| VIN: | 25869 (Not The Actual Vin Number) |
| Stock# | 25869 |
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| Stock#: | 25869 |
| Ext. Color: | Silver |
| Int. Color: | Black |
| Year: | 1950 |
| Model | XK120 |
| Trim | Alloy |
| Vin#: | 25869 |
Rare 1950 Jaguar XK120 Alloy Body Roadster One of 242 Built
This extremely rare Alloy Body 1950 Jaguar XK120 Roadster is one of a mere 242 aluminum-bodied XK120 Roadsters produced in total. Non-matching numbers engine and there are several parts missing from the car, though it is largely complete. Just out of a collection where it has been sitting in storage. It's not everyday that you come across such a special car to restore.
The first Jaguar XK 120 was built in only six weeks for London?s 1948 Earls Court Motor Show, and it created a sensation, to say the least. The earliest cars were constructed with aluminum panels over a wood frame, since aluminum was light and easy to work with and was not rationed like steel. Jaguar boss William Lyons originally planned to sell only 200 XK 120s, but at a factory list price of only 998 for the fastest production car in the world at that time, orders poured in so fast that production soon switched to steel bodies that could be built much faster and in greater numbers. The alloy-bodied roadster represents Lyons? vision for this groundbreaking Jaguar in its original and purest form.
