificate.

2017-11-05 09:00:33 | Jeremy B writes:

The front ride height is down by about 50mm; the torsion bars need cranking up a few turns.

2018-02-21 17:43:34 | pauls writes:

Car to return to auction 3/18
online.handh.co.uk/m/lot-details/index/catalog/84/lot/14113/

Auction description:
An Auction of Selected Classic Cars
Auction Venue
Imperial War Museum
Duxford
Cambridgeshire
Estimate: £80,000 - £90,000
Registration No:388 UYY
Chassis No:677636
MOT:Exempt

- Sold new in 1953 via Jaguars Los Angeles distributor Hornburg
- A Matching numbers & freshly restored example
- Fitted with a Guy Broad five-speed gearbox and offered with a collection of invoices

2018-03-27 17:33:26 | Peter Ingram writes:

Sold £56,250 inc prem

2020-10-03 12:10:45 | pauls writes:

Car now offered at:

thesplinedhub.co.uk/listing/jaguar-xk120-dhc-left-hand-drive/_wp_cron=1601752155.6505179405212402343750

Seller's description:

Vehicle DHC LHD

Color Dove Grey

£95,000

2022-09-04 11:22:01 | pauls writes:

Car returns to auction 6/22

www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-48---1953-jaguar-xk120-drophead-coup/&so=0&st=&sto=0&au=516&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=1& ...

Auction description:

Wed, 22nd Jun 2022 13:00

Imperial War Museum, Duxford

Lot 48

1953 Jaguar XK120 Drophead Coupé

Sold for £68,625

Registration No: 388 UYY

Chassis No: 677636

MOT: Exempt

Subject to a comprehensive mechanical overhaul by Jaguar specialists The Splined Hub to the cost of over £30,000

Matching chassis and engine block numbers

The beneficiary of some £54,000 worth of restoration expenditure since 2015

Finished in an appealing colour combination and fitted with a Guy Broad five-speed gearbox

Sold new in 1953 via Hornburg, Jaguar’s Los Angeles distributor

According to the accompanying Jaguar Heritage Trust certificate, this XK120 was dispatched via the company's Los Angeles distributor Hornburg in left-hand-drive Drophead Coupé configuration having been manufactured on the 8th of July 1953. Finished in Dove Grey with Tan-coloured interior trim upholstery and a Fawn hood, the XK120 is thought to have competed in a modest amount of racing in Arizona through the ‘70s. Spending the majority of its life in Arizona until being shipped to Germany in 1990, ‘388 UYY’ was placed into storage in a container awaiting the beginning of a restoration that never materialised.

Rediscovered in 2015, the previous owner commissioned a full body-off cosmetic restoration, with the refurbishment involving: a bare-metal respray; full interior retrim (including re-upholstery, dashboard and carpets); a replacement hood; replacement and re-chroming of the chrome parts; fitment of a new Guy Broad five-speed gearbox; and new wire wheels and tyres. The total expenditure on the parts alone is understood to have exceeded £24,000.

Imported into the United Kingdom in 2017, the Jaguar was purchased by the vendor (in 2018) who subsequently commissioned a comprehensive mechanical restoration by The Splined Hub (renowned Jaguar specialists) which exceeded over £30,000 worth of expenditure. The work comprised a full engine overhaul with a replacement cylinder head; suspension renewal; re-wiring; cooling system refurbishment; a braking system overhaul; steering column and shaft renovation; heating repairs; fettling to the door and bonnet fitment; amongst much more. The wood trim and veneering were also replaced by Chapman and Cliff.

Boasting matching chassis and engine block numbers (with the original head accompanying too), ‘388 UYY’ is offered complete with the aforementioned Heritage certificate, invoices relating to the Splined Hub restoration and previous works, along with a current V5C document.