2005-12-23 12:06:01 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction in '01
www.practicalclassics.co.uk/auctionlot/by-id/739942663/

Auction description:
Lot 062: Jaguar XK120 Dhc (1953)
British & Continental Sports and Touring Cars, Coys (5th March 2001)
Lot Details
Auction British & Continental Sports and Touring Cars
Coys, Kensington sales centre, Kensington
Type Car
Lot Number 062
Estimate £16000-£22000
Hammer Price -
Hammer Price (inc premium) £18112
Year 1953
Condition rating 1
Registration number OXV 557
Mileage -
Chassis number 667143

2005-12-23 12:12:31 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction in '99
www.practicalclassics.co.uk/auctionlot/by-id/1506870472/

Auction description:
Lot 066: Jaguar XK120 Dhc (1953)
Classic Cars, Coys (22nd November 1999)
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Lot Details
Auction Classic Cars
Coys, Kensington sales centre, Kensington
Type Car
Lot Number 066
Estimate £16000-£20000
Hammer Price -
Hammer Price (inc premium) £16762
Year 1953
Condition rating 3
Registration number
Mileage -
Chassis number 667143

2009-10-01 18:40:39 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction 9/09
www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r

Auction description:
Sale 17738 - Fine Vintage and Collectors' Motorcars, 26 Sep 2009
Reims
Lot No: 136
1954 Jaguar D-Type 3.8L
Chassis no. 667143
Engine no. F1029-8
Jaguar's multiple Le Mans wins in the 1950s - twice with the C-Type and three times with its D-Type successor - as well as numerous victories in the other great classic endurance events, have ensured a continuing healthy demand for replicas of these rare and exotic sports-racers. Purchased by the current vendor in April 1987 from Straight Six (Tony Hildebrand), the example offered here is powered by 3.4-litre Jaguar XK engine and has glassfibre bodywork. The odometer currently reads 79,176 miles and the car is offered with UK Swansea V5 registration document recording the date of first registration as 12th May 1954, which presumably is that of the Jaguar donor car used in its construction. (The chassis number corresponds with that of an XK120 drophead coupé). If copying a masterpiece can indeed be considered the greatest form of flattery, then this D-Type replica is certainly a fast and fun alternative to the real thing at a very small fraction of the price.

2009-11-11 20:07:21 | pauls writes:

From the XK Gazette - Market Observer:
667143 1954 (actually 1953 November) 120 Drophead which has now become a replica D-type. No build history provided . Purchased by current vendor in April 1987 from Straight Six in London (Tony Hildebrand) the copy says 3.4 but the headline 3.8L Engine F 1029-8. Last seen at Coys in March 2001 with an estimate of £16 – 22K it was then said to be ex Portugal.

2017-11-16 19:12:37 | Evan writes:

This car is in my garage and I have the log book with that registration number - it is till a red XK120 DHC and I bought it from Twyford Moors some time ago. It is not a D type replica.

2017-11-17 12:40:09 | Peter Ingram writes:

Looks like a huge cock-up or fraud. Glad you put record straight.

2017-11-17 23:39:43 | terry mcgrath writes:

I might have the coys catalogs from
British & Continental Sports and Touring Cars, Coys (5th March 2001)
Classic Cars, Coys (22nd November 1999)
so it will be interesting to see what the DHC looked like at this point
I think it will be a simple matter someone has borrowed the UK rego number for the kit car D type

2018-01-25 13:20:58 | Evan writes:

Here's a pic from last summer when I went to Homebase with my daughter - the photo was taken by Practical Classics' John Howell ...
pbs.twimg.com/media/DBZ2DsqXkAES0v5.jpg:large

2018-01-25 18:16:55 | Peter Ingram writes:

So not a D-type then!! Wonderful patina

2018-02-08 23:32:10 | evan writes:

thank you. I would like to get some bodywork done in the Spring. there's a little rust bubbling through in places that i do need to get looked at ... might go back to twyford moors.

2018-10-12 12:50:35 | Evan Price writes:

I am the current owner of the car.