1952 Jaguar XK120 Roadster

Registration No: IG 4253
Chassis No: 671921
MOT: Exempt

• Previous ownership in America for over 30 years and only one registered UK keeper since importation in 2015
• Body-off restoration by Sargent Metalworks of Bradford, Vermont (Pebble Beach winners) costing some $58,700 in 1994
• Uprated for fast road or Vintage rallying use, complete with a tuned engine and C-Type cylinder head, louvred bonnet, and Le Mans-style fuel filler cap
• Entered from The Loch Lomond Collection, made up of excellent examples of predominantly 1950s, '60s, and '70s classics

Launched at the 1948 Earls Court Motor Show, the Jaguar XK120 Roadster caused a sensation. Penned by Sir William Lyons, the model's sensuous lines seemed almost impossibly glamorous to a country still feeling the effects of rationing. While the 120mph top speed that its name signified soon became the stuff of legend. Flooded with orders, Jaguar began limited hand-built production soon thereafter (although, it was not until 1950 that the factory was sufficiently 'tooled-up' to discard aluminium in favour of steel for the curvaceous bodywork). Credited with 160bhp and 190lbft of torque in standard tune, its legendary 3442cc DOHC straight-six engine was allied to a four-speed manual transmission.

Chassis 671921 was manufactured in left-hand drive specification being built on the 25^th February 1952. Distributed new by Max Hoffman, New York, the Jaguars is first known to have been in a state of disrepair by the late-1980s. Understood to have been in long-term ownership thereafter America (for almost 30 years), the XK120 was entrusted by said owner, to the very highly regarded Sargent Metalworks of Bradford, VT, the winners of several awards at the exceptionally prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance including 'Best in Show' with a 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC, and has an outstanding portfolio of past restoration work which includes numerous Bugattis and a Ferraris (including a 250 GTO).

Chassis 671921 was lavished with a comprehensive body-off restoration by Sargent Metalworks between 1989 and 1994, with the restoration expense reaching some $58,700, a figure that would be more akin to $100,000 today! Finished in the attractive colour combination of Dark Green paintwork with a Tan leather interior and a Beige hood, the Jaguar is uprated for ‘fast road’ or Vintage rallying use, including a tuned engine incorporating a C-Type cylinder head, a louvred bonnet, a Le Mans-style fuel filler cap, and Moto Lita steering wheel to name a few, with it reputed these changes were made with thoughts of use in the Mille Miglia Storica in the previous ownership.

Repatriated to British shores c.2015, the XK120 was first registered on United Kingdom roads in September 2015 as ‘IG 4253'. The Jaguar is accompanied by a large history file including Jaguar chassis records, numerous previous invoices from the restoration and since, numerous photographs and records of the restoration works, a service manual, a spare parts catalogue, an operating, maintenance & service handbook and a current V5C document. Entered from The Loch Lomond Collection, a collection made up of examples of many prestigious 1950s, '60s, and '70s classics, the XK120 has only completed very local excursions while in the collection and therefore a degree of recommissioning might be required before pressing into road use.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452