2022-03-27 13:10:37 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 4/22
www.bonhams.com/auction/27520/lot/6/1953-jaguar-xk120-se-roadster-chassis-no-s66 ...

Auction description:
Lot 6
1953 Jaguar XK120 SE Roadster
Registration no. NYF 312 Chassis no. S661090 Engine no. W9059-8S
Goodwood Members' Meeting
10 April 2022, 13:00 BST
Chichester, Goodwood
£70,000 - £90,000

Registration no. NYF 312
Chassis no. S661090
Engine no. W9059-8S
• One of only 1,175 right-hand drive open roadsters
• Desirable 'Special Equipment' model
• An older restoration
• Present family ownership since 2014

This Jaguar XK120 SE roadster was manufactured on 2nd July 1953 and sold to its first owner H J Ryman Ltd of Great Portland Street, London W11 via Henlys, London. It is one of only 1,175 right-hand drive examples out of a total of 7,612 XK120 open roadsters built. The original colour scheme was cream with biscuit/red interior and fawn convertible hood. Nothing else is known of the XK's early history although there is an affixed plaque stating that the car was restored by Swallow Engineering of Basildon, Essex, and four others recording its attendance at International XK Days in the 1980s. There are photographs on file of the car undergoing restoration and of it 'before paintwork' (undated).

It late owner purchased 'NYF 312' on 4th June 2014 from a widow selling on behalf of her husband, who had been a motor industry professional. The late owner died in October 2016 and the car was left to his wife, who gifted it to her daughter (the current vendor) on 28th November 2017. We are advised that Spax adjustable shock absorbers and new wheel cylinders are fitted at the front. The car has been kept garaged since its acquisition in 2014 and SORN'd for the last few years. Accompanying paperwork includes a BMIHT Certificate; DVLA documents; a V5C Registration Certificate; and Oselli receipts for work done following 'inspection and report' when the car was purchased in 2014.