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1949 Jaguar XK120 Alloy Super Sport
S/N 670005; Engine # W10118; Blue Sheen/Blue, Dark Blue leather; Dark Blue cloth top; Concours restoration, 1- condition; Hammered Sold at $410,000 plus commission of 10.00%; Final Price $451,000. -- Steel wheels, hubcaps, bias ply blackwall tires, spats, spares, tool roll, date-coded jack, extensive documentation -- Matching numbers, one of first XK 120 alloy roadsters delivered to Max Hoffman, displayed at the 1949 Watkins Glen races. Many early production details. Meticulously documented restoration between 2005-2008, repainted the correct original color. 100 points in JCNA concours since completion, set record times in the Class B slaloms. Complete ownership trail, but now showing use and age. Exterior paint, chrome and upholstery are still very good but show some use. Disparaged at the preview by an Aussie anorak who proceeded to pick apart the shape of the panels and the bumpers, maintaining that during restoration the car should have been made as it could have been, not as it was actually built. -- One of the most important XK120s, according to historians Paul Skilleter and Philip Porter. Bought at Gooding's 2011 Amelia sale for a modest $385,000, the $66,000 more it sold for here is nothing if not fully deserved, even with 225 more miles on the odometer and some weakness showing up in the restoration. The anorak's view of restoration reflects an increasingly marginal outlook, fortunately.

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