2005-12-29 10:51:30 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction in '98

www.practicalclassics.co.uk/auctionlot/by-id/1069556526/

Auction description:

Lot 285: Jaguar XK120SE Roadster (1954)

Classic Cars, Brooks (11th March 1998)

Lot Details

Auction Classic Cars

Brooks, Geneva Auction Centre, Geneva

Type Car

Lot Number 285

Estimate CHF52000-CHF60000

Hammer Price -

Hammer Price (inc premium) CHF55200

Year 1954

Condition rating 1

Registration number

Mileage -

Chassis number S675454

Engine number F 2871-8S

2025-01-16 09:12:58 | pauls writes:

Car returns to auction 2/25

cars.bonhams.com/auction/30406/preview-lot/5960583/1952-jaguar-xk120-se-roadster ...

Auction description:

1952 Jaguar XK120 SE Roadster

Les Grandes Marques du Monde à Paris|6 February 2025

Chassis no. S675454

Engine no. F2871-8S (block)

• Original colour combination

• Left-hand drive

• Delivered new to the USA

• Present ownership since 1998

• Swiss cancelled registration document and Spanish customs document

Chassis number 'S675454' was built in Black with Red trim and delivered new to the USA via Max Hoffman's dealership. The 1996 Jaguar Heritage Certificate on file notes the car as RHD but this may be an error, as the chassis prefix and delivery would point to original LHD Specification. Little is known of its life in the United States but by the late 1990s the car had made its way to Switzerland, and it was from the 1998 Brooks sale in Geneva where the car was purchased and imported to Spain. The catalogue at the time noted that the car had been restored in the 1980s and further works undertaken in 1997. The block stamping matches the Heritage certificate but the cylinder head stamping is different, implying that the car has had a replacement cylinder head at some point in its life. In the history file there is an invoice for paintwork from 2009, as well as Spanish import paperwork and a copy of the old Swiss title.