2018-05-15 10:23:02 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 5/18
www.silverstoneauctions.com/jaguar-xk120-ots-12056

Auction description:
The May Sale 2018
1954 Jaguar XK120 OTS Roadster
Lot No.: 565
Registration: 582 UYT
Chassis Number: 676193
Engine Number: A2372-8
Number of cylinders: 6
CC: 3400
Year of Manufacture: 1954
RHD/LHD: Left Hand Drive
Estimate (£): 75,000 - 85,000
(+buyer's premium of 15% including VAT @ 20%)

Built in August 1954 and shipped to California. Returned to the UK in 1987.
Fully restored over a 29 year period and first UK registered in 2016
Total body-off restoration, powder coated chassis, engine, gearbox, mechanicals rebuilt
Superbly retrimmed in its original red. New hood, frame, side-screens and tonneau cover
Minimal mileage since the restoration. The archetypal British Classic

According to its Heritage Certificate, this remarkable Jaguar XK120 was built in left-hand drive form, finished in Cream (Old English White) with a Red interior and rolled off the production line on the 10th August 1954. It was subsequently despatched from Browns Lane on the 26th to arrive at the distributors in Hornburg, Los Angeles in late September. It was destined for its new owners, Benjamin C and Anita Shaul, and we imagine there are worse places to be than in California during the 'Fall of '54 with a brand new, white Jaguar Roadster.

The car returned to the UK in 1987 and commenced a gentle restoration which was to take 29 years. The body was removed, the chassis stripped and powder coated, the engine rebuilt, everything rebuilt really before being painted its original white. It was superbly retrimmed in its original red with a new black hood, frame, side-screens and a red tonneau cover. There are a number of invoices and photographs supporting the work, some from EJ Greenaway, other invoices, a large history file, a workshop manual and the Heritage Certificate.

Eventually, in 2016 the XK was re-registered with, we imagine, a sigh of relief. The Jaguar has only covered a nominal mileage since its restoration and further detailing has continued resulting in the spectacularly well-presented car you see today. In gleaming Old English White, with a bright red interior and sitting on silver wires, this 120 OTS is the quintessential British fifties classic and simply must be seen to be appreciated.