2005-12-24 11:14:17 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction in '05
www.practicalclassics.co.uk/auctionlot/by-id/104025042/

Auction description:
Lot 1037: 1950 Jaguar XK120 Competition Roadster
Quail Lodge Motor Cars, Bonhams & Butterfields (19th August 2005)
Overview
Australia’s best known and most important racing XK120, right-hand drive chassis number ‘660214’ was campaigned regularly until 1979 and has been raced by many famous drivers including Mal Biddlecombe, Russ Jennings, John Miller and Allan Benson. The car was bought new by Formula 1 and international sports car competitor Bib Stilwell, founder of the famous Geelong Speed Trials. Its success has been achieved with a minimum of modifications, though upgrades include disc brakes and 2” SU carburettors. We are advised that two rear ends are included with the car, which has just been refitted with a new factory transmission. ‘660214’ is both street legal and vintage approved, and comes with a substantial amount of paperwork including early race records, full ownership history from new, FIA papers and logbook.

Lot Details
Auction Quail Lodge Motor Cars
Bonhams & Butterfields, Quail Lodge, Carmel, CA
Type Car
Lot Number 1037
Estimate $50000-$60000
Hammer Price $40000
Hammer Price (inc premium) $46000
Year 1950
Condition rating
Registration number
Mileage -
Chassis number 660214

2010-08-09 17:24:23 | pauls writes:

Car returns to auction 8/10
www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/WService=wslive_pub/pubweb/publicSite.r

Auction description:
Sale 18267 - Exceptional Motorcars and Automobilia, 12 Aug 2010 to 13 Aug 2010
Quail Lodge
Lot No: 611•
The ex-Bib Stillwell
1950 Jaguar XK120 Competition Roadster
Chassis no. 660214

One of Australia's best success stories in terms of motor car sales and racing also, the tale of Bib Stillwell began with a humble garage in Kew, Australia in 1949. Early on as agents for British sports cars, MG and Jaguar as well as Morris cars, B.S. Stillwell & Co. they established a fine reputation for excellence in client service. Alongside the day to day sales, Bib developed his own interest in motor racing, successfully campaigning a number of cars including the Jaguar XK120 offered for sale today. Bib was part of the team that organized the original Albert Park Grand Prix in 1953 and ran an Austin-Healey in that event. Over the course of the next two decades he followed the path of motorsport as it evolved moving from sports racers to single seaters, a Jaguar D-Type then a 250F Maserati, then a Cooper-Climax and so on. His heyday was in the early 1960s, when he secured Australian Formula 1 Gold Star champion in consecutive years through 1962 to 1965, Formula Two Champion in 1965 and was Sports Car Champion in '61 and '62. He retired from racing in 1965 to focus on a business that enjoyed similar success nationally.

The car we offer here dates from those early days of his career and is understood to have been bought by Stillwell new. As his career progressed it was no doubt replaced relatively early on, but it continued to have an illustrious career being piloted by a number of Australian luminaries of the period including Mal Biddlecombe, Russ Jennings, John Miller and Allan Benson, remaining in competition until 1979. Amazingly its success was achieved with a minimum of modifications, though upgrades included disc brakes and 2" SU carburetors.

Larry Rhoades purchased the Bib Stillwell '120' at Bonhams Quail Lodge auction back in 2005. It was bought with the sole purpose of following in the footsteps of the many notable previous owners or racers of the car and the following year would see Mr. Rhoades have the car prepared and campaigned on his behalf at the 2006 Pittsburgh Grand Prix. Cosmetically the car's condition reflects its age and the purpose for which it has been used over those 60 years, nevertheless today, as a result of various work over the years also it presents cleanly.

Street legal and vintage race approved, it comes with a substantial amount of paperwork including early race records, full ownership history from new, FIA papers and logbook.

Estimate: $60,000 - 90,000

2016-09-20 23:08:58 | pauls writes:

Car to return to auction 10/16
www.bonhams.com/auctions/23555/lot/235/

Auction description:
Lot 235
The ex-Bib Stillwell
1950 JAGUAR XK120 COMPETITION ROADSTER
US$ 60,000 - 90,000 £46,000 - 69,000
Preserving the Automobile
An Auction at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum
Philadelphia, Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum
Chassis no. 660214
160bhp at 5,000rpm
4-Speed Manual Transmission
Front Independent Suspension - Live Rear Axle
4-Wheel Drum Brakes
*Known history from new
*Delivered new to Australia
*Brilliant period race history
*Documented in The Jaguar XK120 in the Southern Hemisphere
*In the present family ownership since 2005

One of Australia's best success stories in terms of motor car sales and racing also, the tale of Bib Stillwell began with a humble garage in Kew, Australia in 1949. Early on as agents for British sports cars, MG and Jaguar as well as Morris cars, B.S. Stillwell & Co. they established a fine reputation for excellence in client service. Alongside the day to day sales, Bib developed his own interest in motor racing, successfully campaigning a number of cars including the Jaguar XK120 offered for sale today. Bib was part of the team that organized the original Albert Park Grand Prix in 1953 and ran an Austin-Healey in that event. Over the course of the next two decades he followed the path of motorsport as it evolved moving from sports racers to single seaters, a Jaguar D-Type then a 250F Maserati, then a Cooper-Climax and so on. His heyday was in the early 1960s, when he secured Australian Formula 1 Gold Star champion in consecutive years through 1962 to 1965, Formula Two Champion in 1965 and was Sports Car Champion in '61 and '62. He retired from racing in 1965 to focus on a business that enjoyed similar success nationally.

The car we offer here dates from those early days of his career and is understood to have been bought by Stillwell new. As his career progressed it was no doubt replaced relatively early on, but it continued to have an illustrious career being piloted by a number of Australian luminaries of the period including Mal Biddlecombe, Russ Jennings, John Miller and Allan Benson, remaining in competition until 1979. Amazingly its success was achieved with a minimum of modifications, though upgrades included disc brakes and 2" SU carburetors.

The current owner's father purchased the Bib Stillwell '120' at Bonhams Quail Lodge auction back in 2005. It was bought with the sole purpose of following in the footsteps of the many notable previous owners or racers of the car and the following year would see Mr. Rhoades have the car prepared and campaigned on his behalf at the 2006 Pittsburgh Grand Prix. Cosmetically the car's condition reflects its age and the purpose for which it has been used over those 60 years, nevertheless today, as a result of various work over the years also it presents cleanly. The car has been well kept but largely unused since 2010.

Street legal and vintage race approved, it comes with a substantial amount of paperwork including early race records, vintage pictures, full ownership history from new, FIA papers, logbook, and a copy of The Jaguar XK120 in the Southern Hemisphere in which the car is featured

2016-11-09 13:22:19 | Pekka T. writes:

Sold in the above auction for $82,500.00 USD