2010-09-20 11:55:50 | terry mcgrath writes:

The real car is still in the USA as at august 2010 with one owner back to about october 1961 with all records going back to 1955 and it is a complete matching numbers car.
The car pictured here is a chassis that was imported from the USA that had been modified to take an XK120 FHC body it was stamped 670181 . This chassis has had a new alloy body built on it and whilst the chassis was stamped 670181 it has to be seriously questioned.

2017-03-03 22:42:49 | Mike May writes:

Terry was indeed right in 2010.
Today 3/3/2017 I talked to the American owner of this car who inherited it from his father.
The car remains in NY state.
He has rebuilt the drive train, replaced the ash frame and the car is now painted.
He is working on the interior which is biscuit and red.

2017-03-11 21:20:31 | pauls writes:

The silver/red car above UKX2 is a confirmed imposter. Believed to be an alloy car built in the UK and apparently still resides there.

2017-07-07 21:34:07 | Ronald Horton writes:

This alloy-bodied XK120 was purchased by my mother in August 1960. I have documentation of previous owners going back to 1955. I began a ground-up restoration on it in 2007 and am nearing completion. Engine, gearbox, differential, suspension, ash wood frame and alloy body panels have all been rebuilt and restored.

2017-07-08 13:06:48 | Peter Ingram writes:

Ronald is yours the UK one or in USA ??

2019-02-14 17:22:44 | terry mcgrath writes:

We can now completely confirm that the UK registered [UKX2] car purported to be 670181 is actually an XK120 FHC that was chassis number 679181 and the company/person who imported it into the UK in 1994 altered the chassis number stamping by removing the 9 and stamping a zero in its place and passing it off as an alloy car.

See listing for this car now at 679181

2019-02-24 09:44:36 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 3/19

www.bonhams.com/auctions/25219/lot/228/

Auction description:

Lot 228

1949 Jaguar XK120 Alloy Open Two-Seater

US$ 300,000 - 350,000

£ 230,000 - 270,000

The Amelia Island Auction

7 Mar 2019, 13:00 EST

Chassis no. 670181

Engine no. W1265-8

3,442cc DOHC Inline 6-Cylinder Engine

2 Tall-style SU Carburetors

160bhp at 5,200rpm

4-Speed Manual Transmission

*One of only 184 left-hand-drive alloy-bodied Roadsters

*Matching numbers

*Recently completed restoration

In the current family ownership since the 1960s

*JDHT certificate on file

Produced three-quarters of the way through the production run, chassis '181' was completed at the Jaguar works 69 years ago on March 17, 1950. Its recently accessed Heritage Certificate notes that the car was shipped to the US and supplied through Hoffman's New York agency for Jaguar. As new, it would have looked as it can be seen today with cream paintwork and a red and biscuit leather interior.

Its first owner is not charted, but within a few years the car was resident in Maryland in 1955 and thanks to research by its current owner, the history picks up at this point being owned first by Robert Young in August that year, then Robert Brown two years later. It was purchased by his mother in 1961 from Brynmawr Sports Cars, in Pennsylvania.

Used and enjoyed for many years, it was ultimately laid up for a similar period. Roughly 10 years ago having inherited the Jaguar, the son reports that he decided to honor the car and his family's ownership by restoring it from the ground up. That process has continued until the end of 2018, the car recently emerging from its rebuild. Along the way it was discovered that the front fenders had at some point been replaced with steel units, suggesting perhaps that it may have had some early racing and received damage to them, but regardless the decision was made to have correct ones copied and replaced in aluminum. A white hue was chosen for the bodywork and the interior matches the original.

As it stands today, the car has a handful of miles on it and can be considered as 'running in'. The most covetable of its series, this freshly restored example offers a show or tour car, or an upgrade from the standard production cars that succeeded it.

2019-02-25 00:01:30 | Jeremy B writes:

Rear wing beading wrong colour. Rear view mirror far too tall. Hubcaps not painted.

What lazy mistakes.

2019-02-26 13:14:18 | Jeff Williams NZ writes:

Interesting car, will be watching auction. What happened to the original VIN plate. After so many years in the same family, seems strange that its has a new one. What do you think Terry.?

Jeff Williams NZ.

MY CARS: -

120 OTS 672676

120 DHC 667006

2019-06-02 09:10:37 | pauls writes:

Car now offered at:

www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/jaguar/xk-120/2275023.html

Seller's description:

Location: Briarcliff Manor, New York, 10510

VIN #: 670181

Transmission: Manual

Condition: Excellent

Exterior: Old English white

Interior: Red & Biscuit

1950 Jaguar XK-120 Aluminum body, 1 of 242 alluminum bodied cars built. Single family ownership since 1960. Lovingly restored over an 11 year period and recently completed. Matching numbers Heritage certificate; ready for the show field or road rally. A blue chip investment machine. It checks all the boxes.

Price: $300,000 firm