Vehicle Description
This fabulous Jaguar is a late example of the iconic XK120 being
less than 100 chassis numbers away from the last roadster built in
RHD. It was delivered, as a company car, to F Parham Ltd, in
Gillingham, Kent in July of 1953. This company was involved in
construction and boat building in the Medway area and the car was
the personal transport of the Managing Director, a Mr Leonard
Francis Parham, who was a keen rally driver at the time and it is
likely he drove the car competitively in this period. Research is
still ongoing with the Parham family and Mr Parham himself who
remains an enthusiastic motorist at the age of 99.
After Parham's ownership, the XK passed through three subsequent
owners before being acquired in January 1968 by a young engineer,
Mr Douglas Potter. Like Parham, Potter was motorsport enthusiast
and over the next two years or so he utilised his engineering
skills to develop his XK for racing purposes (for example increased
engine capacity, wire wheel conversion, improved brakes) and
achieved some success in the emerging XK Register racing series
with multiple appearances at the major UK circuits of the period
including Silverstone and Brands Hatch.
After Potter finished his racing exploits he stored the car at his
home in Surrey where it lay undisturbed for the next four decades
before being acquired by JD Classics in 2013. Since that time it
has undergone a full chassis-off restoration to FIA specification
and consequently the car now presents beautifully in its original
Suede Green colour scheme and is ready to resume its competition
career. It comes accompanied with period photographs, original log
book and fully documented ownership history and offers a fantastic
opportunity to acquire a race- or rally-ready genuine competition
XK120.
Please contact us for further details.
