2007-01-18 06:31:22 | Bruce Leslie writes:

This car now belongs to me.
The car has been rebuilt and is in excellent condition.There are no modifications
The engine is original no W12627
Colour is Old English white with red leather upholstery
The car was factory fitted with a belly pan

2007-01-18 07:42:55 | Roger writes:

Bruce, congratulations. I understand the belly pans are exceedingly rare.

2018-08-01 15:34:00 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 8/18
www.coys.co.uk/cars/1950-jaguar-xk120

Auction description:
ESTIMATE £116,000- £127,000
Auction The Wayne Plit Collection
Lot Number 137
Chassis Number 660117
Year 1950
Make Jaguar
Model XK120

Throughout the 6-year production run, Jaguar manufactured a mere 609 RHD roadsters for the home market and we are proud to be offering one of them here today. In fact, this is even more exclusive in that it was completed in June 1950 and is the oldest XK in South Africa and proudly features in the book "The Jaguar XK120 in The Southern Hemisphere" by John Elmgreen & Terry McGrath. The XK was first delivered to a Mr. A. Reid-Walker and registered in the name of Mrs Catherine Elaine Reid-Walker then of Ackleton Manor, North Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, finished in Jaguar Red with a tan leather interior.

The car was exported to South Africa in February 1951 by Reid Walker who was a Scottish businessman on a six-month tour. It was tested by a reporter from the Johannesburg Sunday Express and pictured in that paper on the 11th February 1951 (a copy of the ad is in the book). By the 14th of May 1951 the car and its owner were back in England competing in the 9th Scottish Rally where, still sporting its South African plates, it finished 3rd outright. It is assumed the car had been purchased and taken to South Africa for the required period to overcome restrictions on buying new cars in the UK.

The car returned to South Africa at some stage thereafter and was apparently acquired by a Swiss national in Johannesburg who enjoyed the XK on a daily basis and attended to any restoration works as and when required. When the owner returned to Europe in 1966, he sold his Jaguar to Mr. Erich R. Exner of Bramley, Johannesburg who later restored the car before is passed to his son Wayne. In 1973 the car appeared at the motoring Memories event at the then new Carlton Exhibition Centre in Johannesburg. In 2003 it was sold to Bruce Leslie of Johannesburg and he reported that in 2007 it was in excellent condition, finished by then in white with red trim and fitted with an aluminium undertray. Given the rarity, provenance and the fact that this is the quintessential roadster model, this original and unmolested sportscar is a fantastic investment opportunity for the true collector.