Jaguar XK120SE Roadster, 1954
Jaguar XK XK140
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Chassis No.: W69278S
- Exterior: Red
- Interior: Grey
- Body: Roadster
- Complete professional restoration
- Approximately 2,000 miles since restoration
- Exceptional condition
- All new canvas top, tonneau cover, storage bags and windows
- New top frame work and latches
- Complete new upholstery
- All gauges restored
- Beautiful body and paint
- New wire wheels
Few cars are as widely recognized throughout the world decades after the end of their production life as Jaguar’s XK series of sports cars, and yet it is often forgotten that these wonderful machines were created almost incidentally, to promote an engine that had been designed for Jaguar’s larger passenger cars. Work had begun during the war on a new engine platform that had as its main target excellent breathing. After smaller displacement XF and XG experimental engines came the four and six cylinder XJ units and, finally, the 3.4L XK twin overhead cam inline-6, which was finalized in 1948.
The MkVIII saloon for which it was intended was still a full two years away from production, so Jaguar decided to introduce the engine in a lightweight production sports car. When the aluminum bodied XK120 debuted at the 1948 London Motor Show it became an instant sensation whose impact was furthered by early race wins, many of them scored by young British racing star Stirling Moss. This exemplary 1954 Jaguar XK120SE has been driven a mere 2,000 miles since a complete professional restoration. A matching numbers example in exceptional condition, it features beautiful Red paint over excellent bodywork, complete new Grey leather upholstery and restored gauges.
The canvas top, frame and latches are all new, as are the tonneau cover, storage bags and windows and chromed wire wheels. Superbly presented throughout, this XK120SE also boasts the SE-spec engine with dual exhaust and higher power output, making it the best performer in the XK120 range.
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