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'62 Austin Healey Sprite with a Jag Engine
Supercharged Jaguar V12 XK120 Coupe
1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 750 Spider Veloce
'53 Jaguar XK120 SE Supercharged Roadster
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'52 Jaguar XK120 Roadster Vin #672488. All numbers match as far as I can tell.
This old Jag has 102976 miles showing on the clock, more than likely correct but who knows! This Black XK120 is what I would call a driver, it looks like it may have had a partial restoration some years ago (20-25?). It is showing its age in some places or should I say it has a nice patina to it. There are areas where the paint is less than perfect (see pictures), but no gapping rust holes. The red with tan interior once again has nice patina, the seats, door panels etc have no rips but there is the odd nick here an there and fit problem. The carpet is there but the drivers mat has a rip in it. Top is in working condition with no rips. Has side curtains. Panel fit is average, but doors close and don't fly open as you drive down the road. Chrome is fair to good. Engine seems strong and actually runs very quite, oil pressure around 20 a idle and 45 at speed when hot, no smoke. Normal XK120 minor oil leaks. It has a stainless steel muffler and tail pipe. Trans sounds like a XK120, shifts fine in all gears, even down shifts into second. Suspension and brakes work, doesn't creak and groan, could probably use a set of shocks on the front. Tires look newish. All in all I've seen worse cars and I've seen better, but this is a driver that still presents it self well. We are selling this car on behalf of the owner who is no longer able to use it. The other reason we have it is that she was backing out of the garage, put her foot on the brake and the pedal went to the floor, with no brakes she ran backward around 25 feet into a small tree. As you can see from the photos it damaged the trunk, license plate holder, and the rear of the LH fender. We made a new trunk frame, repaired the skin, rebuild and painted the the trunk. We also made a new Lic Plate holder, repaired the bottom of the fender, repainted it and the bumper brackets. The damage was only minor as you can see in the pictures. We also repaired the brakes, by rebuilding the rear wheel cly. and replacing the rear brake lines (the master cly looks like it has been rebuilt recently). We did a few other things like replaced the rear springs (was sagging bad in rear), replace weeping freeze plug, broken engine mount, wiper blades and hood clip. If you have any questions please contact me, Aaron at 802 645 9100 or 518 506 6663 (cell phone) as you will get a faster reply than email , thank you.
Tree meets rear of XK120
Trunk and License plate holder repairs
This are some examples of the paint blems.
If you have any questions please contact me, Aaron at 802 645 9100 or 518 506 6663 (cell phone) as you will get a faster reply than email , thank you. |
