1954 Jaguar XK120 SE Roadster
- Colour
- Light grey
A 1954 Jaguar XK 120 SE Roadster built in left-hand drive configuration and finished in Light Grey over Black leather, this car was delivered new through Charles Hornburg's Los Angeles distributorship to a dealership in Oakland, California. It served as a cherished family vehicle for the Hutchins family of Oakland for over six decades, accumulating believed-original mileage of under 44,000 miles. Largely untouched since the early 1970s, it retains its original paintwork apart from the boot lid and arrives at auction in substantially unrestored, preserved condition.
Ownership
- —Auction saleEstimate £100,000 – £130,000
- 1954 → 1972Private saleJohn Hutchins (Sr.)partial documentation
Purchased from British Motor Cars dealership in Oakland, California, as an anniversary gift for his wife. After retiring in 1964, he regularly drove the car himself alongside his wife.
- 1972 → 2017InheritanceMrs. Hutchinspartial documentation
Following her husband's death, she kept the car in Oakland until relocating to Danville, California, where it sat largely unused for roughly four decades. Her son attempted an incomplete recommission effort in 1980.
- 2017 →Private saleNetherlands-based dealerpartial documentation
Acquired the car from the Hutchins family and transported it to the Netherlands, where it has remained unrestored and untouched since arrival.
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- 1980Mechanical
Partial recommissioning work was begun with the intention of returning the car to road use, but was abandoned unfinished due to a change in the owner's circumstances.
Initiated by John Hutchins Jr.; no work was completed.
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