Eric Minoff
Vice President, Head of Department - US
LOT 177
1951 Jaguar XK120 Fixed Head Coupe Chassis no. 679176 Engine no. W3931-8
Sold for US$20,160 inc. premiumLot to be sold without reserve
Lot 177
1951 Jaguar XK120 Fixed Head Coupe
1951 Jaguar XK120 Fixed Head Coupe
Chassis no. 679176
Engine no. W3931-8
Chassis no. 679176
Engine no. W3931-8
3,442cc DOHC Inline 6-Cylinder Engine
Twin SU carburetors
160bhp at 5,000rpm
4-Speed Manual Transmission
Independent Front Suspension, Rear Semi-Elliptical Leaf Springs
4-Wheel Hydraulic Drum Brakes
*Offered from the Thomas Hendricks 'Lost Jaguars' Collection
*In the present ownership for more than 50 years
*Original USA delivered left hand drive car
THE MOTORCAR OFFERED
Jaguar's fixed head coupe XK120 delivered a most exquisite piece of design that owed much to the pre-war 'Grands Routiers' coachbuilders such as Letourner & Marchard and Figoni et Falaschi, and yet less than 15 years later this was a production car at a price point of $3,345.
Dispatched by Hoffman of New York exactly one week later than XK120 roadster project, its original owner is not recorded, but from its Jaguar Daimler Heritage Certificate we do know that the car was originally finished in one of the rarer and most desirable schemes for these cars of Twilight Blue, with a corresponding blue interior. A stock example, it was fitted with disc wheels and rear spats – the purest form of the design.
20 years later in August 1971, the car was resident in Toms River, New Jersey and titled to Harry Leach, who sold it, together with the 'mortal remains' of Alloy Roadster 670102 to Thomas Hendricks in September 1971. Both are described on the bill of sale as 'junk'!
It is understood that its condition is largely unchanged over the course of Mr. Hendricks 51-year tenure. By the time it arrived with him, the car had received a repaint in a lighter shade of blue, but to judge from its condition today that was all that was changed, the interior seemingly being the original.
Unquestionably in need of a comprehensive restoration, coupes such of this have often provided the basis for concours refurbishment or indeed for competition use.
Twin SU carburetors
160bhp at 5,000rpm
4-Speed Manual Transmission
Independent Front Suspension, Rear Semi-Elliptical Leaf Springs
4-Wheel Hydraulic Drum Brakes
*Offered from the Thomas Hendricks 'Lost Jaguars' Collection
*In the present ownership for more than 50 years
*Original USA delivered left hand drive car
THE MOTORCAR OFFERED
Jaguar's fixed head coupe XK120 delivered a most exquisite piece of design that owed much to the pre-war 'Grands Routiers' coachbuilders such as Letourner & Marchard and Figoni et Falaschi, and yet less than 15 years later this was a production car at a price point of $3,345.
Dispatched by Hoffman of New York exactly one week later than XK120 roadster project, its original owner is not recorded, but from its Jaguar Daimler Heritage Certificate we do know that the car was originally finished in one of the rarer and most desirable schemes for these cars of Twilight Blue, with a corresponding blue interior. A stock example, it was fitted with disc wheels and rear spats – the purest form of the design.
20 years later in August 1971, the car was resident in Toms River, New Jersey and titled to Harry Leach, who sold it, together with the 'mortal remains' of Alloy Roadster 670102 to Thomas Hendricks in September 1971. Both are described on the bill of sale as 'junk'!
It is understood that its condition is largely unchanged over the course of Mr. Hendricks 51-year tenure. By the time it arrived with him, the car had received a repaint in a lighter shade of blue, but to judge from its condition today that was all that was changed, the interior seemingly being the original.
Unquestionably in need of a comprehensive restoration, coupes such of this have often provided the basis for concours refurbishment or indeed for competition use.
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