1950 Jaguar XK 120 Roadster
- Engine
- Inline-six with C-Type specification cylinder head
- Colour
- Old English White
A right-hand-drive Jaguar XK 120 Roadster completed in December 1950 and finished in Suede Green with a matching interior, originally sold through the Midland Autocar Company in 1951. The car was later repainted Old English White with a red interior, and at some subsequent point converted to left-hand drive and fitted with a cylinder head to C-Type specification, enhancing its already strong performance. The car was referenced in the XK Bulletin as early as 1977.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold €94,300 (≈ $104K)
- → 1951Factory deliveryMidland Autocar Companypartial documentation
Served as the selling dealer for this right-hand-drive home-market example, delivering the car to its first private owner in 1951.
- 1951 →Private saleFirst owner via Midland Autocarpartial documentation
Took delivery of the car new from the dealer in 1951; identity not recorded in the prose.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownChris Bowlespartial documentation
Resident of New Maldon, Surrey; mentioned in a 1977 letter to the XK Bulletin as having repainted the car in Old English White with a red interior, replacing the original Suede Green scheme.
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- —Bodywork
Exterior repainted from the original Suede Green to Old English White, with the interior retrimmed in red.
Work carried out prior to or by the time of a 1977 reference in the XK Bulletin, under Chris Bowles's ownership.
- —Modification
Converted from right-hand drive to left-hand drive configuration, and fitted with a replacement cylinder head believed to be of C-Type specification sourced from a later model.
Timing of this conversion is unrecorded; the C-Type head provides a meaningful performance increase over the standard unit.
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